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In article , Eeyore rabbitsfriendsandrel
scribeth thus


Woody wrote:

"Trevor Wilson" wrote
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote

It occurred to me when fitting some new car speakers that a dual
concentric design would be ideal for this use. But they all seem to
have
tweeters just stuck on the front. Any reason why this design has
fallen
out of favour?

**Perhaps people have finally discovered what I found a few decades
ago: They sound like ****. Given that midrange frequencies are being
bounced off the back of the tweeter, the result ends up sounding like
a pig's breakfast. I've never heard a decent dual concentric car
speaker. Perhaps it's due to the shockingly bad crossovers used.
Maybe
it's just the cheap, crappy drivers.


Also perhaps to do with the fact that the stereo 'information' is
carried by the higher frequencies which are lost in the carpet and
seats
in most cars so many manufacturers have gone for seperate mid-high
speakers (not just tweeters) in the ends of the dash or the top corners
of the doors. It also means that they can then fit lower quality
speakers that do not need to handle full range in the doors and get
what
the punter perceives to be better quality (i.e. more bass.)

You didn't seriously imagine that it's possible to get a proper stereo
image
in a car did you?

Graham


No course not!.. but there is a very pleasant difference in my car a 10
Y/O old Audi A6 betwixt Mono and Stereo which makes that worthwhile;!...
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Tony Sayer



That's what I really meant.

It is surprising when you have a DAB/FM radio in the car and you switch
between the same station in the different formats (or the radio does it
itself) how often the FM reception is in mono because the signal strength
is too low - the only advantage of DAB I suppose as it is always in stereo
with good separation if you can hear it. ClassicFM and especially choral
show it up inbcredibly well.

I've been told that it's very lacking in dynamic range and when listening to
Radio 3, quiet bits in the music can become silent bits...