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Originally Posted by Zippy
That's not entirely true. The rear speakers have a huge impact on your sound imaging. They control how high and together your front imaging is. Having good rear fill makes or breaks a good build. Also the placement of them is actually really good. You do not want them to be pointed toward you. That makes them too bright and distracts from the front stage.
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Generally speaking, rear speakers can be very useful. The problem is that in a car this small, the location is extra critical, and the factory location is so bad that you are better off without.
As far as the rear speaker location is concerned, you're going to have to "agree to disagree" with several of us.
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I wouldn't say there is a consensus. I will never go with a two way setup up front again after having done a three way in my BRZ. Having midbass only to the 6.5" and a mid-range speaker produces a clearer and cleaner sound. A perfect example is the song Ends by Everlast. On a two way setup, the midbass distorts the mid-range changing the vocals to be more bass heavy. On a three way setup there is no distortion and the vocals are clear and well defined.
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The problem with a two way is that the crossover is too high to seamlessly blend the speakers together using the factory locations. If they could be put closer together in the same plane, it might be different.
The three way Hertz system I used crosses from mid to bass at 500 hertz, which means that most of the direction critical sound is coming from the same location on the dash.
I'd be willing to bet the other good 3 ways have similar crossover points.
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