where is the 7th speaker location?

Ok,

So the JBL system has "9 speakers in 7 locations". I can count to 6 location that I noticed (2 front dash, 2 front door and 2 rear door). I guess the 7th is a subwoofer but I couldn't find it. Where is it hiding?

I don't have a prius yet so it's not like I could go out and look.

/Robert

 

Argh? It's a center dash speaker? I didn't see that! I was hoping it would mean a subwoofer... that all said I find the JBL system to have too much bas, muffled mid range and tin can tweeters... They work ok on low volume and low volume works because the car is so quiet but it's not that impressive a system... the integration with bluettoth, voice control, nav system makes up for it.

 

Thanks, I believe you. The speaker located on the top of the lcd is probably a mid-high range speaker put there to help locate the sound in the middle of the car (instead of coming from each side).
Come to think of it I thought the sound came too much from the center dash when I test drove it but couldn't figure out why (I'm sure that can be adjusted).
To me it's a sign that when they went with 6 speakers it didn't sound good (voices too separated into each door) so they added this as a cheap fix.

Thanks for the info.

 

I agree, stereo sound only have info for left and right sound. Adding a speaker in the middle gets complex (sure you can add left and right together but that is not easy and I"m not surw what you really gain).

A lot of people are used to surrond at home and in a surround system the center speaker really helps but with surrond there is more channels then left and right. I guess the center speaker here is to appease the avearge consumer

I might try to disconnect the center speaker but I thought I remebered a graphical control where you could move the sound in the car? I would probably move the sound a little bit towards the rear as a first test.

 

Thanks, I don't think I would have come up with that idea myself and I do think I will like that solution. I am an audiophile

 

You have the mid's down? I though the mid range needed boosting as it was weak compared to the rest. If you don't hear a difference be happy! Most people aren't bothered by sound quality the more listen to the music This is a great thing. Once you start obsessing with the technical quality of the sound (i.e not the music itself) you end up going down a slipper slope that costs a lot of money

That said I don't have a Prius yet so I can't test the mod.

 

I think you and I most likley like different music or I didn't have enough experience with the stereo (24hrs test drive). I mostly listen to jazz, classical and NPR so I want as linear sounds as possible. When I listen to 60's soul or rock I don't mind if the bass is turned up a bit and the mid range depressed (it tends to be mostly bass and treble with a lot of electronic sounds anyway)

I liked the middle rane up one notch (or two) and the treble and bass flat. I thought the midrange sounded muddy with default settings but turning it up ended up having the sound in the middle (I didn't realize there was a speaker there). If turning the mid range down made the center sound less then I think I believe even more in disconnecting the middle speaker to solve the problem... well maybe