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Home audio drivers vs. car audio drivers


Just kinda curious,

Drivers seem to be specifically made for either Home Audio or Car Audio.

What exactly is the criteria that seperates these>

I see alot of good speaker manufacturers making home audio AND car drivers. Focal, Infinity, ETC, ETC.

I hear alot of problems from DIY'ers about matching tweeters and midrange drivers, was curious if anybody ever messed around and tried building a set of 2 way speakers using infinitys $200 Reference Kappa Component sets.

Is there an actualy difference between car audio and home audio? Is there a different approach to design? Ive seen car audio drivers that run in the thousands of dollars, i know enough about car audio to know that they put ever bit as much of engineering in those products.

or is it basically the fact that most car audio speakers run at 4 ohms while home audio speakers run at 8ohms?
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clbeanz
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Most mobile speakers target specific size and envirmental issues as in size,depth,flush fit,nominal 4ohm impeadence.
when you go to seperates the tweeters are ussually permanently grilled,neodymium magnets,and ferrofluid are most common.And to top it off most all designs expect use in free-air application.Also many off the better car tweeters tend to be focus dispersion so as not to splash highs off many unfriendly vehicle interiors as well as an increase in on axis sensitivity.Material choice is a comprimise for in car sunlight and moistures relentless
assualts.Pl++++++us!Most of the time thiele/small parameters from mobile manufacturers if available,can't be trusted.So what size cabinet vented/reflex or sealed acoustic suspension would you set out to build.
I have heard few rigs made for home from mobile sound gear
which yeilded loud and clean,yet always missed 3 dimensional
accurate sonic picture.IMHO
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