Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 14:42:23 -0500
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Subject: Re: Vancafe "Factory" Vanagon Rear Speakers: Upgrade?
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Here's a pic of my front door, showing the 4" & the 5.25"
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/984650.jpg
On Mar 9, 2013 2:30 PM, "forum email" <nij.forum@gmail.com> wrote:
> Had a look at your pics one of them mentions an issue with the USB. Go here
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-U005-10I-Right-Extension/sim/B0000AQNX2/2
> On Mar 9, 2013 2:17 PM, "neil n" <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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