I am looking at installing a centre channel in my Commodore. I am just wondering which companies make a dedicated centre channel speakers? I think Clarion and Alpine do, but what about Dyn, Boston, Focal etc.??
Ideally what size should the speaker be and if I install a tweeter around the same location where should it be pointed, centre of roof or driver??
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Centre channel speakers
Started by Sigmeister, Mar 01 2004 10:34 AM
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Posted 01 March 2004 - 10:34 AM
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Posted 01 March 2004 - 10:54 AM
the speaker dosent have to be a dedicated speaker as such, if you can buy indervidual speakers then u can make one
Boston sell the Pro series splits seperate, so do dyn not sure about focal but i assume you could.
Mr Shiney car has used a 3-4in (he will correct me) dyn midrange for his.
T-bro i belive has used a 6.5in boston? (and again i will be corrected
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Boston sell the Pro series splits seperate, so do dyn not sure about focal but i assume you could.
Mr Shiney car has used a 3-4in (he will correct me) dyn midrange for his.
T-bro i belive has used a 6.5in boston? (and again i will be corrected
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Posted 01 March 2004 - 11:21 AM
my suggestion would be to keep the centre speaker driver the same as your left and right front stage drivers.
You wouldn't want different tonal characteristics
You wouldn't want different tonal characteristics
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Posted 01 March 2004 - 11:11 PM
contrary to what fudd can remember! ...i run a morel hybrid4 2-way split and T-bro runs a boston pro 5.25" single driver.
fit the best quality speaker setup you can afford and fit. as suggested, consider using the same as your L/R splits. the more of the frequency range you can cover, the better.
not sure if you could fit a 6" 2-way setup in there. i find with my 4", it lacks good midbass despite the hybrid setup being top quality. if i could fit a 5.25" i would have.
same principles as L/R splits applies:
*quality installation: solid mounting
*quality amplification
*quality speakers
do the best you can.
...i run a morel hybrid4 2-way split and T-bro runs a boston pro 5.25" single driver.fit the best quality speaker setup you can afford and fit. as suggested, consider using the same as your L/R splits. the more of the frequency range you can cover, the better.
not sure if you could fit a 6" 2-way setup in there. i find with my 4", it lacks good midbass despite the hybrid setup being top quality. if i could fit a 5.25" i would have.
same principles as L/R splits applies:
*quality installation: solid mounting
*quality amplification
*quality speakers
do the best you can.
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Posted 01 March 2004 - 11:24 PM
fit an 8" sub in there instead richard
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Posted 01 March 2004 - 11:40 PM
now wouldn't that kick bum!
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Posted 02 March 2004 - 01:14 PM
Thanks Shiny, do you know if Focal components be purchased seperately??
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Posted 02 March 2004 - 02:16 PM
your best bet would be to ring a Focal dealer. im sure you would be able to sorce them.
and Shiney mullet, you know i have a shocking memory im waiting for you to start doing brain surgery so u can lobotomise me
and Shiney mullet, you know i have a shocking memory
im waiting for you to start doing brain surgery so u can lobotomise me
QUOTE (RMA @ Feb 6 2010, 01:22 AM) My only regrets are:
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Whilst he was given a new amp after it could not be fixed, he never acknowledged any of the assistance given and bitches to this day about it.
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Posted 03 March 2004 - 07:17 PM
its not the top SQ name, but Kenwood make a centre channel which fits in a standard DIN opening. makes installation very neat.
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Posted 03 March 2004 - 11:19 PM
do a search for 'centre channel' on this forum, ive posted a fair bit about it. and no, the pre-packaged centre speakers from Clarion, Kenwood etc will not cut the mustard for serious sound quality, they all sound like laptop speakers - install them at your peril
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Posted 04 March 2004 - 08:47 AM
Thanks T-Bro, It did answer some questions, but The only thing I couldn't find was where to aim the tweeter??
I suspect it should be aimed fairly straight down the middle, but just wanted to see what others are doing?
I suspect it should be aimed fairly straight down the middle, but just wanted to see what others are doing?
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Posted 04 March 2004 - 08:01 PM
also try aiming the centre tweeters at the windshield glass, this makes them less obvious and creates a nice 'phantom' blend between the tweeters and centre mid.
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Posted 07 March 2004 - 03:08 PM
ix omg that ID in the dash looked bum my friend may i introduse you to a more stylish way to install a ID in ur dash board.
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