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<blockquote data-quote="T3mpest" data-source="post: 2589018" data-attributes="member: 560148">midbass, as long as it&#039;s playing below 400hz or so, will have an identical off axis vs on axis response.&nbsp; Physically aiming the speaker towards or away you will make little to no difference, unless we are talking like wayy off axis, like 90 degrees.&nbsp; The wavelengths are quite long at 400hz and below.&nbsp; Your ears physically can&#039;t discern how where a sound is coming from, in terms of height, until about 2k.&nbsp; Even then you can easily fool your ears.&nbsp; So no, aiming your midbass wont&#039; do you much good.&nbsp; You may gain a bit of impact, but it&#039;s hardly worth the effort.In terms of best locations, doors are NOT an ideal location for a midbass.&nbsp; Remember the rules I posted earlier, door locations fail pretty badly when it comes to getting pathlenghts equal, as well as overall distance on your drivers side being quite close.&nbsp; For most cars, the best place for midbasses would be in the kickpanel region, not due to the on-axis responce, but due to the other parameters I mentioned last post.&nbsp; Most floor locations will end up being better than the doors for this reason. The only issue with it is that most kickpanels don&#039;t have enough room to give the midbass proper space.&nbsp; Your forced to choose between imaging and tonality.&nbsp; Overall, I&#039;d take tonality, as would alot of people, especially for a daily driver.ps.doesnt&#039; matter if they agree if I&#039;m right //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="T3mpest, post: 2589018, member: 560148"] midbass, as long as it's playing below 400hz or so, will have an identical off axis vs on axis response. Physically aiming the speaker towards or away you will make little to no difference, unless we are talking like wayy off axis, like 90 degrees. The wavelengths are quite long at 400hz and below. Your ears physically can't discern how where a sound is coming from, in terms of height, until about 2k. Even then you can easily fool your ears. So no, aiming your midbass wont' do you much good. You may gain a bit of impact, but it's hardly worth the effort. In terms of best locations, doors are NOT an ideal location for a midbass. Remember the rules I posted earlier, door locations fail pretty badly when it comes to getting pathlenghts equal, as well as overall distance on your drivers side being quite close. For most cars, the best place for midbasses would be in the kickpanel region, not due to the on-axis responce, but due to the other parameters I mentioned last post. Most floor locations will end up being better than the doors for this reason. The only issue with it is that most kickpanels don't have enough room to give the midbass proper space. Your forced to choose between imaging and tonality. Overall, I'd take tonality, as would alot of people, especially for a daily driver. ps.doesnt' matter if they agree if I'm right [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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