Best speaker layout for sound quality - Volvo 940 Wagon

[Jag-D]

As the title says, I'm looking for advice on the best speaker layout for high quality sound (not just high volume) on a 940 Wagon

I've never looked into this kind of thing at length before and if I'm keeping the wagon, the one thing I would like is a decent sound system especially for when I'm camping and such...

Any advice?

[5lab]

tweeters on the a pilar is the normal thing to do, you have to accept that something which is essentially a tin can is never going to have great accoustics though. Due to speaker positioning, different car occupants are always going to have different left-right volume balances as well

[Jag-D]

Aye fully aware of both, but as long as it works for me it's alright

[Jag-D]

Any more input on this?

[Some Gump]

big front pair, small sealed boxed sub, nowt else. Try to keep mid / tweeter close together if you can, and lots of dynomat on the rattly bits.

[Boarder1]

For best sound quality, you want to try and get the speakers an equal distance from the listeners ears, so ideally they would be placed in the footwell's. And as previously mentioned try and keep the mid-range speaker & tweeters as close together as possible. Or purchase a set of KEF Uni-Q speakers, where the tweeter is in the centre of the mid-range (or a similar make).

Sub wise for an estate I would go for a 12", and depending on what you want, a nice sealed box for tight punchy bass, or a ported box for a little more boom / volume. But the ported box will need to be bigger than the sealed one.

Cheers

[Jag-D]

What about a free air sub which could be seated in the storage cover for the spare wheel/seven seat thingy?

[Boarder1]

Free air's are OK, but lack a certain tightness and punch, if you want to lose the spare wheel well, you could turn it into a sub-box with a little bit of work with fibreglass and MDF.

[Jag-D]

Boarder1 said:

Free air's are OK, but lack a certain tightness and punch, if you want to lose the spare wheel well, you could turn it into a sub-box with a little bit of work with fibreglass and MDF.

Had a feeling they might lack a little tightness..shame really as it the little cover really suits the idea.

Might have to make a slimline box or two at a later date

[TommyBuoy]

Make sure the sound stage is kept within the area the driver is - front comps, sub in the rear, all powered by an amp should do it.

Definately dynamat or alike everything that rattles. Buzzing kills sound quality. You don't want the mid range components in the footwell - the lower mid range will be fine, but it won't giev you the quality - like putting surround sound speakers in corners of rooms - it just overpowers the lower mid range.

[zcacogp]

Boarder1 said:

Or purchase a set of KEF Uni-Q speakers, where the tweeter is in the centre of the mid-range (or a similar make).

Now that's one thing I have never understood; why are component speakers more popular than all-in-one speakers, which are effectively components with the tweeter mounted in the middle of the mid-range speaker?


Oli.

[TommyBuoy]

zcacogp said:

Boarder1 said:

Or purchase a set of KEF Uni-Q speakers, where the tweeter is in the centre of the mid-range (or a similar make).

Now that's one thing I have never understood; why are component speakers more popular than all-in-one speakers, which are effectively components with the tweeter mounted in the middle of the mid-range speaker?


Oli.

So you can place the tweeter and mid range seperately in optimum positions.

The 'three way' speakers are for like for like replacement (in the rear usually so you don't have to cut any interior).

[Jag-D]

Hmm I'm gonna have a look at the Volvo in the daylight and see if subs can be mounted under the back seats just before the footwell

[braddo]

You also need thick curtains over all the glass in the rear of the car to reduce the sound reflecting off the glass and to make it a shaggin' wagon

[Jag-D]

braddo said:

You also need thick curtains over all the glass in the rear of the car to reduce the sound reflecting off the glass and to make it a shaggin' wagon

Thought about it....

I will be smoking the side glass at some point...What's the law on smoking the rear?

[BlueMR2]

I think Hamilton got in trouble doing that in Australia .

[Jag-D]

BlueMR2 said:

I think Hamilton got in trouble doing that in Australia .

Then cast me into the eternal fires of hell and damnation itself

The majority of my cars cover most miles sideways