Hyundai Tucson Center Dash Speaker Size
The Hyundai Tucson center dash location accommodates a 4 inch speaker size, supporting uniform fitment across the model range. Compatible types for the center dash include midrange audio units suited for the system. These specifications cover the 2016 to 2017 model years.
| Year | Type | Size (inch) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Midrange | 4 |
| 2016 | Midrange | 4 |
Speaker Types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| 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 Hyundai Tucson is a dedicated mounting position situated at the upper central section of the dashboard, oriented to project sound toward the cabin's listening area from a centralized point.
- The mounting depth and baffle space available at the center dash position are matched to a 4 inch driver, meaning installations using larger diameters would not conform to the spatial constraints of the opening.
- A 4 inch speaker occupies a relatively compact diameter, which corresponds to a physical cone area suited to reproducing frequencies in the upper-bass to upper-midrange spectrum, generally spanning from approximately 200 Hz to 5 kHz depending on driver design.
- The center dash position places the speaker near ear level and on the vehicle's horizontal centerline, which makes the location acoustically significant for stereo imaging, as sound from a centrally mounted driver contributes to a focused, stable soundstage between left and right channels.
- The Hyundai Tucson center dash speaker's compatibility with the midrange type means the driver at the 2016 and 2017 model years is intended to handle the vocal and instrumental frequency band, which sits between low-frequency woofer reproduction and the high-frequency range handled by tweeters.
- Midrange drivers are designed with cone materials and surround profiles that prioritize controlled pistonic motion across the vocal frequency range, reducing distortion in the 300 Hz to 3.5 kHz band where human speech intelligibility is most concentrated.
- A 4 inch midrange at the center dash position handles frequencies that are largely non-directional at the lower end of the midrange band but begin to exhibit directional characteristics toward the upper midrange, meaning placement at the dash top can affect how localized voices and instruments sound to occupants.
- Because midrange drivers do not handle deep bass or extended treble, the 4 inch driver at the center dash location in the Hyundai Tucson operates within a frequency band where cone excursion demands are moderate, reducing the mechanical stress placed on a smaller diameter driver in an enclosed dash cavity.
- The enclosure formed by the dashboard structure around the center dash mounting point acts as an acoustic boundary that can influence the rear-wave behavior of the midrange driver, making the internal volume and material of the dash relevant to the driver's effective frequency response at the installation site.