Lets get this debate hashed out once and for all

**sansoo24** · 04-20-2005, 11:04 PM

Do you need rear speakers in your car to have a good sound system?

My opinoin > Anything besides a single cab truck needs rear fill. You dont need highs in the rear but you need a mid range driver. The way i try to set up my system is to have have an ambient audio source. Meaning you cant tell where the sound is coming from. It should just be there.

Red and all you other sq competitors please give us your opinoin

**mbuchman** · 04-21-2005, 12:47 AM

I may not be a sq competitor, but they really are not necessary if you ask me. I honestly cannot tell that their are no rear speakers in my brothers car, and I notice no real difference by fadeing my radio all the way to the front channel. Then again, I never sit in the back. On the flip side, if you only have rear speakers, it just sounds bad.

So in my opinion, no, you do not need rear fill. Adding rear fill could even (while unlikely) cause cancelation and such, so front channel is all that matters to me. Of course, subwoofers are in the back, but they generally fill the car with music anyway, and you cant necessarily tell it is in the back.

But their is no way to change anyones mind, so keep using rear fill if you like it.

Matt

**sansoo24** · 04-21-2005, 01:33 AM

Basically across this forum there are tons of opinoins on this subject as there is with many others. But this is one that i see causing new audio enthusists a great deal of head ache. My aim is to get many opinoins and proposed setup ideas out there for people to reveiw. Instead of spoon feeding them we can get a good knowledge scource going. Sound staging a vehicle isnt all that easy. Sometimes it gets rather hard. And i think we need some info on this forum to help people with it. And hopefully this will be a start

**xdjxklusivex** · 04-21-2005, 01:54 AM

i would say it adds a nice punch into it like if u turn ur head u can still hear the sound fill in all over :-D single cabs no need like sansoo24 said other then that id say yes just for personal pleasure

**fantomas** · 04-21-2005, 02:05 AM

last time i checked...you only need two speakers for stereo to work. no real need for rear fill...i couldn't care less about anyone that sits in the back seat. however, my next setup will have rear speakers for 4.1 surround.

when you go to a concert, you're (usually) not IN the band, you're in front of the band, rather, they're in front of you. you can tell where the sound comes from.

**darkciti** · 04-21-2005, 02:06 AM

agreed. If you want a _good_ system, You need rear speakers.

If you've ever been to a movie theatre and have had someone cough, chomp, or yap behind you- you can easily understand the significance of human hearing and its complete range of perception. Your favorite movie could be blasting in a great scene, but if you have some old lady behind you yapping to her friend, you'll definately notice it.

Maybe I'm biased because I hate when people behind me talk during a movie...

Maybe humans hear better behind them than in front of them - I dunno.

Bottom line: Rear fill is necessary for a quality audio experience.

**darkciti** · 04-21-2005, 02:09 AM

last time i checked...you only need two speakers for stereo to work. no real need for rear fill...i couldn't care less about anyone that sits in the back seat. however, my next setup will have rear speakers for 4.1 surround.

I think you're mistaken. If you were right, companies wouldn't be spending millions of dollars on developing SPDIF, 5.1, THX, etc.

If done properly, a car could be a perfect mini-theatre within itself (obviously not while driving). Car's are a very conducive environment for movies and audio when parked.

**fantomas** · 04-21-2005, 02:17 AM

actually, it would be more like the old lady sitting behind you...saying and sounding exactly like what they're saying in the movie. the left front is the same as the left rear and the right front is the same as the right rear

Originally Posted by darkciti

agreed. If you want a _good_ system, You need rear speakers.

If you've ever been to a movie theatre and have had someone cough, chomp, or yap behind you- you can easily understand the significance of human hearing and its complete range of perception. Your favorite movie could be blasting in a great scene, but if you have some old lady behind you yapping to her friend, you'll definately notice it.

Maybe I'm biased because I hate when people behind me talk during a movie...

Maybe humans hear better behind them than in front of them - I dunno.

Bottom line: Rear fill is necessary for a quality audio experience.

surround sound is a different story...

**sansoo24** · 04-21-2005, 02:25 AM

Question? Car has no subs and only 6.5 components up front. You are proposing that these 2 little speakers can adequately fill the entire vehicle with sound. Regardless of whether you have rear passengers or not, I dont think they can. Maybe if you have custom kick panels or dor pods that focus them the right direction.

I guess the biggest deal is with sound staging. I dont agree that you want to setup a car audio system to try and mimic a concert. That just sounds stupid. Your car isnt a stadium so why try and make it sound like one. In my opinoin you should never be able to tell where the sound source is. The sound should just fill the air evenly throught the interior.

**adidas445** · 04-21-2005, 02:57 AM

for SQ there is no need for rear fill...dont think about the damn passengers, from the drivers seat rear fill adds very little. look at any winning SQ setup....chances are that they have 3 or more comp sets up front and maybe one in the back if any!! now, for movies and such rear fill is important but until all our audio CD's are 5.1 im not gonna worry about it. there will come a time when cars are 5.1 ready, as said before a car setting is very conducive to a 5.1 setting....but until then ill let my 6.5 comp set and sub fill my car with sound, even for movies...time for the flaming

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