My solution has been a thinnish speaker box designed for pickup trucks and a 12" subwoofer behind the drivers seat. It is capable of ridiculous volumes (I didn't set out to do that...) Pros: includes a free back massage while in use, able to handle as much power as you want to throw at it up to 1000w, easy to install/remove/put outside for camping (if you are into that kind of thing, I am not) Cons: Expensive, requires amp (which I have in bench seat), drivers seat cannot rotate nor slide back all the way. I have never rotated the seat so dont miss it. Need to take it out to access aux battery (which is hopefully almost never) I am acutally thinking of "downgrading" the setup to a modestly powerful head unit with in-dash CD player and seeing if I even need any subwoofing at all. I dont like the cd-changer setup the van came with, and don't really ever boom the bass enough to justify such power. It was fun to test though, I admit.
On 3/21/06, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com> wrote: > > > A related question: has anyone put a subwoofer under the > > bench seat? Any tips? I was thinking I could put a 10" and > > have the box custom built - but it's costly. > > > I had Tweeter build me a custom box to fit a 10" sub, designed > specifically > to fit in that location (angled to match the angle of the firewall). Ran > about $300 including the sub, as I recall, and sounds great. > > - Ron Salmon > The Bus Depot, Inc. > www.busdepot.com > (215) 234-VWVW > > _____________________________________________ > Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT > |
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