Yes and no.
An 8\" speaker will generally improve bottom end, at the expense of top end.
Depending on your budget, you woud get much, much better sound with a set of 6.5\" splits and an 8\" sub, rather then a set of 8\" coaxials.
Again, it all depends on whether your budget allows for something like this.
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Re: So did you try them out or what?
m0b1liz3 wrote:They sound like a good option for those of us who don't want to install subs.
BTW, I would prefer to loose a little high end. MP3s tend to have more harsh harmonics and I would be happy to get rid of a little high end if it meant no listening fatigue...
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Re: So did you try them out or what?
m0b1liz3 wrote:They sound like a good option for those of us who don't want to install subs.
BTW, I would prefer to loose a little high end. MP3s tend to have more harsh harmonics and I would be happy to get rid of a little high end if it meant no listening fatigue...
1) MP3's actually tend to do the opposite - the way the compression works it actually takes away the extremely high frequencies, it doesn't really make them harsher. Also, the difference between uncompressed auio and a good quality MP3 is essentially minimal - vast majority of people couldn't tell the difference, It's because of the way MP3 compression works - it's designed to take out bits of sound that us humans can't physically head, hence reducing file size without audible reducing sound quality. At 128kb/s 80% (maybe 90%) of people couldnt pick the difference between an uncompressed track, and an MP3 compressed version of the same track.
2) The loss wouldn't be in the high end, it'd be in the upper midrange around 1khz - 3khz. This is considered by many to be the most critical point in the sound specrum as it's where a good deal of music (especially vocals) lies.
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