worth it?

[The Camry]

So I've been considering cutting up my doors(cleanly) and mounting my door speakers in a cross firing(towards opposite persons head). Eliminating some reflections. Has anyone had any experience with doing this. Is it worth it?

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[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

Just keep in mind once you go that route your resale will hit the floor. Before doing that I would do a real DSP, the 80 was good for a HU but its not the same

 

[The Camry]

Its a 94 Camry with a salvage title and a broken plastic front bumper...so LOL what resale value?

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

Its a 94 Camry with a salvage title and a broken plastic front bumper...so LOL what resale value?

yeah fk it and do whatever you want man. I'd add some 4 inchers in the A pillars and keep the hertz on pure midbass duty.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Just wire them up and use some gorilla tape to mount them where you think you want them... then you can see if the sound is decent enough to justify the trouble of cutting.

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

Aiming your mid-woofers is only going to affect high frequencies, which typically get cut off by crossovers. Below roughly 1.5K a 6.5" woofer radiates sound evenly in all directions, so aiming is pointless. The same things applies to a midrange in a 3-way set but at a higher frequency. Aim your tweeters so they sound the best, which may or may not be on axis.

 

[The Camry]

Aiming your mid-woofers is only going to affect high frequencies, which typically get cut off by crossovers. Below roughly 1.5K a 6.5" woofer radiates sound evenly in all directions, so aiming is pointless. The same things applies to a midrange in a 3-way set but at a higher frequency. Aim your tweeters so they sound the best, which may or may not be on axis.

How exactly do i read that chart? what does the D stand for? i get the point of beaming but im a lil lost on how its read.

I was thinking more of aiming to get rid of reflections, even ever so slightly.

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

How exactly do i read that chart? what does the D stand for? i get the point of beaming but im a lil lost on how its read.
I was thinking more of aiming to get rid of reflections, even ever so slightly.

D is diameter. When the picture looks more like a half circle the sound comes off the cone equally in all directions. When the picture looks more like a narrow peak the sound comes out in a narrow pattern, analogous to a flashlight beam. Since you can't get rid of reflections in a car, spreading the sound as widely as possible is the next logical approach. Yes, you end up with lots of reflections but we don't hear the tiny peaks and dips from the resulting comb filtering. The bigger dips at low frequencies, such as the common null caused by a door-mounted woofer reflecting off a vertical center console, might be heard, but 99.9% of people don't notice it. We can cut energy from peaks caused by the car with EQ. Use EQ. EQ is a wonderful tool, and you have all the time in the world to hone your tuning skills, right?