Audi S5 Center Dash Speaker Size
The Audi S5 center dash accommodates 0.75 inch speakers, 1 inch speakers, and a 2.5 inch speaker size across the model's production span. Compatible types include tweeter and midrange units. These specifications cover the 2008 to 2018 model years.
| Year | Type | Size (inch) |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Tweeter | 1 |
| 2018 | Tweeter | 0.75 |
| 2018 | Midrange | 2.5 |
| 2017 | Midrange | 2.5 |
| 2016 | Midrange | 2.5 |
| 2015 | Midrange | 2.5 |
| 2014 | Midrange | 2.5 |
| 2013 | Midrange | 2.5 |
| 2012 | Midrange | 2.5 |
| 2011 | Midrange | 2.5 |
| 2010 | Midrange | 2.5 |
| 2009 | Midrange | 2.5 |
| 2008 | Midrange | 2.5 |
Speaker Types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Tweeter | A small driver built for high frequencies, typically from about 2,000 Hz to 20,000 Hz. It adds treble detail and clarity and is usually mounted near ear level or aimed at the listener. |
| Midrange | A driver for the middle of the audible range, typically from about 300 Hz to 5,000 Hz, where vocals and most instruments sit. It is often paired with a tweeter and a woofer. |
Additional Notes
- The center dash location in the Audi S5 sits at the top of the instrument panel, positioning any installed speaker at approximately ear level and near the longitudinal centerline of the cabin, which favors forward-directed sound projection toward both front and rear occupants.
- A center dash mounting point typically involves shallow depth clearance behind the dashboard surface, which constrains cone excursion depth and favors smaller driver diameters with compact basket profiles.
- The 2.5 inch midrange driver size found across the 2008 through 2017 model years is dimensionally suited to the limited depth behind a dashboard panel, as smaller cone diameters require less rear clearance than larger woofer or midwoofer formats.
- Midrange drivers reproduce frequencies roughly between 500 Hz and 5,000 Hz, a band that carries the fundamental tones of vocals and most melodic instruments, making the center dash a location well-suited to anchoring the perceived center of a stereo or multichannel soundstage.
- A 2.5 inch midrange cone is small enough to maintain relatively wide horizontal dispersion at mid frequencies, which is acoustically relevant in a center dash position where sound must spread laterally across the width of the vehicle interior.
- The 2018 model year introduces both tweeter sizes alongside the 2.5 inch midrange, indicating the center dash location in the Audi S5 for that year accommodates multiple driver positions or a multi-driver configuration within the same general mounting area.
- Tweeters reproduce high frequencies, generally from around 2,000 Hz to 20,000 Hz, and in a center dash position, a tweeter contributes high-frequency content directed toward occupants from a central forward location, reinforcing spatial imaging along the front axis.
- The 1 inch tweeter size is among the most common dome tweeter formats and is associated with a relatively broad high-frequency dispersion pattern, which in a center dash position distributes treble energy across the cabin width rather than concentrating it in a narrow beam.
- The 0.75 inch tweeter size has a smaller diaphragm surface area than a 1 inch tweeter, which tends to shift the effective upper frequency extension higher while narrowing dispersion at the highest audible frequencies.
- The presence of both a 1 inch and a 0.75 inch tweeter as compatible types for the 2018 Audi S5 center dash reflects that two physically distinct mounting positions or housing slots of different diameters exist within the dash assembly for that model year.
- Because the center dash position is centrally located between the driver and passenger sides, drivers installed there do not favor one seating position over the other, distinguishing the acoustic role of a center dash speaker from those mounted in door panels or A-pillars.