Are the rear speakers even worth upgrading?
06-16-2009, 01:30 PM
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Are the rear speakers even worth upgrading?
serious question, i want to change something up, i have front mb quartz speakers, stock rears, rockford fosgate amp+sub, will upgrading the rears make that much of a difference?
06-16-2009, 02:35 PM
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Yes they will. It will give you a complete clear crisp sound (of course if you're going with mbQuartz to make sure it stays clean) If you don't like too much high's you could always play with the amp.
06-16-2009, 02:48 PM
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If u had searched you wouldve found that most people don't think it's worth it. Especially if you have a sub that will bog out the sound of the rear speakers anyway. If you really need to switch something up, why not upgrade from mb and Rockford? That will contribute much more than adding speaker you won't really be able to hear.
06-16-2009, 04:47 PM
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I am for and against upgrading the rears. I upgraded to Boston's and only hooked up the front components to the amp and allowed the 3 way rears to be powered by my headunit 25W. It wasnt enough and the fronts drowned out the rears. The seats also block the sound a bit. If you do decided on rears make sure they are matched well with the rest of your system...
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06-17-2009, 07:00 AM
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The rear speakers in the Z are in the worst possible spot for imaging, or even helping to raise the floor of the sound stage. You would have to feed them a significant amount of power for them to give you any appreciable difference in mid/high vs the rest of the system. The only realistic use for them would be in a true 5.1 system, where you need rear speakers as part of the soundtrack of the source program (movie, etc).
06-17-2009, 07:40 AM
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That's just plain incorrect
The rear speakers in the Z are in the worst possible spot for imaging, or even helping to raise the floor of the sound stage. You would have to feed them a significant amount of power for them to give you any appreciable difference in mid/high vs the rest of the system. The only realistic use for them would be in a true 5.1 system, where you need rear speakers as part of the soundtrack of the source program (movie, etc).
The rear speakers in the Z are in the worst possible spot for imaging, or even helping to raise the floor of the sound stage. You would have to feed them a significant amount of power for them to give you any appreciable difference in mid/high vs the rest of the system. The only realistic use for them would be in a true 5.1 system, where you need rear speakers as part of the soundtrack of the source program (movie, etc).
06-17-2009, 07:44 AM
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Sure if you want to waste money, don't care about the sound stage, or ever plan on going active, and want want your passengers in the rear seat to be able to hear the music.
Take whatever money you are/thinking about spending on the rear speakers and either go active, or upgrade the front speakers to better ones or make them better somehow (deadening the doors).
Take whatever money you are/thinking about spending on the rear speakers and either go active, or upgrade the front speakers to better ones or make them better somehow (deadening the doors).
06-17-2009, 07:50 AM
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when you make a post trying to directly answer someones question looking for advise, if you don't know what you're talking about (and there is nothing wrong with that by the way - everyone can always learn something new!), you're better off not posting at all. He's not looking for what you did on your car, he's asking for facts - and the fact of the matter is that short of a full 5.1 type setup, where rear speakers are mandatory as part of the ecoding of the source material, "upgrading" them in their stock location isn't really an upgrade at all, it's simply a waste of time and money.
BTW, I am the furthest thing from an expert as well - there are several guys here who know their stuff backwards and forwards when it comes to audio. However, having spent significant time (and money) upgrading the system in my own Z, I've got a pretty good, general working knowledge of what is, and is not worth investing in, and rear stock location speakers don't even come close to making it on that list.
06-17-2009, 01:04 PM
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Buying nazar's door pods and better front speakers will be way better for your sound than the virtually useless rear speakers. The stock speaker grill in the front blocks a lot of sound, fixing this is more practical for actual sound heard than rear speakers.
06-17-2009, 02:58 PM
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