what does coaxial mean??

Question

When refering to car speakers

is it worth paying an extra tenner for the coaxial option is what i'm trying to decide, they'll probably be the only tweeters i use in the system.......cheers

Answer 1

A coaxial speaker is one where the tweeter and the woofer share the same axis. In other words, the tweeter is mounted in front of the woofer and directly in the center. Most 2-way car speakers are designed in this way, though they may not say so on the box or the ad copy. It's worth spending the money for a 2-way speaker over a full-range (1-way) type, but not necessarily for a coaxial 2-way over a non-coaxial 2-way.

Just listen to the speakers and pick whatever sounds most natural to you, regardless of the design.

Answer 2

Coaxial Meaning

Answer 3

Coaxial, is basically the configuration of the layout of the speaker. Most in car audio shops will be 2 way with a tweeter and mid bass. the coxial configuration will mean that the speaker will be mounted with the tweeter above the mid bass cone. The benefits (if you can call them that) is that coaxial will usually be a bit cheaper than its "component" (otherwise called seperates) equivalent mainly because the way the cost of building two seperate speakers wil be greater than building the two together.
Coaxials will usually mean easier installation as many are available that are designed to be fitted in original speaker positisons without cutting or drilling further holes. On the down side the speakers are usually made for head unit power use and hold back on power and frequency response This will be rather limited due to the coxial design and limited "resistor" type crossovers

Hope this helps

Answer 4

Technically they are both RF signals with both the audio and video modulated. The RF is likely designated for the cable company feed, with Sat from the sat dish. The reason for the split is to offer you the opportunity to switch your TV input and pick up either or. You can't do this though. A Sat signal has voltage on it, and requires a Multi-switch to go to more then one receiver. Plus, a Sat signal requires a Sat receiver, at every TV. Cable signal can pass through the average splitter, not too many times though, you will lose signal. Eliminate the splitters go direct to the TV with the "RF" cable, and you should have Cable TV. For the "Sat" you have to input this into a receiver then out to TV.

Answer 5

The same as the TV aerial cable, the cable is made of a central and an outer cable, the only need for this is to cut interference by having the outer earthed. i would not pay the extra the noise in cars mean that you will not hear the difference.

Answer 6

Usually refers to cables. Means two or more conductors one outside the other unlike normal cable where the different wires are side by side. The best example I can give is that of T.V. aerial cable where the inner signal core is surrounded by the screening mesh. Usually used in communications cables.

Answer 7

http://www.epinions.com/Kicker_2_Way_Speakers_K69__Main_Speaker_02K69/display_~full_specs