Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 21:17:13 -0800
Reply-To: Antaki <wrack@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Antaki <wrack@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: stereo question
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I have had the use of my son's Sub system while wwe attended Syncro De Mayo
last year. It fit nicely up agains the back or the rear seat. Too big for
everyday use, this was just for the duration of the show. I begged him to
let me have it!
You know, a lot of my favorite and not-so favorite songs of my actually have
some great bass tracks! A rally nice addition to my enjoyment of the camper.
The only problem was when my kid was doing the stairsteps - he had it so
loud he didn't hear when he slammed the frame rails into the concrete
stairstep. When I ended up slamming the rail in the same spot, though, the
music was off and I HEARD that sound. Felt it, too. We have since
straightened the rails. Again.
The old adage about nothing beats displacement - true for subwoofers, too.
You want lots of power, even if you only use it 3% of the time, so those low
notes sound good. And nothing pushes a low note like a large driver
(speaker), unless you are talking a speaker box with a bank of smaller ones.
So for one a one driver speaker box, 12" will kick out the jams.
In my case, and perhaps in yours, a sealed enclosure is preferred over
other, open types. A sealed enclosure controls the speaker better. It also
requires more power for the same thump of an open design. It's a tradeoff
between sheer sound pressure level output (open), and faithfully reproducing
the bass as recorded (sealed). There are exeptions, of course.
I have an amp wired into my Westy Synchro, and am hunting for the right sub.
There is a 4" deep one made by Pioneer that I would like to check out.
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/article/0,,2076_4057_104401920,00.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/54xrh
In your case - go for it!! If it's a good system priced right, you will be
happy to have it aboard. Just watch for stairsteps!
Enjoy!
Ron
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Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 3:22 PM
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Subject: stereo question
bought my twotone 84GL with a nice Sony 10disc changer and two pairs of ~6"
speaks already installed. This is nice because i like listening to music in
my van.
I've no knowledge of how to do stereo improvements, but ive thought about
upgrades since the beginning. Today at lunch my friend offered to sell me
his alpine amp and a 12" Phoenix Gold sub mounted in a sealed wooden box.
We looked and it appears that it would fit nicely under the first row of
passenger seating, which i have turned around facing backwards to the second
row, conference style.
blah blah searching the archives blah blah, but does anyone have any
important nuggets of info pertaining to sub install specifically, e.g. this
brand of speaker, what the addition of a 12" sub will sound like, if there
are helpful changes to the smaller speaker setup that are worthwhile to
balance the sound, and tricks/traps to placing and mounting amps and subs in
a passenger van.
Thanks in advance/ sp
