Is deadening THAT essential with a set of Crystal SSCS6's?

[Latina33 10+ year member]

Just want to get some opinions on whether it will make that much of a noticeable sound difference if my doors aren't deadened when I install my Crystals.

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[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

depends if you need mids in your music or not.

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

Deadening is a must.

 

[strong*I*bumpin 10+ year member]

unless u like the sound of metal rattling...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

Deadening really does make a difference. sounds so much better

 

[Motovet 10+ year member]

Any speaker deserves at least a little deadening. If your like me though you end up doing the whole interior.

 

[Latina33 10+ year member]

Thanks for your responses! I currently have an older Focal component set installed in my car with no deadening at all, and the midbass actually sounds pretty decent, to me. I've got a 12" sub, and for the metal/rock that I usually am listening to, altogether it sounds good.

I guess I need to find a couple of people locally who have a similar setup as mine and listen to how theirs sounds to really get an idea of the difference that it makes. I'm just not keen on spending $300 to have a shop do the deadening, and I honestly don't have any interest in doing it myself.

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

Why don't you stick with the focal's and get some deadening done, you may be more than happy.

 

[Latina33 10+ year member]

Why don't you stick with the focal's and get some deadening done, you may be more than happy.

Well, I'm actually gonna be moving into a Montero Sport LS in the semi-near future, so as far as deadening goes, that's the ride I'd want to do it in. The Focals sound really nice, but they are a couple of years old. I just bought a pair of the Crystals a couple of weeks back fron Tuan (thanks again man!), and I plan on having those installed in the Montero. My Dad's going to be upgrading his system in his truck, and he's gonna need a set of components, so I'm planning on giving the Focals to him for his birthday. He listens to a lot of 60's-70's rock, so the Focals should blow his mind playing that music.

 

[///M5 10+ year member]

IMO deadening is more important than the drivers. If you want midbass it is a necessity. A reasonable set of drivers in a deadened door will outperform a great set of drivers in a non-deadened door. It all comes down to install and this is a major part of it. Blocking off all of the cavity holes and baffling your speaker are critical too.

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

Thanks for your responses! I currently have an older Focal component set installed in my car with no deadening at all, and the midbass actually sounds pretty decent, to me. I've got a 12" sub, and for the metal/rock that I usually am listening to, altogether it sounds good.
I guess I need to find a couple of people locally who have a similar setup as mine and listen to how theirs sounds to really get an idea of the difference that it makes. I'm just not keen on spending $300 to have a shop do the deadening, and I honestly don't have any interest in doing it myself.

I'd say a 300 dollar component in a deadened door can easily sound better than a 600 speaker in a well treated door panel. I'd do it myself, 300 for deading is a bit expesive, it takes 0 ability, just time. I guess it depends how much your time is worth to you. I'd rather spend a weekened doing it myself, but if you have no real freetime that might be hard to swing.