To use or not to use rear fill

[grampi 10+ year member]

I've done installs both with and without rear speakers and I prefer not using them. To me, if I can hear speakers in the rear at all, it just sounds unnatural. I guess I have it in my mind that the system in your vehicle should sound as though you're sitting in front of a stage and all the sound should be coming at you from the front. It just sounds more realistic that way. Which do you guys prefer and why?

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[adam71 5,000+ posts]

I've done installs both with and without rear speakers and I prefer not using them. To me, if I can hear speakers in the rear at all, it just sounds unnatural. I guess I have it in my mind that the system in your vehicle should sound as though you're sitting in front of a stage and all the sound should be coming at you from the front. It just sounds more realistic that way. Which do you guys prefer and why?

NO rears at all here. Unless I ever decide to go with video with 5.1 I will NEVER have rear speakers.

 

[rollerdj 10+ year member]

i belive threads like this have been done before. but i would agree with you. doesn't sound right, plus the open holes in the rear deck from the missing speakers just makes it easyer to get the bass up front IMO.

 

[cshaw 10+ year member]

i agree. however the only reason to having rears, would be to have the acoustic balance or atmosphere in your car that you wouldn't have otherwise compared to a studio performance vs. live. feeling.

just a tad rear fill is necessary if you can dial in the correct time factor for the delay.

 

[hollowpoint 10+ year member]

but what is you were to have an SUV such as a jeep. The sound kinda circulates through. I disconnected the rear stock speakers and it sounded like junk but the backs help. Reason for that?

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

but what is you were to have an SUV such as a jeep. The sound kinda circulates through. I disconnected the rear stock speakers and it sounded like junk but the backs help. Reason for that?

Your front stage *****?

 

[hollowpoint 10+ year member]

Your front stage *****?

well its stock so yeah pretty much in the end it all does yeah lol.

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

ive always down rear fill, but on my next project im jus doing front stage. Rear fill is for rear passengers and i dont have to many of those, im going to focus more on mew the driver than anything else

 

[WrenchGuy 10+ year member]

I hear IF your gonna have rear fill to use midbass only. Anyone?

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

well its stock so yeah pretty much in the end it all does yeah lol.

And you wonder why it sounds like ****... wow.

 

[Boulderguy 10+ year member]

I like having some rear fill, doesn't sound right to me without.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

I hear IF your gonna have rear fill to use midbass only. Anyone?

There's a bunch of "theories" on rear fill.

Some of them are decent, some are not even close.

This is a decent start;

http://www.elitecaraudio.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=126390&pagenumber=1

 

[grampi 10+ year member]

i agree. however the only reason to having rears, would be to have the acoustic balance or atmosphere in your car that you wouldn't have otherwise compared to a studio performance vs. live. feeling.
just a tad rear fill is necessary if you can dial in the correct time factor for the delay.

If you're getting the proper imaging, balance, etc, from your front speakers, THEY will provide the rear fill. The rear fill from a live performance comes from the stage.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

This debate tends to cause drama and leads to nowhere. The reason for that is because there are many who 'thinks' rearfill is the way to go.

It's kinda of a battle of 'night club' vs. 'concert' IMO.

 

[hardhitta47 10+ year member]

This debate tends to cause drama and leads to nowhere. The reason for that is because there are many who 'thinks' rearfill is the way to go.
It's kinda of a battle of 'night club' vs. 'concert' IMO.

I definitely prefer 'concert', even if I'm listening to 'night club' music. I'm pretty sure rear fill would completely fukc up the stage just in front of my windshield I've been working so hard to get.