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Reply With Quoteany more ideas anyone?Is there something special about car enclosures and the small area the sound has to fill?
I have recieved a reply from the seller, saying that they are totally brand new and were never used. He also said he bought them because they were reccomended because they sounded so good for their size. The only thing I can think of is that are car speakers designed for maximum sound near to the person and in an enclosed car as there is normally a speaker in each door of near the persons head. They do sound fine when quite close to the speaker. When in the room away from the speakers they sound awful although the distance is only a few meters
any more ideas anyone?
You've got to remember that the total volume of air in a car is much, much less than the total volume of a room - it also means that you're never more than a couple of feet from the speakers, as you pointed out
(edit)Beat me to it - I think the smaller volume of a car means that the speaker doesn't have to work so hard to produce noise. Also bear in mind that car speakers don't have to be as good as hifi speakers, as they're always going to be used in a noisy environment(/edit)
Would this be why I have noticed that in cars you can get incredable bass from cheap 5" speakers that pop you ears becuse the sound reverbrates around the small area - the whole car basically acts as a cabinet.
I was planing to buy a pair of 6x9's for home use as well, although now im not so sure, would I have the same problem.
Out of a cabinet, I have tested a sony speaker against a 4" car pioneer speaker and a 4" audioline and the Sony does seem to be the best.
All in all I am still totally puzzeled.
I have been testing the speakers in temporary cabinets, what would the best design be for 4" speakers, I was also going to buy another pair of 4". I was thinking of having a mini tower transmition line like cabinets 45 cm high would this be effective? Sorry I have half drifted onto another topic.
I think that's your problem - as you say, the whole car is the speaker cabinet.
I've just looked up the prices of some in-wall/in-ceiling and the cheapest is about $375 retail, and now we know the reason why!
http://www.skywalker.com register with them and browse their catalog. They've got really nice MTM setups for about $100 each.
Also, home speakers are not designed for use in cars, there is a thread in the faqs section about why NOT to do this.Originally Posted by matt09
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