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<blockquote data-quote="Gary S" data-source="post: 3192038" data-attributes="member: 568291"><p>Since I can't see the car, I can only give general suggestions.</p><p></p><p>Lower than the mid would be fine... since the dust cap/voice of the mid is inset, if you took measurements of one channels' mid and tweet to your ears, they would probably be very close... which is good.. they would be more time-aligned.</p><p></p><p>But there are several compromises in speaker placement in most installs. Optimally, you want an unobstructed path to your ears from the tweeter... if you can see it, it will minimize drop-offs in response. But also, as stated before, your goal should be to keep them together with the mids.</p><p></p><p>My first choice would be high in the kick pannel... if you put them low in the doors, the passenger sitting next to you will often block your line of sight to tweeter with his/her knees. But in a kick, when your passenger has their legs relaxed and stretched out, often you will have a line of sight to the tweeter above their ankles... plus, they are close to mids mounted in the bottom corner of the door. This is the best compromise.</p><p></p><p>Second choice would be near the mids in the doors. Still better overall than sail panel mounting.</p><p></p><p>I know a lot of people like to mount them in the sail pannels... while it solves the problem of legs in front of the tweeter, it can cause other problems which are worse... now, the tweeter is closer to the windows which could increase bad, near-field reflections... plus, if you measure the distance from the speakers on your side, the tweeter is much closer to you than the mid... this is not recommended. And if you try to electronically time align or attenuate the volume of the tweet to compensate, then the volume of that tweet is too low for the listener on the other side.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gary S, post: 3192038, member: 568291"] Since I can't see the car, I can only give general suggestions. Lower than the mid would be fine... since the dust cap/voice of the mid is inset, if you took measurements of one channels' mid and tweet to your ears, they would probably be very close... which is good.. they would be more time-aligned. But there are several compromises in speaker placement in most installs. Optimally, you want an unobstructed path to your ears from the tweeter... if you can see it, it will minimize drop-offs in response. But also, as stated before, your goal should be to keep them together with the mids. My first choice would be high in the kick pannel... if you put them low in the doors, the passenger sitting next to you will often block your line of sight to tweeter with his/her knees. But in a kick, when your passenger has their legs relaxed and stretched out, often you will have a line of sight to the tweeter above their ankles... plus, they are close to mids mounted in the bottom corner of the door. This is the best compromise. Second choice would be near the mids in the doors. Still better overall than sail panel mounting. I know a lot of people like to mount them in the sail pannels... while it solves the problem of legs in front of the tweeter, it can cause other problems which are worse... now, the tweeter is closer to the windows which could increase bad, near-field reflections... plus, if you measure the distance from the speakers on your side, the tweeter is much closer to you than the mid... this is not recommended. And if you try to electronically time align or attenuate the volume of the tweet to compensate, then the volume of that tweet is too low for the listener on the other side. [/QUOTE]
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