question about dedicated midbass location

[spencer321 10+ year member]

i have a standard cab truck, and i want to go full 3 way active with a dedicated 8" midbass from say 60hz-300hz, what would be the problem with mounting them behind the seats on either side of the sub box...

like this

[midbass][........sub........][midbass]

obviously seperate enclosures... at what point does bass become directional, in other words at what frequency will i be able to tell "hey thats coming from behind me and it should be in front of me"

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[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

what are you planning on useing for the fullrange part

 

[spencer321 10+ year member]

what are you planning on useing for the fullrange part

seas neo tweets and rs100 midrange

 

[Simek4life 10+ year member]

doors

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

It becomes directional around 70-80hz. Mounting your midbass drivers behind you won't be very good for your imaging.

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

basically any whre that is forward of your seating position. as the freq. get higher the sound is more directional. I have seen them installed infont of the bottom of the seat and work well, I have mine in my doors then the mids in the kicks. it works well also

 

[spencer321 10+ year member]

basically any whre that is forward of your seating position. as the freq. get higher the sound is more directional. I have seen them installed infont of the bottom of the seat and work well, I have mine in my doors then the mids in the kicks. it works well also

well my other option i was thinking was midbass in the kicks midrange/tweets in doors/sail panel.

i would just much rather work with MDF than fiberglass, i can make fiberglass kicks i did it for my mustang, i just don't want to do it again.

and i don't want to put midrange in the kicks because i have a deep dash and highs seats, i experimented with a set of 4in coaxials in a temptorary setup in the kicks and vocals were very directional and sounded like they were coming from the floor regardless or how i aimed them, because the bench in the truck twice as high off the floor as seats in a car.

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

x2 on wat sss and kman said. i wouldn't suggest putting the mids behind you. if you could glass them in the front somehow that would benefit you way better.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

if running active it shouldn't be a problem...just keep the door set on the front...and...run the mid bass basically like rear fill...and then run your sub ...it should balance out nicely....

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

if running active it shouldn't be a problem...just keep the door set on the front...and...run the mid bass basically like rear fill...and then run your sub ...it should balance out nicely....

I have to disagree with you here, I think if you do that you will end up excentuating the fact that the subs are in the rear. It would be better for him to use a good mid that will dig deep maybe to 100hz and keep it a 2way system if fitting a midbass is going to be a problem

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

if running active it shouldn't be a problem...just keep the door set on the front...and...run the mid bass basically like rear fill...and then run your sub ...it should balance out nicely....

disagree with you there crx. i've tried running a system like that once and i had no midbass response up front just from the rear.

I have to disagree with you here, I think if you do that you will end up excentuating the fact that the subs are in the rear. It would be better for him to use a good mid that will dig deep maybe to 100hz and keep it a 2way system if fitting a midbass is going to be a problem

agree with u there kman

 

[spencer321 10+ year member]

is putting the midbass in the kickpanels a bad idea?

i don't want to put them in the doors because i don't want to have to put 5 layers of deadener to seal the doors, i plan on using a fairly heavy midbass, peerless sls or tang band W6, something that is truly a dedicated midbass, and i want to put them in true sealed enclosures. so the kickpanel seams like the best idea.

otherwise im just going to run id oem 6.5 and the seas neo tweets in a 2 way

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

In the kicks is awesome!

 

[spencer321 10+ year member]

In the kicks is awesome!

alright that sounds like the plan then,

next question, peerless sls or tang band W6 lol

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

I would have to look them up, but what are the mounting limitations first