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Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1999 07:51:51 -0800
Reply-To:     Vanman <mckayaa@OIT.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Vanman <mckayaa@OIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Flush Mount Speakers
Comments: To: Mike Blair <mblair0322@YAHOO.COM>
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If you have a few extra bucks, try this: bring your van into a car stereo shop and have some premium 6 1/2" or 6 x 9 speakers installed installed lower in the door, like right above where the removable door panel ends by the foot well. No more tin can sound, the increase in bass response makes all the difference in the world. I'm not talking thumping bass either, quality sound (although you could fit an 8" sub-woofer if you wanted, then youd need to keep the 4" up above and replace w/ a high quality component). I've replaced the originals before w/ non-flush mount, and it is a little annoying knocking the window crank, but it was worth it. I really like crusing to music on my 5-6 hr drives to college from home (mostly radio dead zone) so I got a car stereo system as a graduation (H.S.) present. Consists of :Pioneer cass.deck, Pioneer 6 disk changer, Blaupunkt 6 1/2"s up front (in parallel w/ my old Optimus 4"s), and 4 x 10s in the rear (bracket mounted the rears on the cieling so when I want to party, I open the tail gate and front doors, swivel the rears so they are pointing backwards, and I have 6 speakers blaring in the same direction). This system makes excellent (surround) sound and drowns out all other noise, like arguing siblings, wind noise, engine problems, etc., w/out distorting. The reciever actually cuts out before the speakers max out. Need an amp. now. any body else out there w/ a good system for their van worth mentioning? Total for mine was ~$550 - $625.

-Aaron Mckay mckayaa@oit.edu college student in mechanical engineering at Oregon Institute of Technology '85 vanagon GL -----Original Message----- From: Mike Blair <mblair0322@YAHOO.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 5:57 AM Subject: Flush Mount Speakers

>Looking for a source or reasonable replacement for the flush mount >speakers in the front of my 86 gl. I appreciate any and all suggestions. > > > > >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >


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