Many head units have the ability to adjust phase timing to create that perfect sound field. I am hoping that will be the case when I install my Alpine 9831/Polk Momo 6.5s this coming week.

 

Well, yes and no. Alpine units have time correction, but you can only use this to correct phase between tweeter and midrange if you use a bi-wire setup. If you are running the Alpine in "2-way" mode and have a single speaker output going to your front channel and a second to the sub, you can only time correct between the channels you have. Unless your speaker xover has a phase adjustment, your only choices will be to switch tweeter wires.

Now if you run in "3 way" mode, bypass the passive xovers and use the active xover on the H.U., then you can time correct between individual drivers. I know someone who does this and it works pretty well.

Peter

 

THANKYOU LATEOTT!!

I loved the UNIQUE positioning you came up with. I found that you can use a Computer SLOT cover as your bracket which is a good mix of strength and flexibility and it's CHEAP.

I installed my focal tn-51's off a JL xover.








With the top down and doing 50-60, the Alpine is only cranked to 18 and sounding crisp and clear whereas I usually would have it at 22.

THANKS AGAIN!!!

 

I put my tweeters in the "A" pillar. The A pillars pop out easily for installation, the speakers fit flush, and aren't blocked by body parts. They almost work too well--I installed MB Quart 6.5's in the door and the tweeters in the A pillar, and the high notes were immediately more noticeable. I've since put two 6.5" mid-subs behind the seats to balance things out.

 

I have my tweeters in the a pillar and the imaging is horrible. I played with different locations and the door handle location sound great, but I didnt know how to mount them cleanly. I will use this method of remounting them.

The stock location sounded just ok, and with the 04-05 grills at $45 is the cleanest solution for 00-01 cars.

 

Wow, old thread revival, but I figure I'll contribute since I recently did a new install.

The door handle location is definitely the best compromise outside of somehow squeezing in kickpanels (b0mbrman is the only person I know of whose done this, and I have no idea how he fit them). How you locate them there I guess depends on how faint-of-heart you are about cutting your car. The metal bracket is a good easily-reversible solution, but it looks unfinished to me. I did some cutting and used the angle-mount pods included with my components to mount them in front of the handle.





I have little problem with cutting my car because technically anything is reversible, but I can understand why some would avoid it.

 

Excellent!