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Old Dec 29, 2006 | 06:35 PM
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I removed my sunvisors and want to place tweaters in there place all ready have them wired up and ready how can i place them in there and have them fit?
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Old Dec 29, 2006 | 10:50 PM
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Please don't, that is a horrible location for tweeter. The imaging will be horrible. As for how to do it, no idea...
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 03:12 PM
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Please don't, that is a horrible location for tweeter. The imaging will be horrible. As for how to do it, no idea...
Why you say that? I think it will work perfectly cause im not buying sunvisors.
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 03:55 PM
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i second that.. i wouldnt do it either.. i agree it is a bad place for it
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 04:43 PM
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I agree with AmorgetRS. You will end up with the highs pointing down at you from above and the low and mid pushing up towards you ear. Your ear will take the contrasting sounds and mix them to make sense or discard the bottom sounds and concentrate on the highs as most people
s hearing have a tendancy to do this. It won't sound good and will probably start to give you a headache. As a former IASCA judge I highly do not recommend this.........trust me you WON'T be happy with the sound.
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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Because I said so and I'm a Moderator so what says, goes ;-)

Basically because you want all sound to be coming at you "equally". For tweeters it is most important they are they equidistant from you head because it is easier for a human to tell where highs are coming from vs lows (why subwoofers in the trunk work just fine). Basically you'll be getting blasted by one and barely able to hear the other. Of course, being seated on the left side of the car it makes it impossible for all speakers to be an equal distance from your head, however you can minimize the effect by putting the speakers farther away from you, which is why generally we put the tweeters in the kicks.

Tweeter 1 will be 6 inches from your head, tweeter 2 is say 40 inches from your head. Ratio of 3:20.

However, put them in the kicks, Tweeter 1 is 30 inches from your head, tweeter two is now 60 inches from your head, 1:2 ratio. The second will sound A LOT better.
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 05:30 PM
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All right thanks guys i will do that instead i will just cover up the holes from the sunvisors. Havent Covered the headliner yet
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