Hey Z owners, I need some help in regards to putting bose speakers in the rear portion of my 2006 350. I have kicker speakers in the front, pioneer AVH-X1600DVD receiver, and regular stock speakers in the rear. Would those bose speakers be compatible with that setup? Also would that effect my future plans of buying a 10 inch sub? Thanks for your time, any help is appreciated.

 

Go to the audio installs part of the forum.

Several great install threads posted there, will provide you the information you need.


Your question points to a general lack of knowledge of auto hifi, so it would be good time spent.


To answer your question though, you are better off with NO rear speakers in the Z, for many reasons (again, the search function is your friend).

Good luck and welcome to the forums.


You stationed at Bragg or Pope?

 

No rear speakers because it drags the sound stage to the back - like going to a concert with your back to the stage... silly huh? I'd leave the stock speakers back there and just adjust the fader to the front. No sense putting money into rear speakers in a two seater.

You can always add a sub later regardless of speaker configuration. The only question then becomes how many channels of amplification you want/need.

 

Agreet. No rear speakers. Waste of time money and weight.

 

I installed speakers in the rear recently. I think it sounds great ,but I personally like that the speaker is right behind your head (unlike most) lol.

 

What do you have up front Matthew?

 

The stock rear speakers are famous for being incredibly junky. Mine didnt work at all when I bought my car, and then I had an audio expert look at my factory system and he stregthened the connection of a few "leads" on the head unit. That allowed one rear speaker to play very muffled while the other rear speaker played static. So I tossed the speakers and replaced with kicker speakers. The new speakers sound great!

The difference in weight is minimal, lol at ppl telling you it adds weight... dont worry about adding 4 pounds of weight with speakers unless you plan to fully gut your interior and track your car, it won't make a difference. You could drink half a gallon of gatorade, sit down in your car and you'd add more wieght to your car than the aftermarket speakers will.

 

Polk Audio DB651's .Just something simple that sounds much better than the stock speakers.

 

Each time this question comes up it comes down to listening preference. However most agree with not having rear speakers. I installed them but ended up fading them off. Sounds better to me that way

 

If you use good front speakers you wont need rears. I have just my fronts and it is still loud enough to make your ears ring.

 

Don’t install Bose in the rear slots. You have much better options costing a lot less than Bose.

Some members here will advise not installing rears, but other members report better sound with rear speaker.

Question: Is your car’s OEM equipment Bose?

--Spike

 

I agree it is not worth having nice rear speakers, BUT... I do like having them there. I have some pretty good fronts and what I find is that the front speaker position (without door pods) takes some clarity away from them and this combined with the tweeter position makes it tough to get an immersive experience which I like in the car. So I fade my speakers about 90% to the front with about 10% coming from the back. This makes it so that almost all of the sound stage is in front of you, but you still get surrounded by the music.

 

^^ I agree that rear sound provides an enhanced listening experience.

Do what you believe is most important for better sound.

 

Funny. The SQ judges at the last competition I entered had very little bad to say about my car. My only bad comment was my soundstage wasn't from the center of the windshield due to tweeter placement. I don't feel like glassing my A pillars.

 

^^ If your tweeters are not overly large, you can simply cut out the A-pillar for your mount. I did this with my Focals and seem to have a good font stage.

 

Mine fit in the stock location. I just cut out the factory grille in the sail. But they are too close to you and the angle is wrong. They need to go about halfway up the A pillar. It is too directional in the factory location.

I got in a 370Z with glassed pillars and the soundstage was perfect. The substage was very lacking though.

 

If your tweeters are not overly large, you can simply cut out the A-pillar for your mount. I did this with my Focals and seem to have a good font stage.



Pics of tweeters inside the A-pillar. The sound is great and front-directional.

 

That's mine. It has worked fine for me for the last 5 years. I don't plan on changing it any time soon. I was just letting you guys know the stock location isn't the best.

I didn't think to mount them in the A pillar like that. I haven't pulled one off to see how much room was in it since the air bag is in them.

 

I cheated... my tweeters are in the sail location but I run Alpine's Imprint system to fix things up. The result is a very focused sound stage since the DSP is doing all the corrections (time and frequency). I don't compete anymore but I've never had a more "front & center" sound then I do now. You sit pretty low in a Z so getting a good sound stage isn't too hard. A Dodge Ram is way more challenging! For the record I'm running Infinity Reference 6030cs speakers off a Kicker XI500.4 amp. I ran a setup like Spike's in a Civic back in my competition days (mid 90s) and must say bouncing the sound off the glass like that does work out really well.

 

The only problem with the Z is how close you are to the sails. My dad's 2012 F150 has a better sound stage.