Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 11:17:04 -0800
Reply-To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Vancafe "Factory" Vanagon Rear Speakers: Upgrade?
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I understand back issues. Sorry to hear of yours'. Mine is threatening
to go out after all the work I've been doing
(picture scrubbing with SS HD sink scrubber. This is what I had-found
to work best. Images)
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-D07assRH1aI/UTuJmEBw3kI/AAAAAAAAHIE/ER-OZi84ANg/s720/Pop%2520top%2520clean-crack.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-i91PKo2Qp7s/UTuJl3_jM7I/AAAAAAAAHIA/SY_q3XeTt_k/s576/Pop%2520Top%2520Clean%2521.jpg
But back to speakers. Yes. There are compromises etc. involved. As
have many others, I found that replacing the front OEM speakers (well
OEM in that I put in "new" panels from a Diesel Vanagon) with better
speakers was a marked increase in quality.
https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/NewFrontDoorSpeakersAndStereoInstall
To my ear, these were the most natural sounding (in my price range,
locally available) speakers. I've since modified the grilles so an
OEM crank *just* clears them. Still need to address if I've blown a
speaker or if the cone bit is bumping the grill on low notes.
Neil.
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 11:09 AM, forum email <nij.forum@gmail.com> wrote:
> I didnt think so but sometimes people surprise you with replies. Also i have
> been laid up since Sunday as my back went out so probably feeling/being a
> bit sensitive! What I did was made a shelf/table that sits between the front
> seats and have a self powered bass tube that sits under the table. This adds
> bass around the van. Those small enclosures would help to have some top end
> in the back. The table does stop walk though and also hinders swivel seats,
> but for me I never walk though and I have always found the swivel to be a
> pain, so my front seats spend most of the time facing forward. Everything is
> a compromise, in my daily van I attacked the sounds issue differently and
> have speakers mounted in the underseat panel and in the rear side panels. I
> converted the buddy seat storage into a 12" sub enclosure and added 5.5"
> speakers to the bottoms of the front doors as well. So now the front doors
> have high quality 4" at the top and high quality 5.5 at the bottom. You
> might find that adding some sound reading material (dynamat, fat-mat etc)
> will help as well. I did my daily driver throughout, I also install the
> baffle behind every speaker.
>
> Something like
>
> http://www.crutchfield.com/p_237XT52/XTC-5-1-4-Speaker-Baffles-Slim-line-2-1-2-depth.html?tp=2809.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> On Mar 9, 2013 1:44 PM, "neil n" <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>> No, not a sarcastic reply. Comment wasn't directed at you. :)
--
Neil n
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