is this a bad idea?

[maljr1980 10+ year member]

so i came up with a thought about running a 1" tweeter and 2.5" midrange in kick panels, 5,1/4" drivers in the front doors, 8" mid bass woofers in the rear doors, and a pair of 12's for sub duty. use a 4 channel amp to power the tweeters and 8's, and another 4 channel to power the 2.5's and 5 1/4's, that way i can set low and high pass filters on all of the speakers, with a monoblock amp running each sub. I guess it would be a 5 way active system. so would subs and a 4 way component setup be a good or bad idea

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[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

Why would u wanna do that

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

you can do that but it's going to be a pita to tune!

 

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

I've been templating running an amp to fronts, rears for mid bass, and then sub, but itd be a little too difficult to me

 

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

i would juat ditch the 5.25s in the front and but the 8s in their place then just bridge the second amp for the 8s and tune it like a traditional 3way setup

 

[maljr1980 10+ year member]

the idea behind it is to have more drivers play smaller bandwidths, which they are more inclined to reproduce. theory is they should be able to play louder and handle more power without distorting. thats the problem i had with a 2 way comp setup, if i wanted loud out of it, i had to low pass the mids at 250 hz or they would distort before they got loud enough for my liking. i just figured if i was going to run a 6.5/3/1 3way up front and a coaxial in the rear, why not just throw a larger midbass in the back

 

[gunz4me2 10+ year member]

The reason you shouldn't put the midbass speakers in the back is because they are reproducing frequencies that can be localized and as a result will pull your image towards their location. Even with advanced processing, it will still be a tuning nightmare.

 

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

the idea behind it is to have more drivers play smaller bandwidths, which they are more inclined to reproduce. theory is they should be able to play louder and handle more power without distorting. thats the problem i had with a 2 way comp setup, if i wanted loud out of it, i had to low pass the mids at 250 hz or they would distort before they got loud enough for my liking. i just figured if i was going to run a 6.5/3/1 3way up front and a coaxial in the rear, why not just throw a larger midbass in the back

in theory that would work but it doesnt actually work IN-CAR. the best ways to achieve nice frequency response is with more on axis aiming.

take a 6.5inch mid but it in a sealed door and band-pass it 75-500

then take a 4inch midrange and bandpass it for 500-3200

and let your tweeter go from 3200

putting a big midbass driver in the rear is only going to pull you substage further towards the back of the car.

if your speakers where distorting you may of needed more deadener, more power, steeper crossover slopes.

im guessing you had to highpass the mids at 250 which leads me to believe your doors arent sealed very well or the crossover slope wasnt steep enough

the actual equipment will make some difference but install is everything.

old sq competitor saying "keep it stupid simple"