Are the speakers located in the seat backs at top suppose to emit sound at all times? I have yet to hear any sound coming from them.
Any info would be appreciated.

HYG buddy..

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thanks a lot, I guess a 2 minute serch for the topic isn't really a search.

regards

It's all good man.

SInce we have the same ride, any recommendations on all season tires for the 20s? I am due anytime and don't now which way to go. Was thinking about getting the OEM that 2013 S comes with but am warried the OEMs will wear out prematurely.
thanks for info

Umm, it all depends. I don't use All season tires because the winter weather where i lives isn't that bad (and i have a small SUV if needed). But check out tirerack.com they have tools that you can use for comparison and some great reviews.

Also, shipping is quick to your door, or a recommended installer.

I am also in VA, but always driven on all season tires. THere are about 6 choices on Tirerack for the OEM size.

thanks for commenst

Been pretty happy with these thus far:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp ... mpare1=yes

I wonder how well they would work if they just parroted the L and R speakers, as an option in the settings.

It's funny how car speaker setups don't really favor the driver seating position especially well.

In a previous life I had a car with fiero seats and they had speakers in the seats headrest. I connected them to the stereo but it was annoyingly loud.

IMO Given our seat speakers are as small as they are pumping anything other than surround channels would ruin the systems overall performance.

Btw in the 06-07 model years we have the option of enabling surround for all music sources. I believe it's called centerpoint?

2011 has the centerpoint option as well but either on or off I couldn't hear them playing, unless I used a CD.

Try increasing the surround volume. http://www.bose.com/controller?event=VI ... rround.jsp

I'll try again, thank you

I turned on my centerpoint and turned up the surrounds but could barely hear them using normal stereo audio. I'm guessing that's normal.

it is the same way for me. thanks for sharing.

It's worth mentioning that the speakers mounted in the seat-backs of our cars are NOT meant to be heard like main speakers - they will NOT be as loud or produce the entire sound spectrum of any music source. They are desinged to help create a 'personal' surround effect for only the person seated in that particular seat. They are NOT designed to add volume or fill the rest of the car with sound. Also, they will only activate if the sound source (CD, radio, etc.) contains 5.1 coding. If the source of music is an FM station, these speakers will not activate at all.
When playing 5.1 coded music sources or listening to digital radio such as some XM stations, the speakers will activate as the system decodes the info and sends particular frequencies to those speakers. They are desinged to 'fill' an area near the seated passenger's ears only. A passenger seated in any other location cannot hear these speakers and they are desinged NOT to sound like a speaker near your ear but rather 'enhance' or 'fill' the area surrounding the head of that person seated there.
In my car, I an only detect that they are working by tilting my head sharply toward one or the other speaker, or by lightly laying my fingers directly on them to feel the speaker vibration. If I switch the sourround system OFF, I notice the lack of sound near me, but with the sysytem switched ON, the speakers do not have any presence - that is how they are designed. Even if you increase the centerpoint volumes, that will NOT increase the volume to these speakers particularly, it will just enhace the virtual surround effect produced between ALL of the car speakers, increasing the shaprness of the central listening area inside the interior. Think of the seat speakers as 'virtual surround' - meant to increase the area of the soundstage but NOT meant to be detected individualy by your ear.

Larz wrote:It's worth mentioning that the speakers mounted in the seat-backs of our cars are NOT meant to be heard like main speakers - they will NOT be as loud or produce the entire sound spectrum of any music source. They are desinged to help create a 'personal' surround effect for only the person seated in that particular seat. They are NOT designed to add volume or fill the rest of the car with sound. Also, they will only activate if the sound source (CD, radio, etc.) contains 5.1 coding. If the source of music is an FM station, these speakers will not activate at all.
When playing 5.1 coded music sources or listening to digital radio such as some XM stations, the speakers will activate as the system decodes the info and sends particular frequencies to those speakers. They are desinged to 'fill' an area near the seated passenger's ears only. A passenger seated in any other location cannot hear these speakers and they are desinged NOT to sound like a speaker near your ear but rather 'enhance' or 'fill' the area surrounding the head of that person seated there.
In my car, I an only detect that they are working by tilting my head sharply toward one or the other speaker, or by lightly laying my fingers directly on them to feel the speaker vibration. If I switch the sourround system OFF, I notice the lack of sound near me, but with the sysytem switched ON, the speakers do not have any presence - that is how they are designed. Even if you increase the centerpoint volumes, that will NOT increase the volume to these speakers particularly, it will just enhace the virtual surround effect produced between ALL of the car speakers, increasing the shaprness of the central listening area inside the interior. Think of the seat speakers as 'virtual surround' - meant to increase the area of the soundstage but NOT meant to be detected individualy by your ear.

thank you for this explanation,
regards