It would make the answers from knowledgeable folks easier to understand and more people would be more forth coming with ideas and reasoning for the choices they recommend etc...
This is why I hardly EVER post in threads where people ask me to tell them what they should like.
Especially where we have been provided with nowhere near enough information about the build and context of the system.
Once you've been around a while, you'll know what I'm talking about.
You obviously don't yet.
the way i see it is, he asked if i were buying 6.5s which would i go with. i can answer that question without having to know anything about his setup because the question has nothing to do with his setup.
im interested in what information and context of his build would make u say oh well despite liking X drivers, since you have or are doing X u should use these drivers that i dont think sound as good.
things like deadened doors should be a given. i think it would be pretty weird if u changed your recommendation because they dont have their doors deadened because its going to sound better with a non deadened door or something silly like that
There's so much more to consider than just whether a door will be treated or not.
Will the drivers be mounted on axis or off axis?
Will it be a kick panel installation or a kick and dash/pillar build?
Will the cross over points and dispersion characteristics preclude one set of drivers from a particular installation set up?
What mounting depths/limitations are we working with?
What future plans should be considered (does the OP want to consider runing active in future)?
There's many other points to consider as well.
It's a well held view by many that the speakers should be decided on only after the environment and application has been decided on.
For example, if I want a system that gets the most from a wide band driver but I already have narrow bandwidth drivers, I'm stuck and need to shop again.
The trouble is that too many people do things backwards and choose the gear first rather than looking at what gear will best suit the environment and application.
There's so much more to consider than just whether a door will be treated or not.
if you read what i said last post, i said THINGS LIKE, as in not just deadened doors............................................. .................................................
Will the drivers be mounted on axis or off axis?
Will it be a kick panel installation or a kick and dash/pillar build?
Will the cross over points and dispersion characteristics preclude one set of drivers from a particular installation set up?
what do you mean? car audio drivers are designed to work in the doors(most) so if they were installed in the kicks they wouldnt be beaming before they got to the listener would they? doesnt seem any different/further than say passenger door driver by the time it reaches listener
What mounting depths/limitations are we working with?
if someone asks which component set out of these would u run, and they havent measured their depth, they are an idiot
What future plans should be considered (does the OP want to consider runing active in future)?
why would one set be better than the next for active? im still learning
There's many other points to consider as well.
It's a well held view by many that the speakers should be decided on only after the environment and application has been decided on.
For example, if I want a system that gets the most from a wide band driver but I already have narrow bandwidth drivers, I'm stuck and need to shop again.
The trouble is that too many people do things backwards and choose the gear first rather than looking at what gear will best suit the environment and application.
Have a think about that.
hopefully my questions and your answers will help me, OP, and other readers
funny thing is, i made a detailed thread before i made my first purchases, about where things would be installed, power, depth, etc. and i went with what people said and i wasnt impressed and neither was anyone that listened to it. even after rta + eq had been done
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