AndyGiff
CarAudio.com Recruit
Hi everyone! I am a new guy here in the forums and happened across the site while doing some research. So after browsing around the forums, I have a question for everyone on rear and front speakers, vs front only. I have a 05 Civic Lx sedan, currently with two sets of Polk DB5251s in it that are run off of a Alpine F450 4x70rms. Sub is a Alpine Type R 1242D ported, run off of a Alpine M650 400rms @4ohms currently. I see a lot of people forgo rear deck speakers entirely, leave stocks in, etc. My back deck speakers seem to distort when the sub hits hard, so I was thinking of doing a few different things. Now I love my bass in my music so I dont want to get rid of that. I would like louder, clearer mid, high range though.
A. Move the rear deck components into a kick panel on the front doors, running both sets of components in the front doors at the same 4x70rms
B. Replacing the front with a higher quality 3 way 6 1/2 component system ( current polks are 5 1/4), removing both sets of polk, and running the new three ways bridged at 2x200 watts rms ( this is the option I am thinking of going with at the moment as I "believe" it would solve ALL my issues )
C. Seeing ( no luck so far ) if there is a way to somewhat enclose the rear deck speakers. Seems its a hit or miss for a lot of people using the enclosure type "baffle" on the backs of their speakers. I will probably try this first as its relatively cheap and I do not have to rewire anything.
D. Possibly making some type of open port or opening in the rear deck, for what I assume is pressure etc, to let it come into the cabin instead of pushing on the speakers?
My end goal is I would like to hear more of the mid / mid bass and highs, distortion free ( I do not seem to get a lot of mid bass at the moment ). Without the sub on, the speakers do not distort at all with volume at near max. Only when the sub is playing, do the back set of deck speakers distort ( everything is deadend, isolated ). I feel like the 5 1/4s are not really giving me the mid sound I want and feel maybe i will get more from the 6 1/2 of course. My only other curiosity would be to try to push the current set of components with more wattage to see what they would do, but they are 10-100 watts rms. Let me know your thoughts and what would be the correct way to address the issue, I still consider myself a novice so any insights or suggestions would be appreciated. I spend a lot of time reading on the subject but I can always learn more!
A. Move the rear deck components into a kick panel on the front doors, running both sets of components in the front doors at the same 4x70rms
B. Replacing the front with a higher quality 3 way 6 1/2 component system ( current polks are 5 1/4), removing both sets of polk, and running the new three ways bridged at 2x200 watts rms ( this is the option I am thinking of going with at the moment as I "believe" it would solve ALL my issues )
C. Seeing ( no luck so far ) if there is a way to somewhat enclose the rear deck speakers. Seems its a hit or miss for a lot of people using the enclosure type "baffle" on the backs of their speakers. I will probably try this first as its relatively cheap and I do not have to rewire anything.
D. Possibly making some type of open port or opening in the rear deck, for what I assume is pressure etc, to let it come into the cabin instead of pushing on the speakers?
My end goal is I would like to hear more of the mid / mid bass and highs, distortion free ( I do not seem to get a lot of mid bass at the moment ). Without the sub on, the speakers do not distort at all with volume at near max. Only when the sub is playing, do the back set of deck speakers distort ( everything is deadend, isolated ). I feel like the 5 1/4s are not really giving me the mid sound I want and feel maybe i will get more from the 6 1/2 of course. My only other curiosity would be to try to push the current set of components with more wattage to see what they would do, but they are 10-100 watts rms. Let me know your thoughts and what would be the correct way to address the issue, I still consider myself a novice so any insights or suggestions would be appreciated. I spend a lot of time reading on the subject but I can always learn more!