I'm not sure how to set up the time correction. Do you pick one focal point in the car and measure the distance of each speaker to that focal point? If you do this doesn't that just mean that when sitting in that focal point all the speakers hit you at the same time....so only the driver and not passenger (or visa versa) gets the full experience because there is only one focal point?

 

s2k cabin is so small. time correction is not really needed

 

The cabin is small, not sure if you can center the sound in both seats. I have my ds set to 2.1 delay and it centers the sound in the cabin, but only from the driver seat. Who cares what the passenger thinks.

 

Clearly you've never heard your system after setting the time correction. It makes the world of difference! I have the lucid rear speakers and they just over power my front speakers because they are so close to me. Having my front and rear speakers hit me at the same time completely revolutionizes the sound in my car. It sounds just like I am wearing headphones in the car when at the focal point.

Ok, I figured I was doing it right but didn't know if there was a way to make the passenger seat and driver seat have focal points.

 

Both time correction and sound level adjustment WILL help improve your sound stage and image (i.e. height, centering, placement of instruments, etc.) in the S2K cabin.

Ideally, you'd want to install the speaker so that it'll sound good for both drivers and passengers w/o any adjustments but that's almost impossible to achieve.

I suggest measuring from the point where the driver's ear. If you adjust it right, the sound should hit your ear at the same time. The get a bit more technical, there'll also be secondary, tertiary, .... reflections from interior trims, windows, etc. but I won't worry too much about that for now.

One more pointer is that time alignment is more effective for lower frequencies e.g. < 1khz. At higher frequencies, the sound level (loudness) is more effective for tuning

 

For a competition set-up you should have it set in the center of the car, about an inch below the level of the rear view mirror and at about the same distance from the seats, basically so it sounds as if the person singing is sitting on your dashboard.

If you aren't competing, just set it up more focused towards the driver so it sounds good to you.

 

great that works for me