Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site convex.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!gant From: gant@convex.UUCP Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Need advice on car stereo Message-ID: <32900008@convex.UUCP> Date: Sat, 1-Dec-84 11:09:00 EST Article-I.D.: convex.32900008 Posted: Sat Dec 1 11:09:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 04:46:39 EST References: <1532@cvl.UUCP> Lines: 17 Nf-ID: #R:cvl:-153200:convex:32900008:000:916 Nf-From: convex!gant Dec 1 10:09:00 1984 if you're willing to spend the money, i would highly recommend ANY car speakers by ADS. i have personal experience with the 300i and 320i, and the sound is superb. the 300i's are about 5 x 8 inches, and require a hole only for the woofer magnet, about 3-4 inches in diameter. the 320i's have much more mounting flexibility, being separates. i have the 5" woofers near the bottom front of my doors and the 1" dome tweeters just below the side windows. there are separate, large crossovers that can be hidden under the dash. raising the tweeters really helps the imaging. all ADS speakers are supplied with tweeter fusing. they can handle quite a bit of power, and i have been satisfied using a sony xr-55 (no longer available), which has about 10 W RMS per channel -- note this is not the "peak power" often quoted in car audio. Alan Gant, CONVEX Computer Corporation {uiucdcs,allegra,ihnp4}!convex!gant