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Originally Posted by Astral Abyss
It's honestly no better than the 2-way, maybe a lititle worse.. I blame the stupid location of the mid and tweeter in our car. With more sound coming out of the door mid-bass on the 2 way, it avoided some of the nasty reflections off the glass that makes some of my music just sound wrong with the 3-way and I can't EQ it out.
The sound also changes when you have the visor up vs down... annoying.
After I got the upgrade I had one of those eureka moments where I thought, "so that's why they went with a 2-way in this car." And then, "too late now".
This is definitely not a knock on OEM. Their kit and support is top notch. Its just something to consider before anyone thinks more is better.
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I have the "system" setup in my FRS and just installed the "reference" setup in my wife's FRS.
The door speakers in the "system" do more work than in the reference and it can pull the sound stage down and to the left with deep-voice vocals. (Chris Jones, long after you're gone)
With the reference setup, the dash speakers seem to handle a larger portion of the sound and bring the sound stage back up and do a better job of centering the (low-voice) image in front of me.
The speakers in the reference system also do a better job with delicate details that is hard to describe, but one of the more noticable instances is the harmonizing chorus in "on this train". On my sytem setup it sounds good, but on my wife's reference setup I can follow Zac Brown through the chourus. (I can pick his voice out more clearly)