Center audio sounds horrible

[McSquashy]

I like that the center speaker and surround mode gives the sound a sense of fullness. It's probably not how the music was meant to be listened to when produced, but I feel it gives a sense of warmth and raises the music up from the door speakers. It also makes it difficult to pinpoint a particular direction the music is coming from, which I like. The only way I can describe it is being enveloped in sound rather than hearing sound from a specific location. Unfortunately, the new center speaker kind of kills that non-directional listening experience, if that makes sense.

I'm going to try the foam over the speaker to see if that helps. If not, I'll be looking for a different speaker without a tweeter. Thank you all for the advice!

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[iexiak]

I agree and would put foam over that tweeter. Personally, I removed the center channel speaker the day I brought the car home. I have no use for a center channel in any music audio system. Now, in a theater audio system that is a different story.

I'll second this. The center channel helps form a center image for multi-seat tuning. If your passenger doesn't care too much about imaging, the center channel is hurting things for the driver almost as much as it helps. I don't run a center channel because I only compete in single seat competitions.

 

[iexiak]

It's probably not how the music was meant to be listened to when produced, but I feel it gives a sense of warmth and raises the music up from the door speakers. It also makes it difficult to pinpoint a particular direction the music is coming from, which I like. The only way I can describe it is being enveloped in sound rather than hearing sound from a specific location.

I posted after your reply, but just wanted to comment that there is absolutely nothing wrong with getting the music to sound how you want

Listen to MJ walk across the stage on Thriller in your home, then listen in your car. This is imaging/staging. It's ok to not want that but it is something that B+O put a lot of effort into when they tuned the car.

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