Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:26:53 -0500
Reply-To: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@ipa.net>
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From: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@ipa.net>
Subject: Re: Rear Speaker upgrade
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My system currently has a Sony head and 10 cd changer w/40x4 "watts" of
power("mounted" in a plastic sterilite box inbetween the front seats). 4 of
the aforementioned Boston acoustics small speakers in stock locations front
and rear, two antique Nakamichi SP-400 3 ways mounted under the front door
window cranks, and two Rockford 8" punch woofers in a pair of $5 carpeted
cabinets I got on sale from Radio Shack. A Big rockford power Amp(600a4 I
think) delivers 75x4 REAL watts to the Naks and Woofers and was carefully
mounted under the passenger seat. Critical listening yes, and Dire Straits'
live version of "Your Latest Trick" is particularly impressive. Shopped
wisely for all this stuff and have about $1100 tied up in it. Wanting to
move the woofers under the back seat(see other post). The Sterilite box
has a drawer in it in which I cut out an opening to access the CD magazine
up front, and cut a top hole towards the back of the box so I can store the
extra 4 magazines behind the changer, yet keep it all out of sight and
relatively free from the tem extremes and dust etc. A neoprene rubber mat
covers the top hole and keeps other stuff from sliding around on top of the
Sterilite box. It looks just cheezy enough that no crook would think to
look under there.
As a side note, the discount store warehouse I work in recently had an in
house video and CD returns sale open to employees only. Over 50,000 CD's
videos, DVD's and cassettes were set out and once the door was opened, it
was a mad house. Everything started out a dollar a piece regardless of
number of videos or CD's in the case. Many of the jewel cases were cracked,
but most times the musci was fine. 4 CD box sets of Bruce Springsteen and
George Strait....$1 Austin Powers DVD....$1. Yeah I went nuts. After the
third round of selling so all 800 employees could get a shot at shopping,
everything dropped to .10 a piece.
one of the 7 deadly sins is gluttony and I'm guilty as charged. Ended up
grabbing almost 600 CD's total and maybe another 100 videos. It's truly
amazing what you wouldn't dream of paying $15-20 dollars for atthe store,
suddenly becomes a wonderful value at either a dollar or 10cents apiece!!
Good lesson in economics I guess. Even with the last day mark downs, the
company's volunteers group raised over $22,000 for charities local and
nationwide. The bad news was that what didn't sell was crushed(a lot of it
was junky power rangers videos and TV promo type CD's, but hell if you even
liked one or two songs on it, it was worth a dime! I'll spend more on
storingthis stuff than I'll have tied up in it. Oh well, at least the van
won't get tired of the same old songs over and over again.
did I mention I like music too?
DM&FS
----- Original Message -----
From: "klfvw" <klfvw@hexbus.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: Rear Speaker upgrade
> > bigger speakers then the stock 4 or 5"
> > ones that came from the factory. Anybody
> > have a setup that worked out well?
>
> I like the results I've got. Music / sound quality is
> very important to me, and I'm a fairly critical
> listener, etc. I'm a live music taper and trader, so
> the ability to plug my portable DAT deck into the
> system is important. I've got an '89 Wolfsburg with
> the Weekender bench/bed.
>
> Anyway, I've found *excellent* results with good
> quality 4" speakers in the doors and on the back
> panel. You've got to use amps, though, and I have
> amps mounted on a panel under the bench. I've also
> got a 6"x9" speaker in the Weekender/Carat speaker
> hole next to the table, that speaker is coming off a
> mono amp. I wanted bigger speakers in the back, but
> the dude wasn't comfortable cutting the panel, so I
> went with the "I'll live with it for now" thought, and
> I'm real happy. So, it looks pretty much stock, with
> Polk 4" spks all around, and the Infinity 6"x9" single
> speaker in the panel next to the table. It is loud
> and clean.
>
> I'm *not* recommending any brands mentioned above, I'm
> just explaining what I've got. Buying good quality
> speakers will make a huge difference though, and
> driving them with real amps will also make a huge
> difference. You can always pick up last year's amps
> on sale.
>
> I'd love to know what others are doing for high end
> sound systems, cause I'm ready to do it all over
> again. I've got the CD head unit, the amp for the 4
> 4" Polks, another amp going mono to the 6"x9" and
> another amp for the sub. I've got a little box that
> will accept L+R rca jacks to plug in the DAT deck.
>
> Is it possible / recommended to cut that back panel
> up? I'm going to be dismantling my a/c system anyway
> (does anyone want a long center duct in perfect
> condition?, and anything else from my wolfy a/c
> system), and am wondering what I can do with that back
> panel.
>
>
>
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