Type 44 rear package shelf vs. audio configuration

[Huw Powell]

If you want good sound from back there, you don't want to mount your 
speakers in the parcel shelf/trunk sheet metal.  You'll want a solidly 
mounted board to install the drivers in.

To hide the scar where the headphones jacks were, just get a piece of 
matching package shelf, cut two neat matching rectangles and let the 
carpet blend to hide the seams.

Or cover it all with said board.

http://audi.humanspeakers.com/rear-speakers.htm

http://audi.humanspeakers.com/stereo-90.htm#rear

- Huw

On 7/29/2014 11:41 PM, DeWitt Harrison wrote:
> My 1988 5000CS came equipped with a so-called "10 speaker" audio system.
> One sort of odd feature of this system is a small black box at the center
> of the front edge of the rear package shelf (or shelf cover) which contains
> headphone jacks. When headphones are plugged into this box, audio signals
> to the rear (?only?) speakers are interrupted -- I suppose this enables the
> kids in the back seat to destroy their hearing while the adults up front
> can enjoy piece and quiet. Stupid feature IMHO.
>
> So, as I proceed to install a quality audio system into the car, I will
> certainly delete this rear headphone jack feature (let them have
> Bluetooth). But what to do about the jack box itself? It's ugly. I'm
> guessing that other type 44s, particularly those without the "10 speaker"
> Audi system, had rear package shelves without the silly headphone box but
> still had speaker grills for the left and right, low range speakers mounted
> just below the shelf. I would love to have such a package shelf.
>
> Can anyone point me to a Type 44 model / year where the rear package shelf
> looks just like mine except without the headphone jack box? Photo upon
> request.
>
> Thanks much!
>
> DeWitt Harrison
> Boulder, CO
>
> P.S. Timing belt change complete, now looking into the functional but now
> leaking AC compressor. The gods are never completely satisfied.
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