Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 01:45:32 -0400
Reply-To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon, Rear speaker enclosures- I have them!
In-Reply-To: <48EA62B7.2020706@qwest.net>
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Speakers I have in my house are nearly entirely B&Ws. First set of
speakers I ever got were KEFs, (not efficient, but decent sound for
bookshelf speakers). For the cars I tend to go with MB Quarts. They
flush mount in the stock door location, and are much better than the
factory speakers.
Besides, I just see spending a couple hundred grand on B&Ws in my
Vanagons. :)
I'll have to investigate B&W's car line though for my non-Vanagon
fleet....
On Oct 6, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Keith Hughes wrote:
> Neil,
>
> Personally, I like the Boston Acoustics both soundwise and for
> longevity
> (actually, I'm a B&W guy, and although they now have an automotive
> line
> - soon to be available here in the US - you're likely looking at a few
> grand so....). Second is probably Kenwood IMO. Just be aware though
> that with a 4" speaker, the difference between say a $100 pair and a
> $200 pair is likely to be very small, if noticeable at all. You just
> can't move a whole lot of air with that small of a cone. I've
> installed
> 5 1/4" speakers in the lower portion of the front doors in Marvin, and
> the difference in sound is quite significant (the 5 1/4" has almost
> twice the cone area as the 4"). If you want the best in sound -
> without
> significant modification - you might want to go with separate
> components, with a 5 1/4" woofer in the lower door, and the tweeter
> installed in the stock speaker location. And, of course, a subwoofer
> would really fill out the sound field, but I personally haven't found
> any space that I want to give up to install one. We typically have
> the
> back bench seat jammed to the gills when camping, so I don't want to
> give up any of that space, or any of the other cubbies. YMMV.
>
> Keith Hughes
> '86 Westy Tiico (Marvin)
>
> Neil2 wrote:
>> Excellent data. Thanks!
>>
>> I'm about to install new speaks in SaVannah and have been wondering
>> about these details. The front lower mids in me Saab (convertible,
>> if
>> that makes a diff) are trashed. Think they're paper ('99) and have
>> been told speaks don't last long in doors. Funny, they sound fine
>> unless I pump them up. They also sound MUCH better than SaVannah's
>> factory mids.
>>
>> Don't ask me why I'm replacing Savannah's sound instead of the
>> Saab's. Must be a Vanagon thing.
>>
>> So, can you folks (Keith/Mike) list some good speaker Makes/Models
>> for
>> our Vanagon doors or otherwise, for us'n's who just like the sounds
>> and don't do details?
>>
>> I know a sound eng here but he looks down on me Def Techs (the
>> bestest
>> speaks I've ever had) so I defer to you this time.
>>
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