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Date:         Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:28:04 -0500
Reply-To:     Marc Perdue <marcperdue@ADELPHIA.NET>
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From:         Marc Perdue <marcperdue@ADELPHIA.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Bass experiment
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I put a bazooka on the floor just behind the front passenger seat. Then I put a subwoofer under the bench . . . Nah, just kidding, the bazooka actually IS a subwoofer and not the weapon of mass destruction. I'm not a high-end audiophile, nor is a vanagon a very suitable music room without significant acoustical modifications, so I opted for a smaller Bazooka and no extra amp. If I were to tweak it out, I'd probably put a subwoofer in the front panel beneath the rear bench seat and put an amplifier under the seat for it. Your system sounds like it'll be a winner! I presume you're putting (or have already put) sound deadening material on the metal panels of the doors? Makes a heckofa difference!

Marc Perdue

Chris S wrote:

> Sorry, this post has nothing to do with fish. > > Since I'm finally upgrading my Westie's sound system with a Sony CDX-M750 > head unit, Infiniti 3.5-inch speakers since I am NOT cutting my priceless > door panels or hacking the A/C enclosure, and, in a few months, a subwoofer, > I decided to see what is the best location for a sub. I had two locations > in mind. One would be a Bazooka 10-inch sub behind the rear bench facing > the hatch. The Bazooka is easily portable and would make it easy for me to > move while sleeping and it's small enough not to take up too much space. > The Baooka's sound is very punchy and it would augment the door and rear > speakers nicely when crossed over at 100 or 150 Hz. The other location is > between the front seat with a custom built box and a 10-inch sub facing the > rear of the vehicle. This would not be in the way when traveling, but would > make crawling into the rear of the vehicle without stepping outside a bit > more of a chore. > > To test my two locations I put my home JVC speakers in the proposed > locations and hooked them up to my vintage-yet-very-beefy Sansui 125 > watt-per-channel reciever. I used the balance knob to fade the sound > between the speaker sitting in the rear and the one placed between the front > seats. After 15 minutes of annoying my neighbors with various types of > music I concluded that the rear location yields noticeably better low bass, > while the location between the seats makes for a punchier sound. The rear > speaker cranked at 50% of amp's output made the bass tingle my nostrils. > The one between the seats was great for Jazz and Classical. Sorry country > fans. I couldn't think of a single reason why you'd want to listen to your > music at 95 dB SPL. ;-) > > So for me it will be the rear Bazooka with a 300 watt amp to compliment the > head unit's 50 watt-per-channel output. The whole shebang will be crossed > over at 100 or 150 Hz given the Infiniti's 90 Hz - 20 KHz frequency > response. > > I'll conduct personal sound exhibitions at the next High Country Bus > Festival. > > Chris S. > '85 Westy > www.knology.net/~vw/ > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers


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