6x9 speakers in front doors

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Mmm...we are on the same page actually.

A "flat response" based off a flat RTA reading in a car demonstrates that the nasty acoustical environment can be tamed. Nothing more.



^flat response...measurably. The 40 Hz and below measurement can be improved dramatically. I tend to lean towards this vehicle not having a big bore woofer or a non sealed/higher tuned ported enclosure that unloads below 40 Hz...or a combination of both perhaps.

We agree, we just don't know it yet. I completely agree that if your system sounds bad there is something wrong, whether that be EQ'ing, time alignment, axial response, or what have you.

Yeah...speakers don't "put out Watts". That's a funny one! Like you said, totally nonsensical. When someone says, "it hits hard" I have to qualify that with what kind of speakers we're discussing and in what context. Hitting hard means a fast attack and decay to me initially. Sound stage however, I use quite a lot. The audio picture as it were is presented (or should be) presented to your brain through your ears like a stage in front of you given whatever boudaries you're working with. I believe I use dynamic range and damping factor quite a lot as well. Transient response and damping factor are important key phrases for me that go a long with attack and decay. Ambiance, imaging, spectral balance, staging, tonality...all very important phrases for me.

For a system to playback true to the source, I'd call that tonally accurate and properly staged.

Now, here is a point where we differ. IMHO, a sound car isn't a waste of money because I damnwell know that if I can make a car sound spectacular, I can make a room sound great without half the effort. Car audio is much more of a challenge in my book. I'm taking the more difficult path as a challenge before walking the "easy path" as it were.