hey guys, I don't normally post on here since I don't currently have a focus, but I do browse the forums every once in a while and I read through this thread and wanted to help by correcting some misinformation.
Why not just find some good 6x8's? it's a larger speaker, better sound and more mid base
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Ive always thought that a round speaker produces a better more natural sound. But i guess in a car there is nothing natural about it anyway.
Also to me the variety for 6 1/2 seems better, you get the best bang for the buck with 6-1/2 over a speaker designed just to fit certin cars. They seem to jack up the price on 6X8s
this is completely correct, typically a round speaker will have better sound characteristics then an oval speaker. but more importantly, there are very few high-end oval speakers, 6 1/2's are by far the most common size and therefore have a much larger selection of "good" speakers. lots of high end speaker makers only make one size, and its a 6 1/2"
All hi-end speakers sytems use other than round drivers.
this is not true at all
bass is best recreated by round speakers that is why subwoofers are round and not oval also i want to go with component because the vibrations of the midbasss wont mess with the tweeter
I will im guesing its going to be a giant pain , im trying to run a 4 channel amp no idea how to get the speaker wire from the front speakers to the rear amp
this is actually backwards, of all the frequency spectrums bass is the least affected by shape, lots off odd shaped subwoofers perform very well.
Actually running the tweeters off of your HU while having your mids off an amp and subs off an amp would not sound good. You would barely be able to hear the highs when cranked. That would be like just using an amp for subs but keeping all of your stock speakers on the HU. The subs amp will overpower the HU output which is whole purpose of upgrading to an amp. If you're going to use an amp for your mids/highs you might as well do it right. Or at least run a seperate amp for the highs with a crossover
this is exactly right
square subs dont have mid bass because of there dust caps resonating at lower frequencies do to their shape
this is not true, the free air resonance of a sub is determined by lots of factors, shape is not one of them. the only way shape would effect the resonance frequency is due to the increased cone size and wight of a square cone versus a round one, but this could be changed simply by making the cone from a lighter material. none of that really matters though because subs, when set up properly, should not be playing mid bass anyway. thats what the mids in your doors are for, and thats why the OP wants a quality set of of 6 1/2's in his front doors, rather then a set of low end 6x8's with no midbass.
