the right side is out there and vocals land just to the slight right of the center of the steering wheel.
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Yeah, some say center of car some say in front of the driver... I think it's preference on center image. Personally, I want the singer in front of me, just like a concert.No worries. But just a heads up, center is supposed to be center of the car, not directly in front of you. Keep that in mind
I don't agree. Well, yeah i guess some will prefer that, but it doesnt come down to preference. One is correct, and one isnt. When you properly delay your signal, eq all drivers to the same response and match their levels to a T, center image will be in the center of the car. In order to move the center, you have to mess up your now-correctly tuned system. Best way is with levels, but if you do this, your soundstage turns to **** just to make one portion of the music to sound like its in front of you. I have customers tell me all the time that they want this. I give them two presets. all things the same except center is shifted. Never once have i had one not say "yeah, center in the center of the dash is better" later on.Yeah, some say center of car some say in front of the driver... I think it's preference on center image. Personally, I want the singer in front of me, just like a concert.
Basically what I am hoping for is wishful thinking and is physically limited to where the speakers are mounted. That makes sense... so at that point the only option I have is elevation and distance. This is easy enough to do with the DSP as I play with it from time to time.Thats not how it works. Your left and right boundaries are dictated by the speaker locations and the reflections that are associated with them. Sometimes you can get cues that make it sound like its a *LITTLE* bit outside of the car, but no, you will never have a car that has a center image in front of you that has equal distance between left and center and right and center unless the seat is in the middle of the car. Center is center of the stage, which will almost always be center of the car. If you tune properly, this is where it will end up. If your center is ending up somewhere else, your tune isn't correct and there are at least 3 other things that are compromised in order to have that center image location. Dont do it. It doesnt sound good.
You're killin' me man!!No, you cannot "create" elevation and distance. Its ALL depending and limited by the speaker and its location, and the reflections. getting the stage high is easy. At minimum you need higher frequencies up top and they just need to be in phase with the lower frequency drivers. Width is the next easiest to simulate due to reflections. But depth is almost impossible. You hear people say "that car stages out on the hood" or something similar to that. I've yet to hear a car that actually sounds like the center image, or any other part of the sound stage for that matter, actually sound like they're coming from past the windshield without lying to myself.
So long story short, install your speakers in good locations in a way that doesnt cause issues (rattles, bad comb filtering, etc), and tune them appropriately, then enjoy your center image in the center of the car with a proportionately spaced soundstage.