Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 20:13:31 -0500
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From: "Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers" <fty@mcnc.org>
Subject: Re: Mods to install door speakers in v-gon?
I put Advent 10"'s in the front door bottom. Built a box that fills
the footwell. These, plus Infinity CS-5", tweeter, 3 amps and
active crossover sound pretty good.
Jpg's on request.
- Frank
>At 10:57 AM 3/18/1996 -0600, Porter_Fred%PAX9@mr.nawcad.navy.mil wrote:
>>Has anybody else put larger door speakers in the v-gon doors? I don't
>>really want to move them down further for fear of kicking them.
>
>Actually, my installer claims that the best place to install speakers is in
>the kick panels, down in the bottom outside corners. This comes closest to
>equalizing the speaker->listener distance.
>
>>One further question: what kind of aftermarket sound systems have list
>>members installed in the v-gon? I was thinking 5.25 mid/tweeter separates
>>in the doors, a 3 way amp driving them and an 8" woofer in the board under
>>the rear bench. Then at a later date, adding another 2 way amp driving
>>6x9's in the airconditioning unit where the rear 4" speakers are.
>
>Great topic for discussion, since I'm slowly upgrading the sound in my van.
>I got a PPI 4x25 amp installed recently, as well as a Sony CDX600 head unit.
>The speakers that I want are the next (and very expensive) step, one I
>probably won't make this year, with Inuvik on the horizon.
>
>Can you fit 6x9 speakers in the air conditioning unit?
>
>One problem I keep trying to figure out is how to install speakers so that
>the sound is great from both the driving and the sleeping positions. I
>think it's near impossible without a HUGE budget.
>
>Ron
>
>P.S. Remember Inuvik! http://www.chaco.com/~coyote/trek/
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