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I'm not worried about the passengers. My midranges are on-axis. And they're in the little window at the a-pillar. I chose this because I like to bring the sound stage up high, and am personally not a fan of kicks.... this all goes back to a system where the driver and passenger both get good sound, but driver's is sacrificed (albeit, a little), while going up top and delivering good sound to the driver.
Pretty much just comes to personal preference.
As for everything else you said, I agree. One thing to take note on (because I was going to do it) is that you can't really put the tweeters at the base of the a-pillars in our car due to the instrument panel. That panel would break up the soundstage. I did the double-sided tape method and could actually tell a difference... so could my RTA. You'd have to put them about 3" up on the pillars if that's where you're going.
One bad thing about running stock location is how much of a gap you have in the soudstage. But, with guys like Kirk Proffitt and other Stock MECA guys, it's obvious that a BAD ASS setup can be formed. After hearing that setup I'm fully confident that just about any location can be made to work as long as the tuning is on par.
And I'll agree, time correction can't remedy frequency response. However, you can use time correction to center the image to the car and not just the driver.
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