Is this a worthy set-up?

[OmegaBunny 10+ year member]

No, it's one set of speakers for the front. That set has 2 speakers for the front drivers side and 2 for the front passenger side. 4 speakers total but they all go in the front. Read this...

Coaxial versus Component Speakers

Don't get a set of those for the rear, it would be wasted as you will most likely hear the front set and the rear would kind of muddle everything. If you want rear speakers for the passengers the get a set of coax's.

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

No, it's one set of speakers for the front. That set has 2 speakers for the front drivers side and 2 for the front passenger side. 4 speakers total but they all go in the front. Read this...
Coaxial versus Component Speakers

Don't get a set of those for the rear, it would be wasted as you will most likely hear the front set and the rear would kind of muddle everything. If you want rear speakers for the passengers the get a set of coax's.

You might understand what you're saying, and maybe the OP will... but I think there's some confusion.

If you have a rear set, it won't hurt. At all. You might even be able to hear the fullness. (In all honesty, if you're going for a high quality system, then get rears. If you want a set that works, then just get the front pair).

However, a rear set will not make it sound distorted, or any worse. There is no "Violent Bass Air" that distorts sound waves. But most of the loudness from the rear set would be lost and pointless.

 

[OmegaBunny 10+ year member]

PS: This is NOT a cheap game. Car Audio is expensive. You have to throw down a grand just for a novice set up.

Truth! This is something it took me a while to learn. Read, use the search function, then ask plenty of questions (after searching)! You will learn a lot here. It can be overwhelming but you learn quick.

 

[OmegaBunny 10+ year member]

Thanks for the clarification I'm still learning as well! Now next question then, wouldn't running a set of speakers in the rear throw off the staging...if you have the sound coming at you from the front, closer to the ears, then additional sound coming from the rear further away, moving from the rear doors, rear deck etc, arriving after the fronts. Thats where I was thinking it would start to get muddled. Sorry for the ? Op, just trying to educate myself real quick

 

[brynm 10+ year member]

I'm with the group saying just get a set of components for the front. I have my equipment listed in my sig, my rear speakers are stock and are turned right off. I don't miss them at all, and in my car passengers in the back seat have no complaints about not hearing my fronts over my sub with more than double the power you would be running off that Crescendo.

The Crescendo amp that someone had posted earlier itt looks like a hell of a deal and from what I can see is that the company has been treating it's customers well. I would be willing to give it a shot and pick it up, the set of ID's and a small sub similar to the PG one posted earlier. For

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

Thanks for the clarification I'm still learning as well! Now next question then, wouldn't running a set of speakers in the rear throw off the staging...if you have the sound coming at you from the front, closer to the ears, then additional sound coming from the rear further away, moving from the rear doors, rear deck etc, arriving after the fronts. Thats where I was thinking it would start to get muddled. Sorry for the ? Op, just trying to educate myself real quick

Well, this isn't a Hi-fi setup. We aren't discussing anything of the sort. When you discuss staging, unless you're competing, you don't worry about staging.

Staging is something for competitors and Home Audio people.

You have to realize that the speed of sound is roughly 1,250 FEET PER SECOND. So we're talking nano seconds of audible difference. Difference that the normal person won't hear. Or care.

This is why SQ guys who do have rear speakers have time delay on the front / rear speakers, depending on their build.

So, here's a simplified answer:

There IS a delay from the front and back, however, we're talking nanoseconds, if not microseconds of difference. This sort of variation is too fast for the untrained ear to hear.

You are correct in thinking that there is some distortion. However, we're talking about a distortion level that is shadowed by the ambient sounds of a driving car. AKA They're negligible unless you're some sort of elitist where everything has to be perfect.

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

I'm with the group saying just get a set of components for the front. I have my equipment listed in my sig, my rear speakers are stock and are turned right off. I don't miss them at all, and in my car passengers in the back seat have no complaints about not hearing my fronts over my sub with more than double the power you would be running off that Crescendo.
The Crescendo amp that someone had posted earlier itt looks like a hell of a deal and from what I can see is that the company has been treating it's customers well. I would be willing to give it a shot and pick it up, the set of ID's and a small sub similar to the PG one posted earlier. For

 

This is what MOST people do. Upgrade from stock. They don't go gung-ho SPL crazy. They just want a better fidelity. And for $1K or less, you should be able to achieve that. I spent $1,200 on my (about), and I'm extremely pleased. My brother blew my front speakers, but prior to that, it sounded great and I installed everything mid '07.

 

So, it depends on how you drive whether or not this upgrade is worth it.

 

[Heeltoeclutch 10+ year member]

Here's what I'm doing for my tweeters:

You can mount em on the dash too, using the angle mounts included with just about all tweeters.

edit: sorry for discontinuity! saw the other pages after I posted

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

Here's what I'm doing for my tweeters:

You can mount em on the dash too, using the angle mounts included with just about all tweeters.

Well, if you want to discuss SQ, now would be a perfect time for a lesson.

For the highest SQ / staging, you always want your drivers to be parallel with one another, and on the same axis.

Not saying yours is wrong. A member seemed interested in SQ, and I was just explaining.

This will work fine. I'm sure HTC has no audible issues and loves it. However, in a perfect world, you'd want to stray away from both mounting at an off axis / non-parallel with your driver, and also mounting them on your dash.

Theoretically, you want your tweeter / mid (whether it be mid-high or mid-low, or just mid) to all be as close together as possible so that the sound waves to reach your ear at the same time.

Again, this is all just SQ-Elitism.

 

[Heeltoeclutch 10+ year member]

So what you're saying is essentially a kickpanel enclosure, with both midrange and tweeter on same axis, is ideal, no?

To put the tweeters on-axis with door speakers would mean pointing them completely perpendicular to the door, no? Am I understanding correctly what you're saying?

 

[oneal34 10+ year member]

what if i wanted a single 10" sub, could i use the same amp to power the sub AND components? or are separate amps needed?