I'm trying to find the best scheme to upgrade my Ford system while retaining full SYNC voice functions--here is the situation:
My OEM system consists of front door 6 by 8's and A pillar tweeters, a center top dash 3.5" single cone (paper) driver, and 6 by 8's in the rear doors (no sub...yet...).
The center 3.5 is run from a seperate module--suspect it is an addition for the SYNC voice system. When the SYNC is active and giving voice commands, all the speakers except the center dash 3.5 are significantly attenuated--you can barely hear the door speakers and tweeters--almost all the output is from the center dash speaker.
I was initially planning to use an MS-8, just pulling a L+R signal off one of the door speaker sets (no separate amp on this system thus no low level input option), but that would lose my SYNC capability. The center dash speaker does not have separate controls on head unit--just tied into the front stage adjustments. When I pan hard right and left, the center just goes up and down in volume a modest amount with max output at panned dead center.
I suppose the MS-8 would(??) still autotune with a speaker outside its tuning control by correcting for the fixed center level and frequency response curve by tuning the other system speakers to compensate for the center, but am wondering if there is a better solution.
I am also planning to add IB subs in the rear deck, but that does not seem relevant to solving the SYNC center speaker integration challenge.
The front door midbass drivers seem to be a weak link in my system (sound like crap), and I do have a pair of HAT L6's ready for front door duty. I was going to try keeping the OEM tweeters initially, maybe removing the high pass passive xover and running the fronts 2 way active.
Should I be looking at a different DSP solution than an MS-8 given my center speaker SYNC challenge? If none of the DSP's will tune properly since there is no control of a speaker outside the system, am I relegated to using crossovers and some type of EQ unit to tune? I do want to keep my volume control on the head unit if that is relevant--want full control via my OEM head unit after the tuning and balancing is done.
My OEM system consists of front door 6 by 8's and A pillar tweeters, a center top dash 3.5" single cone (paper) driver, and 6 by 8's in the rear doors (no sub...yet...).
The center 3.5 is run from a seperate module--suspect it is an addition for the SYNC voice system. When the SYNC is active and giving voice commands, all the speakers except the center dash 3.5 are significantly attenuated--you can barely hear the door speakers and tweeters--almost all the output is from the center dash speaker.
I was initially planning to use an MS-8, just pulling a L+R signal off one of the door speaker sets (no separate amp on this system thus no low level input option), but that would lose my SYNC capability. The center dash speaker does not have separate controls on head unit--just tied into the front stage adjustments. When I pan hard right and left, the center just goes up and down in volume a modest amount with max output at panned dead center.
I suppose the MS-8 would(??) still autotune with a speaker outside its tuning control by correcting for the fixed center level and frequency response curve by tuning the other system speakers to compensate for the center, but am wondering if there is a better solution.
I am also planning to add IB subs in the rear deck, but that does not seem relevant to solving the SYNC center speaker integration challenge.
The front door midbass drivers seem to be a weak link in my system (sound like crap), and I do have a pair of HAT L6's ready for front door duty. I was going to try keeping the OEM tweeters initially, maybe removing the high pass passive xover and running the fronts 2 way active.
Should I be looking at a different DSP solution than an MS-8 given my center speaker SYNC challenge? If none of the DSP's will tune properly since there is no control of a speaker outside the system, am I relegated to using crossovers and some type of EQ unit to tune? I do want to keep my volume control on the head unit if that is relevant--want full control via my OEM head unit after the tuning and balancing is done.