I need to pick the brains of the group a little and see what you all would think would be the best approach at designing a passive system for car audio use. I have a friend that is in the process of building a show car out of a 90's model Mustang. While the primary focus is going to be around the engine performance he still wants to have a nice stereo system in it.
We have looked at a lot of offerings from various manufacturers for the upper end and I have yet to find something that looks like it is worth the money. Some of the component sets we have looked at are in excess of $600. To me that is outrageous. My thought was to actually take in car measurements and build our own passive xovers. I cant see how we cannot exceed the performance of any of the standard component sets and their generic xovers. Which brings me to my question, what would be the best way to take the measurements? The speakers will all be mounted in the door panels. Due to clutch requirements and aftermarket computers the kick panels are out of the question. My thought was to place the mic at ear level in the center of the front seats and take the measurements from there. Does this sound like a good approach or is there a better way of doing it?
We have looked at a lot of offerings from various manufacturers for the upper end and I have yet to find something that looks like it is worth the money. Some of the component sets we have looked at are in excess of $600. To me that is outrageous. My thought was to actually take in car measurements and build our own passive xovers. I cant see how we cannot exceed the performance of any of the standard component sets and their generic xovers. Which brings me to my question, what would be the best way to take the measurements? The speakers will all be mounted in the door panels. Due to clutch requirements and aftermarket computers the kick panels are out of the question. My thought was to place the mic at ear level in the center of the front seats and take the measurements from there. Does this sound like a good approach or is there a better way of doing it?
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