| OT-ish: Car speakers - placements - and stuff... [message #94228] |
Mon, 31 December 2007 20:12  |
Kim
Messages: 1246
Registered: October 2005
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Well, it's audio, so I'm sure some people here have opinions on it...
So I'm planning to complete the stereo in my "classic" 29yo car, and ideally
don't want the stereo to be a visual highlight. Obviously I want it to sound
good, but I'd prefer you couldn't see it at all if possible. I'm willing
to make small sound sacrifices to make this happen.
Now I've bought a bucketload of speakers already. I've got some 4 ohm 8 inch
and 5 1/4 inch woofers, and some ribbon tweaters, which are on their way.
It's going to involve 3 stereo biamped tweeter woofer pairs, with the smaller
woofers in the doors and the larger in the cargo area. The trick is, how
to get them in the car without looking like one of those "my car stereo is
my life" types. Sure I love audio, but I'd rather let sound buffs be impressed
by the sound, not the visuals. They don't call it "audio" for nothing. ;o)
So a couple of questions...
How would a woofer go behind car carpet? Worse still, what if the situation
necessitated the woofer being one third to half covered with wood at the
front also. I'm picturing carpet hurting the mids somewhat. What about thick
cloth? This cloth doesn't appear to be dense, but it's got a kind of backing
sponge. I suspect that even 2-4k would pass through alright, which might
just get me to tweeter territory...
Other options include just getting some color keyed paint and painting the
speaker grills or whatever to make it look like it belongs. Mmm.
Any general stories on how you guys have handled car stereos would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Kim.
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