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Just building some info and opinions.
Wondering if anyone has had any experience with underseat speakers in their cars.
I see advantages in that wiring does not have to pass through doors and easy mounting but I also see a probability of loss of direct sound.
I already have speakers in the front doors of the MY but wonder if it would be worth including underseat speakers in the front instead of speakers down the back in the rear somewhere.

Ok for sub woofers + low range stuff - anything in mid to high frequency, you'll want them in 'direct line of sight' - so not so good for them.

If you know anything about 'staging' & acoustics, its good to get them out front & close as possible to the real thing - depending on what sort of music you are into ...

Ideally they'd be out on a pole 2- 3m away @ ear level - hence all manner of contraptions around trying to fit them in car doors & dashes, not ideal but close enough ...

In the Brumby I'm planning to put the 6x9 direct behind seat, with sub in between - yet to see how it goes ...

Ciao, Bantum ...

Did this years ago - back when there were ads in car magazines for entire seats with speakers built into them - just I found it easier to mount the massive single speaker for the car, magnet facing floor, attached to the springs of the driver seat. Think I felt more than I heard

Micro tweeters on a-pillar and mid range / bass through the under-the-seat speaker setup could work ok. The speakers in the doors just get muffled, and if you have door pockets it's even worse as the speakers then have to face directly into the seat squab.

Hmm, lots of good info.
Lots to consider.

You need a set of those (I think) mx5 seats with a set of speakers built into the head rests

Cheers

Bennie

Bennie, when I go looking for seats I will keep this in mind