Mid bass driver

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: May 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM

Topic: Mid bass driver

Posted By: 5150azn
Subject: Mid bass driver
Date Posted: April 05, 2005 at 11:54 PM

Now I've seen 12" midbass drivers in the front kick of cars. Is that overkill or is it right? And what ever happened to the horn drivers? I sat in a bunch of cars with these crazy things and somehow these guys tuned them up very well. I can only imagine how hard it must have been though.

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Posted By: kfr01
Date Posted: April 06, 2005 at 12:06 AM

A 12" up front is a waste of time and energy, in my opinion. The same effect can be acheived by close attention to smaller midbass drivers up front and a properly crossed over larger subwoofer in the back.

Horn drivers are usually used as tweeter replacements for imaging purposes. I don't like the sound - or the price.

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Posted By: Steven Kephart
Date Posted: April 06, 2005 at 1:29 AM

kfr01] wrote:

12" up front is a waste of time and energy, in my opinion. The same effect can be acheived by close attention to smaller midbass drivers up front and a properly crossed over larger subwoofer in the back.

I think you would be surprised at how much of a difference it makes. It really is an experience to hear a subwoofer mounted up front. However it isn't practical at all. For the most part I do recommend people taking your recommended action unless they are a little crazy. posted_image

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

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Posted By: kfr01
Date Posted: April 06, 2005 at 8:37 AM

haha, yes, I bet it does help. I do like your in-console install!

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Posted By: 5150azn
Date Posted: April 06, 2005 at 12:09 PM

All the cars I've ever been in with woofers up front were amazing. I'm just worried to try it myself.

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Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: April 06, 2005 at 7:21 PM

A 3 way set up is just perfect , it offers so much more than a normal component system can offer, , possibly try that route before sticking 8's or 10's up front.

By a 3 way system i mean a dedicated 6.5" midbass woofer, a 5.25" mid range woofer, and a tweeter.

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