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