Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:50:47 -0700
Reply-To: John Dagastino <themisanthropicmeanie@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: John Dagastino <themisanthropicmeanie@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: boom boom boom!
In-Reply-To: <B96D6EA5.709F%dave@sparkplug.com>
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i concur. lots of deep, gut rattling bass is good
i listen to music on my ridiculous exscuse (sp???) of
a pc (pentium mmx 266) with big earmuff type
headphones and a plugin for winamp called 'dee' that
has bass ehancement (treble and mid too, but i like
lots of bass).
there are some things that you just don't hear at all
with out good low frequency representation.
boom boom indeed. :)
of course you have to promise that you'll play
something other than rap music. god i hate rap music.
although, classical music sounds really really good
with lotsa bass. and as you have witnessed to, so does
jazz.
next time you get the chance put your radio on a
classical music station and listen. you'll hear a lot
more with the expanded range.
--- dave bowers <dave@SPARKPLUG.COM> wrote:
> Hey Folks,
>
> I have been to land of amplified car audio bass, and
> it is GOOD!!!!
>
> I just wanted to pass on my good experience with
> adding an amplified bass
> subwoofer to my 1986 Westy.
>
> First, thanks to all the folks who passed on all
> their positive experiences
> with using subwoofers in their Vanagons.
>
> I started looking around for a used woofer, and
> finally found one at a local
> Pawn show. The previous owner had cut the wires to
> the internal amp, and
> hard wired the bass speaker directly to his amp.
> Being in an incomplete
> state, the pawn show owner passed it on to me for
> his cost (10 bux!!!) as is
> and wished me luck in trying to get it running.
>
> http://kenwood.carclub.ru/subwoofers/ksc-wa80.html
>
> I rewired the speaker to the amp, and paid 40 bux
> for a harness that would
> allow me to hook it up to my current deck.
>
> After an hour of wiring VIOLA! I had powered bass!
> BOOM BOOM BOOM! And holy
> cow, what a HUGE difference. All I can say, is ...
> if your current radio is
> lacking in dynamic, robust sound, or if your front
> speakers are not enough,
> seriously consider a subwoofer!!! The entire
> interior of my westy is now
> filled with sound. It's really amazing. With just my
> front speakers, I used
> to have to turn my volume up to 7 - 10 just to hear
> my jazz station over the
> road noise. Now, with the amp'd speaker help, 2 - 4
> is plenty fine. I never
> knew what range of sound I had been missing.
>
> I really like having an amp'd sub woofer too. It
> avoids me having to rewire
> a separate amp somewhere inside. The particular sub
> woofer I found, is 8"
> It is, and can be WAY overpowering if I have it on
> certain settings. I would
> have been happy with a 6.5" amp'd Bazooka, which I
> could have put behind my
> drivers seat. The current woofer is 8" and doe's
> not fit well. So, I have
> it on the floor behind the passengers side with the
> speaker facing the
> sliding door. Does the job fine there. When I tried
> it behind my seat, it
> literally made my lower back and shoulders vibrate.
> I also couldn't hear it
> as well, not to mention I was too squished toward
> the steering wheel.
>
> Here's my current set up:
> RFX 9000 Rockford Fosgate CD/MP3 deck
> 2 - 5 1/4" MB Quart front upper speakers
> 2 - 4" Eclipse speakers in rear AC cabinet
> 1 8" amplified Kenwood subwoofer
>
> Again, if you need more sound, do consider an amp'd
> woofer of some kind. The
> difference is just amazing! 8" woofer might just be
> too much too. 6.5" would
> do just fine.
>
> Just wanted to share. I am off, just to drive
> around, and listen to music
> (boom boom boom!)
>
> dave bowers :)
> --
> dave bowers
> Portland, Oregon
> 1986 Westy "G2"
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