Speakers

[Archbish]

been in car audio 14 years?  I haven\'t met anyone with a 14 year career in Halfords before!!  Do you get a gold plated wheel trim?? *grin*

so you\'re suggesting that a free air mounted speaker is as good as one where the air vibration is seperate between the rear and face of the speaker...??

blah blah technical blah blah resonance frequency blah blah speaker blah

Such a pointedly over the top comment deserves the scorn thrust in it\'s direction...
So, grab indignant handcream, and...
What you\'d need is the driver located at one end of the transmission line and ensure the cross-sectional area is monotonically varied based on a taper
ratio m and the exponential area equation sourced from your ketchup bottle.  For a straight-line geometry monopoly = 0 and this is equivalent to the test line geometry shown in the top hat at Park Lane, with an open or a closed end boundary condition at the hotel foyer.
In most transmission line designs, the driver is not all the way at one end of the parking zone and the cross-sectional area is much more complicated with changes in area occurring at several locations along the line’s.... continued intellectual lubricated stimulation

[Archbish]

I was hoping to use 6x9 in the back and maybe 6x8 in the front.

So anyways, stockers are (as above) 5x7 rear, and 6" fronts.  Mids or coaxials are up to you... *grin*

how hard is it to get at the speakers

Not that hard.  The front ones are easy to get to once the door cards are off, and are on a baffle mounty things.  You may need to tweak these to get it to fit.  Shallow speakers in the front make life easier (I know Kenwood used to do them, and I\'m sure many other brands will).  The rear ones can be got at through the grill, but you\'ll need some spare finger bends to get at teh screws.  Otherwise it\'s loosening the trim to get at the tin mounts.

and are there any particular ones that people recommend

I replaced mine with Directed speakers as I couldn\'t find 5x7 I was happy with when I did mine in my first RX7 back in 2000. you may be able to find one\'s that are better rated now - I\'ve not got to that point in my second one yet, but those in my first are still going strong and sounding good...

Good luck, and enjoy your work!!

[willanddeb]

Thanks people even if the thread did seem to get a little heated :eek
 
But anyway, really appreciate all the help, just need to wait till the January sales to try and see if I can get a bargain. Cos sods law says if I get them now, they will only end up cheaper in the sales!!!
 
Cheers People
 
Regards
 
Will.

[Archbish]

no worries.  Have a poke at //www.caraudiodirect.com - seem to have had good prices in the past, and been very helpful and constructive.

[batman]

not heated will and deb just amazed at what rubish some people talk .
you get sound in your car quality isnt an issiue really the exhaust note will mess with the sound /bass in the car any ways it amounts to something to listen to
 
oh and arch bish i run my own ausio business thanks not halfords keep trying pal

[Archbish]

what kinda business??? *grin*  And you still think it\'s ok for the waves at the front of the speaker and rear of the speaker to not be kept separate?  You aren\'t planning to retire any time soon, are you......

[eddiedwards]

Why not go the whole hog and get mids, tweets and crossovers up front, 6x9\'s in the rear, amp up the mids and tweets, get a sub in the boot ( only a little one) get it amped up. you dont have to have it bangin out but you will get a nice sound.
 
just my thoughts

[batman]

what kinda business??? *grin* And you still think it\'s ok for the waves at the front of the speaker and rear of the speaker to not be kept separate? You aren\'t planning to retire any time soon, are you......

im sorry your pants muffled what your trying to say ill i heard was b s

[Archbish]

two weeks later, and that\'s it???  COME ON, you can do better than that!!

Or

Yeah, well your mum smells bad, and you have horrid trousers.

[batman]

thanks for the info there arch im offering help you obviously just came for an argument so little boy why dont you just run along and go play with your tractors or something all i have to say  any more audio help needed pm s might be less stressfull >

[Archbish]

See, that\'s better!!  not great, but a big improvement. *grin*

Obviously, if anyone wants more help than "don\'t spend too much money cos it\'ll sound crap anyway", they probably shouldn\'t bother contacting you.  Otherwise, if anyone wants help & tricks in custom fibreglass subwoofer installs, and cheap but practical ways to improve the sound in your cabin without (a) costing a fortune or (b) weighing 2 tons, I\'m happy to help... *grin*

[batman]

"yawns"
 
 got a link to some of your work arch id love a laugh i mean look

[Archbish]

The amp on the left is the multichannel amp to the main speakers in the car.  The one on the right is bridged to supply the two subs.

the subs are wired to ensure they push and pull at the same time.  The box feeds into the boot, and is 55 litres - the right volume for a sealed enclosure.

Obviously, compromise has to be had, as you\'ve brusquely stated previously, but this is a marked improvement over the stock stuff.
My requirements were:
- needed to retain as much of the boot as possible.  Hence not firing the subs toward the rear, but having them mounted and aimed at the body of the cabin.
- snappy sharp bass, rather than thumpy SPL.  Worked well (it was the third effort to be fair)
- not to increase the weight too much
- to be easily removed to allow greater boot volume.

So go on, what\'s wrong with it then.  And (at the unlikely risk that you are some idiot savant with stereo installs, and have numerous trophies and international godlike reputation for quality and innovative ideas and workmanship.  Although I suspect the "savant" part can go... *Grin*), can we see some of your paid work?

[Archbish]

and here\'s an early cut of the box that\'s going into the 1st gen.  Half for sub box, other half for water inj bladder and battery box.  What could possibly go wrong with that... *grin*

[batman]

wow thats b e a utiful love the use of cloth not leather to continue the flow of the standard bespoke fitting nice trimming to good job. i know where ill be taking my car .....
 
 
machine mart !
 
pmsl
 
 
 and yes a little from me dont want to post to much as it could be seen as advertising and i dont want to pee lisa off again but you asked so i shall ..
 
this is some of out customers work little paid as its about audio not sales so ill keep the show content to myself but this is some normal customers work
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