comps with 6x9's?

[joshygoode]

im going to get a new sub and comps, but i already have 6x9's in, is it worth leaving them in or best of taking them out with comps?

[Ashleyp]

sell the 6x9s

[creamcake]

Get rid of the 6x9s... Have sub and comps.

[johnlambert]

Originally Posted by creamcake

Get rid of the 6x9s... Have sub and comps.

how bad will the quality be if he leaves them in???

[creamcake]

All 6x9s are a cheap alternative to a good set up. Eg bass, mids and highs. Also theres no point in having them in the parcel shelf as most of the sound goes out the window.

Think about it if its good quality your after you want to create a sound stage ... So for instance you want to feel if the music is straight infront of you like a concert.
To do this the best set up would be comps in the front then a sub in the boot.


If its pure bass your after then leave 6x9s in there but it will sound pretty naff tbh.

[Ashleyp]

Originally Posted by johnlambert

how bad will the quality be if he leaves them in???

sound quality always comes from the front of the car. that isnt an opinion

people get confused and think they like 6x9s, the reason for this is theyre running a very bad set up in the front of the car, and then use 6x9s as an excuse to enhance quality

the rule is, Comps up front & a sub in the rear

for 3 reasons:

- subs are too big to fit up front,
- low freqs (below 200hz) travel differently to high freqs and can therfore be allowed to be positioned behind the driver
- having a sub is often a "mono" set up, as opposed to stereo, combine this with the way the freqs travel, and it's be hard to stage a sub up front properly

6x9s in the back drag the sound staging to the rear. this is where you do NOT want it.

in a pro music studio, sound staging is simple, 2 monitors (speakers) in front of you, 1 to the left and one to the right, both aiming at you to enclose your head (ears) in the field of sound. this can NOT be achieved with speakers in the rear of a cabin

dont get me wrong, it's nice to have a little fill in the rear (in the form of a small, low powerd set of speakers) just to add definition to the music, but people often used 6x9s to over power the front comps

other reasons include:

- subs & 6x9s cant produce good clean notes in the same enclosure
- even the most expensive 6x9s are still a coaxial form of speaker, and therefore will never be as good as components
- the shape of them doesnt allow them to produce good quality notes
- they not in any enclosure, and therfore sound "flappy"

coonper did a good video test between some vibe 6x9s and some fusion 3 way comps, the quality from the comps is ridiculously better