I don't know if this is the correct forum or even if my title is accurate. But maybe you guys can tell me.
I've been reading technical forums for the recording industry and maybe I've short-circuited my brain... Lol.. Athough I'm coming at this from that perspective, the important thing for our applications is the following:
What frequencies are the most important to have up high in a car? Yes, I know that the high frequencies typically delivered by tweets are the first ones considered. But what about the lower ones? After reading posts by recording engineers I thought back to my previous vehicles and realized that many times the vocals were low down.
Personally, I never made the connection but reading about how the pros mix music is changing my understanding. My own example, so perhaps not the best but here goes. If you went to a Barry White concert, having his deep pipes coming at you from speakers on the floor rather than from ones on the stage would be less than ideal, right? Yet, that's exactly what I recall from some of my previous systems.
I understand that cars are not designed to allow larger speakers to be installed at the height of your ears but thanks to wide-band drivers, I think I can certainly pull more midrange frequencies up to the dash. Does that make sense? Maybe you guys have been doing this all along and I'm just figuring it out in my 50's...hahaha
So, can you reasonably expect 100-250Hz frequencies to be delivered by small, dashboard drivers? If not, would 250+ deliver a more "concert like" experience? Anyway, sorry for rambling a bit here gents but I hope that maybe some of you can relate.
I've been reading technical forums for the recording industry and maybe I've short-circuited my brain... Lol.. Athough I'm coming at this from that perspective, the important thing for our applications is the following:
What frequencies are the most important to have up high in a car? Yes, I know that the high frequencies typically delivered by tweets are the first ones considered. But what about the lower ones? After reading posts by recording engineers I thought back to my previous vehicles and realized that many times the vocals were low down.
Personally, I never made the connection but reading about how the pros mix music is changing my understanding. My own example, so perhaps not the best but here goes. If you went to a Barry White concert, having his deep pipes coming at you from speakers on the floor rather than from ones on the stage would be less than ideal, right? Yet, that's exactly what I recall from some of my previous systems.
I understand that cars are not designed to allow larger speakers to be installed at the height of your ears but thanks to wide-band drivers, I think I can certainly pull more midrange frequencies up to the dash. Does that make sense? Maybe you guys have been doing this all along and I'm just figuring it out in my 50's...hahaha
So, can you reasonably expect 100-250Hz frequencies to be delivered by small, dashboard drivers? If not, would 250+ deliver a more "concert like" experience? Anyway, sorry for rambling a bit here gents but I hope that maybe some of you can relate.
