Re: Stereo stuff (was: Stock Speakers)

[djbergesen@dotstar.net (David Bergesen)]

>Hurm.  So you didn't use the existing mounts under the speaker cover on
>the dash?  There was PLENTY of space under mine.  And speakers in cars
>(IMHO) are not like having your surround sound system at home.  As long
>as they're generally aimed at your head, that should be fine.  You
>definitely don't want your tweeters aimed at your head, when your
>mids/lows are by your feet.  They'll just overkill anything coming out
>of your feet.  Uh.  BY your feet, i mean.  :)  Not that you couldn't
>mount speakers in your shoes if you really wanted to...  Oh, forget
>Sundie
>(generally puzzled, but REALLY confused this time)

Nope. From my experience (NOT expertise, just experience), the more direct
the path of the sound wave, the clearer the imaging. Treble IS directional,
unlike bass. Like you said the speakers need to be pointed in the general
direction of your head. True enough, but on the install of the JBL tweets in
my Jetta, I mounted them on the  inside of where the side-view mirrors are.
They were pointed in the general direction of my head (as per my philosophy
at the time, like yours now), but they didn't pint right at me. I found I
got a much better stereo image when I moved closer to the middle, and
slightly forward, to be right in the path of both speakers' axes. Now, with
the tweeters in the kickpanels, the distance between each speaker and my
head is much closer to being equal (better balance), and they each point
directly at me, delivering a much clearer sound DIRECTLY TO MY EARS, and not
to a spec of dust 7" in front of my head, like the JBLs did. Also, the sound
from the woofer is NOT drowned out (well, maybe a LITTLE), and the bass they
deliver is still crisp and clear.
    Please forgive my tone, if any, that is just my regular whining self
expressing my opinion, and I value yours just as much. Thanks.

-ENS D.J. Bergesen
Student Naval Aviator
djbergesen@dotstar.net
96 Vento GLX VR6 blk/blk
96 Chevy Cavalier (aka SLOW)