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Originally Posted by argento
Installed the center dash B&W speakers and did a comparison with Individual Coax. And, FWIW, my initial findings are that I hear a tangible difference with increased SPL, clarity, and tweeter frequency levels which appears we don't have with the individual coax speaker.
I bought a center dash mount off ebay and mounted the B&W mid and tweeter, perfect fit for both as SlowX6M reported, plug and play. So I was able to play the same song, via CD, with Equalizer = flat; Fade = Center; L/R = Center; Volume = 55; Surround = OFF; I swapped back and forth between the B&W setup and the Indiv. Coax speaker. I also adjusted the fader to full front then back to center for comparison.
The SPL was apparent as my first reaction was to reduce the volume and the under dash seemed to reverberate. I'm going to place acoustic foam behind the center dash speaker to mitigate this.
I hear an improved clarity over the muddy coax, but with the materials of the B&W it was inevitable.
With the coax there appears to be a hole in the middle and the L/R door tweeters doing all the work. With the B&W working in the center dash it's a great compliment. I felt that with an upgrade in door tweeters, this system would have to be exceptional. I don't feel like now I have to upgrade the door tweeters and if I wasn't all-in to the upgrade I could enjoy it as-is for a while...for some it may be enough to fill in the middle front with these improvements.
I don't think any of this is new info as it squares with what SlowX6M reported. REALLY HAPPY so far, thanks for sharing your findings.
Disclaiming again, I'm not an audiophile and my goal is to get the best OEM sound possible, which I understand will never exceed a custom setup.
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argento how's the B&W center channel holding up? I'm debating swapping out the 752 coax with the same setup as you or running the Eton B100XCN center channel