[par4tom]

I'm moving forward a bit on my stereo system now as the truck is getting closer and closer to being finished. All of the mechanical is done and the wheels and tires are being ordered today.

Here are some photos of the accent-fills that CDT Audio has engineered. These are a very specialty driver, with an extremely high crossover point of about 8khz. Each tweeter is pointed directly at the center channel drivers and the intent is to pull the "stage heighth" up over the top of the dash and stabalize it over the center channel.

For the laymen on here, in competition systems, one of the key factors in having a winning system is for the stereo system to create an illusion for the judge that he/she is at a live performance and that the performers are directly in front of them and at or above eye level.

In serious sound quality systems, competitors use all kinds of tricks to do this. However it is done, the objective is to have a sound that appears to originate over the top-center of the dash and is stabile over the top center of the dash. This means, that when listening to critical sound tracks, that the vocals from the lead vocalist don't shift to the left or right side. This is much easier said then done when dealing with phase issues and accoustics in an automotive environment.

In simplest terms, the system I am building is designed to have imaging up over the top of the dash and squarely in the center. This is why I am using this center channel setup with the tweeters mounted high in the A pillars and aimed directly at the center channel...

Here are some pics of this process. I'll cover over these little pods once I get to installing the headliner...

Here is the A pillar after cutting a 2" hole