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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8834891" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>I was going to warn you about MB Quart not being what you remember from the old days as well. </p><p></p><p>I would not bother with speakers in the rear. Spend 300-350$ on a higher tier set of components up front and forget the rears. I always suggest Harmon International (JBL/Infinity) for component speakers, I've had great results with them for the money. I would avoid entry level offerings from premium name brands in general, higher end JL components sound very nice but their entry level ones sound very entry level. On the bright side, if you get something that completely ***** Crutchfield is pretty good about returns if you're not trying to abuse it.</p><p></p><p>As to where to mount tweeters and what sounds "good" that's very subjective and there's just too many variables to guess. Optimally you would want tweeter and midrange as close to one another as possible but this is often impractical and if you're just doing plug and play into your stock location it probably won't put your tweeter someplace where it will be able to aim up to your listening position. I've never had good luck mounting them up on a dash but others claim to have done OK with it and I've had mostly good results just mounting up high on the door panels near to the side view mirrors. I very much prefer mids and highs together in the kicks but unless Q-forms makes one to fit your truck that probably won't happen with your requirements here. </p><p></p><p> IF you pony up the extra money for an amp with DSP built in or an outboard DSP you will have a lot more processing power to compensate for any issues you'll run into from sub-optimum mounting locations... if you have the patience to tweak and tune to dial it all in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8834891, member: 614752"] I was going to warn you about MB Quart not being what you remember from the old days as well. I would not bother with speakers in the rear. Spend 300-350$ on a higher tier set of components up front and forget the rears. I always suggest Harmon International (JBL/Infinity) for component speakers, I've had great results with them for the money. I would avoid entry level offerings from premium name brands in general, higher end JL components sound very nice but their entry level ones sound very entry level. On the bright side, if you get something that completely ***** Crutchfield is pretty good about returns if you're not trying to abuse it. As to where to mount tweeters and what sounds "good" that's very subjective and there's just too many variables to guess. Optimally you would want tweeter and midrange as close to one another as possible but this is often impractical and if you're just doing plug and play into your stock location it probably won't put your tweeter someplace where it will be able to aim up to your listening position. I've never had good luck mounting them up on a dash but others claim to have done OK with it and I've had mostly good results just mounting up high on the door panels near to the side view mirrors. I very much prefer mids and highs together in the kicks but unless Q-forms makes one to fit your truck that probably won't happen with your requirements here. IF you pony up the extra money for an amp with DSP built in or an outboard DSP you will have a lot more processing power to compensate for any issues you'll run into from sub-optimum mounting locations... if you have the patience to tweak and tune to dial it all in. [/QUOTE]
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