Speaker set ups, 4 Vs. 6 Vs. 8 Options

[CelicaST_CALI]

OK i have a 1994 coupe with a 4 stereo set up now,i am planning on putting a sub box to house some kinda subs in the truck,i was wondering is there really a big difference between the 4, 6, and 8 speaker set up?Can i buy the door panels,and the other panels that are made for the 8 or 6 speaker set up if i wanted to convert?I would really like to see some pics of all the different sound set ups!



This post has been edited by CelicaST_CALI: Sep 16, 2007 - 3:06 PM

[Hanyo]

what are you trying to accomplish?

generally... the more speakers you have the higher quality of sound you can get. Example: if you have 1 speaker, the sound range from that speaker can only produce from a sharp pitch to the normal pitch sound. So when you play music with one speaker only, you can only hear half the music. So if you add a second speaker that can play lower level sounds from normal pitch to low pitch. You will get almost the full spectrum of music. The third speaker will play low and sub-sonic sound. So with 3 speakers you can hear all the sounds.

It can hurt your system too if you randomly add speakers. If you have speaker that over lap on the same range, then you will a super loud of one sound. An example is all the speakers are good at making vocal. No matter how you tune it, you will have a dominate vocal sound. which will sound like a cheap 10 dollar radio.



Problem you run into are: 1) cost 2) tuning, if you dont select the righ sets of speakers you end up getting worse performance then with a 4 speaker set up. 3) location, if you locate the speaker in the wrong area it will sound bad. Example is having a subwoofer infront of you. 4) parts compatiblity, how often do you see 6 channel head units? majority of the head units you get are four. 5) mounting the speakers, if you want to use the OEM door pannels, you will need to buy the OEM speaker mounts.

So to answer your question, is 8 speakers greater then 4? yes if you know what your doing and have the money.

But a high quality 4 channel set up will out perform a cheap 6 channel set up put together by a seven year old.

And there are also hybrid speakers too, that have more then one voice coil in in each speaker. They lack tune-ablity, but they dont suffer as much from speaker range problems.