Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2.fluke 9/24/84; site vax1.fluke.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!fluke!tron
From: tron@fluke.UUCP (Peter Barbee)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: My 2 bits on Car Stereo
Message-ID: <1118@vax1.fluke.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 11:50:34 EDT
Article-I.D.: vax1.1118
Posted: Mon Aug 12 11:50:34 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 05:42:24 EDT
References: <141@helens.UUCP> <9811@ucbvax.ARPA>
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
Lines: 34

>But --- back to the original "2 bits on Car Stereo"...
>does anyone have any specific recommendations for car speaker systems
>that can be hooked up to a 4-channel deck (Sony) and speakers, with
>installation, hopefully run under $200?

I, too, would like the answer to this question.  I read the orginal article
and, being in the market for car-tunes, went out to a super discount store
and bought a inexpensive Sanyo deck (I owned a Sanyo before and it never
ate a tape so I trusted them).  I hooked them up to my present speakers which
will only be acceptable while I research what to buy.  My questions;

1) I was thinking about mounting the tweeter/midrange on the dash and the
woofer on the back deck (small station wagon) but was told by a salesman
(who was installing a custom, seperate speaker system into a customer's car)
that this would create "disjointed" sound.  He said I should keep all the 
drivers in the same vicinity.  Is he right?

2) How about these "soft dome" tweeters?  I saw a couple of makes, they have
huge magnets (8 oz.) for a tweeter, and are easy to mount.  Are they good?

3) I also saw some tiny ribbon tweeters, could these possibly be worth it
in a car enviroment, especially considering I haven't mortgaged anything for
the electronics?

4) How much air do I need behind the woofer?  the midrange?  How do I calculate
this volume?  Does shape make any difference?

5) What about crossovers?  

I apologize if some of the questions are naive, I've never really thought
about speakers without my checkbook in my hand.

Merci beaucoup,
Peter B