Things to Consider When Buying New Car Speakers

If you’re thinking about buying new car speakers, there are a few considerations you need to take into account before you part with your cash.

 Below, we have produced a brief guide to help you to make the correct choices when buying new speakers.

 

Understanding different types of speakers

We can say that there are three types of car speakers UK, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. Let’s explore these now:

 

The first thing that you need to understand is that different speakers emit different sound frequencies, and that if you want to listen to the full breadth and depth of your music, you will need speakers that can cater to all frequencies. There are three types of speaker in this regard:

 

  1. Tweeters: these pick up high frequency sounds. These speakers are very small.

 

  1. Woofers: these pick up the medium frequency sounds. They are average in size.

 

  1. Sub woofers: these pick up the low frequency sounds. They’re very large.

 

Given the large size of the sub woofers, they are not always present in cars. You might have seen them in supped-up cars. They appear as large wooden boxes in the boot, with a large speaker inside. They create the deep, booming, resonant sounds.

 

Understanding the types of speaker configuration

As you can appreciate, a decent sound system will have five separate speakers (a tweeter and woofer for both the left side and the right side, and a sub-woofer in the middle).

 

This isn’t always practical in a car, or indeed, in other places, so there are different types of speaker configurations to account for this.

 

  1. Component speakers: here, there are separate speakers for the tweeters and the woofers. The advantage of these speakers is that they produce a better sound quality because there is less interference between sound frequencies. However, they take up more space, which isn’t always practical in a car.

 

  1. Coaxial speakers: here, the tweeters and the woofers are combined into a single unit. The advantage is that they take up less space and sit easily in the car’s panels and doors. However, their sound quality is not as good as the component speakers. If you’re not much of a music head, you might not be able to tell the difference, but some people find them irritating.

 

Finally, with either system you can choose to have a subwoofer. The subwoofer is always a separate unit. It’s a major disadvantage in a car because it takes up a lot of room, sometimes the entire boot. It’s also very loud, which isn’t the best choices for car speakers UK because it can interfere with your concentration. Most people that have subwoofers use them when their cars are parked up. For instance, many boy racers have them in their cars, and play them in the carparks when they’re with their other petrol head friends. Generally speaking, you won’t need a subwoofer unless you’re planning to listen to your music while the car is stationary.

 

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