What do you think of this setup? - Honda Prelude Forum

Bertico78 · 10-10-2006, 09:22 PM

After much â€œresearchâ€? on my end on my quest to upgrade my mobile sound system, this is what I came up with. Now, Iâ€™m not looking for crazy bass or Woofer enclosures in the trunk but just clear, crisp and powerful sound. I want to keep the stock locations for all my speakers and take advantage of the center speaker Iâ€™ve installed on the dash. Let me know if you think these particular speakers/amp would be best for what Iâ€™m looking for....

G_Loc · 10-12-2006, 03:28 PM

The center speakers will kill the stereo soundstage

Bertico78 · 10-12-2006, 09:00 PM

why is that Eric?

G_Loc · 10-12-2006, 09:27 PM

Well, for one, you want the speakers to be as far apart as possible to get the best stereo imaging. If you feed those 2 speakers a stereo signal, you're going to essentially be between 2 left speakers and kill some of the sound coming from the right side.

Apart from that, those speakers probably won't be voice matched to the components, so they will sound slightly different.

I guess one way to make it more or less work is to reverse the channels for the center so you're getting the sound from the right channel on the left center speaker and vise versa. Then again it might still sound off because the speakers won't be voice matched and you'll still be getting sound from the rightmost component causing an echo.

Bertico78 · 10-12-2006, 10:30 PM

I see. Good point i wasn't aware of. Damn i really wanna find a way not to waste those center speakers....

Glaucus · 10-16-2006, 12:02 PM

Unless your deck decodes DVD-A, SACD or DTS Audio discs, the center speaker makes little sense for music, but could be great for movies. Can you disable the center channel for music only? Just an FYI: A lot of the SQ audio guys would recommend going two channel stereo with a sub for best sound quality. Having that many speakers in such a small space may muddy up the sound. Level and timber matching could be a real nightmare as well. If however you plan on watching lots of movies, you need the extra speakers for full effect - although the center channel is never really required even in a home theater.

- Mike