stereo woes

[j fizz]

sounds good..

ive used kenwood exelon [better warranty] for the past few years and been
very happy. the goofy flipface [4 years old] has NEVER hiccupped once.

which i could say the same for the rest of the car..

DOH!


>From: "scott thomas" <scott at dreamtheater.zzn.com>
>To: iin10ded at hotmail.com
>CC: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: re: stereo woes
>Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 20:14:21 -0700
>
>As far as decks go, Eclipse is very nice, but
>will cost you and be somewhat short on features,
>but the line outputs are high voltage in most
>models. They make equipment that sounds good.
>Alpine is what I use, with excellent results. I
>have Rockfords, pulled from my 5ktq (5 1/4")
>stuffed into the 4" front Bose modules and
>Pioneer Premier 6x9's in the rear. Using the
>head unit's amp.
>
>Stay away from Sony. Goofy and unreliable.
>Pioneer is ok, Premier better. Blaupunkt is ok
>and simple.
>
>Good luck!
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>From: "j fizz" <iin10ded at hotmail.com>
>Sent: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 22:52:25 +0000
>To: bkaupp at ugconnection.com
>CC: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: re: stereo woes
>
>
>ben,
>hey there.. bored at work and saw the post,
>so....
>
><<So the questions: 1. Is it possible to put
>5.25" mids anywhere in the
>front?>>
>
>yes, do some sort of a door or kickpanel
>buildout to mount a set of 5"
>separates to. i like the doors bc they tend to
>take less of a beating.
>closer to the footwell =3D better [you want to try
>to equalise the pathlegnth
>  from the l+r speakers to your head - ideally]
>this can be as simple a a
>thick- at ss piece of wood covered to look nice, to
>give you the mounting depth
>needed for the magnet to clear the door's guts.
>if the door is relatively
>flat and fetaure-free, this works like a champ.
>in contoured doors [my
>memory of the 4000 door is fuzzy], things get a
>bit trickier. the same rule
>still applies, but you may have to get more
>creative in the use of
>marterials. its best to try to seal the airspace
>of the driver, but its not
>always possible, and usually very difficult, and
>most of us have other
>hobbies.
>
>if you cant work out the door speaker, get a
>nice 4" separate set for the
>dash and keep reading...
>
><<2. What about 6x9" in the rear shelf? 3. How
>do you get those front
>speaker grills off? 4. >>
>
>i dont know how to get the grills off.. pull em.
>
>6X9's suck, plain and simple. this is of course
>my opiniion. its just a big
>goofy thing stuffed in the rear deck of every
>lowered '78 cutlass on earth
>[even sweeter if you stuff 2 pair back
>there! ;]. better to use a high
>quality coax [boston acoustics, ads, etc..] and
>spare the stock look [im
>assuming its a 5 inch round or so..]
>the biggest improvement will come from
>aftermarklet amps with electronic
>crosssovers and a dedicated sub in the trunk.
>running the front and rear
>speakers through an electronic =A0highpass filter
>makes a HUGE difference in
>the sound quality, lifespan and mamimum output
>of the in-car drivers [when
>they dont try to play bass, which theyre not
>very good at, theyre a lot
>happier]. it doesnt have to be much.. 30 or 40
>decent watts per channel will
>ROCK over any headunit on earth [anyone who
>tells you different needs a
>drain-o flavored qtip]. throw a couple hundred
>watts to a single 12 in a
>small sealed box and youll be in car stereo
>heaven. if you want to play it
>really loud, dont. cuz you dont wanna be "that
>guy".
>
>if you have 6x9 openings, then cut a baffle in
>the 6x9 shape and mount good
>separates to it and screw the whole thing into
>place. all the car audio
>nerds will think you're "high end".
>
><<Has anybody had any experience with Nakamichi
>decks, or have any other
>recommendations for a deck that doesn't just
>scream Honda (read AMBER
>ILLUMIATION)>>
>
>not so hot on features, and usually low output
>voltage, but some of the best
>sounding decks ive heard. =A0the 6 disc single din
>in dash changer ROCKS. you
>would have to have a pretty nice rig to justify
>the sonic differences of a
>nak.
>
>have fun..
>jim
>
>
>
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