Rear Fill

Sound Waves
Sound Waves Posts: 4
edited April 2010 in Car Audio & Electronics
How many of you use rear fill in your music? Do we need it?
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited April 2010
    Dont need it. The fewer speakers you have the better. In theory it sounds great, having some extra ambience coming from behind you but in reality it just screws up the sound.

    Youre MUCH better off taking the money you wouldve spent on rear speakers and putting them towards a much higher quality set of front speakers. ;)
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited April 2010
    I do not use it nor would I. Music is recored in 2 channel stereo and the best way to liten to it is 2 channel plus by having rear speakers your **** with your sound stage which should be in front of you.
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  • EDUBAG
    EDUBAG Posts: 403
    edited April 2010
    Does this applyh to any car. I own a toyota 4runner and was wondering about using four speakers and a sub or only two and a sub.
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  • TakeTheTime
    TakeTheTime Posts: 249
    edited April 2010
    Yeah, I agree with this. Rear fill is a waste. ;) And IMO, with my SR5250 and JL w6,
    having the gains of the subwoofer set wisely, it actually sounds great in the back too!
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited April 2010
    The purpose of rear speakers is to give passengers.something to listen to. My opinion is that when my passengers start paying for my gear, then I'll start worrying about their listening enjoyment. Until then, I'll concentrate on my listening pleasure. ;)
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  • arun1963
    arun1963 Posts: 1,797
    edited April 2010
    MacLeod wrote: »
    The purpose of rear speakers is to give passengers.something to listen to. My opinion is that when my passengers start paying for my gear, then I'll start worrying about their listening enjoyment. Until then, I'll concentrate on my listening pleasure. ;)

    lmao.......:D
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  • Vital
    Vital Posts: 747
    edited April 2010
    MacLeod wrote: »
    The purpose of rear speakers is to give passengers.something to listen to. My opinion is that when my passengers start paying for my gear, then I'll start worrying about their listening enjoyment. Until then, I'll concentrate on my listening pleasure. ;)

    haha!!

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  • JoshParsons84
    JoshParsons84 Posts: 565
    edited April 2010
    MacLeod wrote: »
    The purpose of rear speakers is to give passengers.something to listen to. My opinion is that when my passengers start paying for my gear, then I'll start worrying about their listening enjoyment. Until then, I'll concentrate on my listening pleasure. ;)

    That's funny!!!
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  • tk421
    tk421 Posts: 156
    edited April 2010
    generally rear fill is a waste of ur time and $$ to setup.

    but u can use it as ambient fill but only L-R attenuated would sound good. a regular L,R config would pull ur stage back... which iz bad.
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  • TakeTheTime
    TakeTheTime Posts: 249
    edited April 2010
    Focus up front, and it won't sound too bad 1 metre behind you either. ;)
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