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Originally Posted by mid_life_crisis
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 think we need to get together in the spring so you can hear my BRZ. Rear speakers have a HUGE impact on sound stage imaging. In general front/center speakers should be on axis to the listener and rear/side should be off axis. If the rear speakers were on the rear deck as you mentioned they would be bouncing off the glass and on axis with the listener. Most people who do not use rear fill have used on axis rear fill in the past only. Proper speaker positioning is 90% of the battle for good sound. This is one area Toyota has gotten right with the interior.
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Originally Posted by mid_life_crisis
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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In complete agreement. I have Hertz MLK 3 PA Mille in my BRZ for my front stage. My crossover range for my midbass is a little lower, 63-350 hz. Of course I have a DSP in my system for that. The 3" and tweet are on passive crossovers.