re: more more more car audio

[Henry Harper <hah@srv.net>]

> Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 07:12:35 -0500
> From: Lee Levitt <wheelman@shore.net>
> Subject: car audio
>
> WRT car audio, actually an investment in auto audio can go farther than the
> same money in a home system. First, many people spend a lot more time in
> their cars than in their living room. Second, the acoustic environment is
> pretty good, and it takes a bit less effort to get good quality sound.
>
Heh, depends on the car - the 200q is a lot quieter than the GTI. As for 
exhaust music driving near walls - isn't that exactly what the express-down 
feature on the driver's window is for? Which reminds me, I haven't tried my 
favorite 2nd-gear tunnel in the 200q yet, it's a blast in the GTI (2.25" 
stainless cat-back). The 200q has a mean growl, very nice.

> Now there is a lot of ambient noise in a car, and you do have some speaker
> placement trade offs, (not to mention having to pay attention to traffic)
> so critical listening is problematic ;-)
>
> But overall, if you wanted good tunes, and had $1500 to spend, you *could*
> get better thump for your buck in your car.
>

Well, I have just spent "approximately" this amount on stuff to replace all the 
Bozo parts on my 91 200q: Kenwood eXcelon pre-out-only head, 10-changer, USA 
4x80 amp, Polk db separates for door/dash and 6x9s for the back.

I'm hoping the 5" woofers fit in the door enclosures, but they are listed as 
3/8" deeper than the listed depth of the enclosures (Crutchfield catalog) - I'm 
thinking the enclosures look a bit deeper from the several times the door has 
been apart lately - so if they fit there,    ->should I block or not block the 
enclosure ports<-? If they don't fit, I will try to cram both woofers and 
tweeters in the dash openings - tweeters are listed at 2 3/16" and there is a 
2" hole in addition to the 5" hole in the dash locations (currently lacking any 
Bozo residents). Any BTDTs here?

Personally, I'm waiting for more volume in the DVD market before getting 
more/fancy home stuff. Ya, could be waiting a while...

> Just my .02
>
> Lee
> Lee Levitt
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Henry Harper
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1991 200 quattro, 79k, euro lights + hakkas + mucho stereo in the mail, got the 
steel wheels (bamboo)
1988 GTI 16v, 173k, has euro lights, blizzaks, "only" $1000 in stereo equipment 
(ticket-me red)
1993 Eddy Merckx Leader MX (Team Motorola)
1996 Trek Y-22 (nude)