Fresh air vent speakers

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by sANDYbAY, Feb 12, 2015.

  1. Do you have the 6x9s in the back and thats it?
     
  2. Kruger

    Kruger Sponsor

    Might be worth considering mounting a decent 4.25 inch (I think?) In the standard speaker location in the centre of the dash above radio.
     
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  3. Retro sound do a dual coil speaker so you can connect left and right channels to it.
     
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  4. sANDYbAY

    sANDYbAY On benefits-won't sponsor!

    That's a good idea, whereabouts are you?
     
  5. sANDYbAY

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    Yes, but I don't remember what make they are either. I doubt they're particularly good though.
     
  6. sANDYbAY

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    I'll have access problems with a speaker there as I have a retro cooling fan mounted above it.
     
  7. Are you ok with cutting into your doorcards to mount speakers?
     
  8. sANDYbAY

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    Yeah, I'm beginning to think its probably worth putting door speakers in as well as the tweeters in the vents.

    Get me, 6 speakers how cool am I?
     
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  9. 6x9s in the back 6x9s in the doors You may need to route out some spacers from mdf for the doors
    Then an amp to run them and i bet you will have what you want without cranking the volume knob up full and listening to distorted music
     
  10. sANDYbAY

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    No, I'm definately set on putting speakers of some sort into the vents. I could turn some mounts on the lathe if the tweeters are smaller than the vents, while googling I've seen speakers as small as one inch across. I will look at some door speakers though or maybe buy some new kick panels off of @Kruger depending on how long he'd take to make me some.
     
  11. Krugers panels are your best bet then but as they are fiberglass id add some silent coat on the back
    Your never going to get any decent audio out of 3 inch full range speakers

    Krugers panels with some decent mids and then tweeters in the dash will work well:thumbsup:

    Tweeters provide the tsh tsh sound
    Mids provide the bit in the middle
    And subs provide the boom boom

    Make sure you use crossovers so the speakers only get the frequency of audio they are meant to work with
    Adding an amp isnt always about max volume
    It takes the stress of the head unit and the losses it makes over long cable runs that we encounter in a bus


    Ok im taking my fairy head of now ;)
     
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  12. An amp will kill a leisure battery pretty quick. Unless you want it booming the head unit will be enough. 6x9's are overkill up front. A decent set of components will be OK
     
  13. rickyrooo1

    rickyrooo1 Hanging round like a bad smell

    i'd really think before cutting the door cards, you'll need to make sure the speakers and door cards don't come into any contact with the (lots) of water that goes in the doors, having recently removed my door card speakers and fitted new cards without holes and put my speakers in the kick panels i can honestly say they sound better there than they did in the doors.
     
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  14. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    In the past I've also ruined a set of door cards finding out that speakers there sound terrible.
    I have 2x 3" "all range" speakers hidden in vents in the back,
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    2x tweeters in the front vents...
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    2x 4" also in the front vent system in small boxes made to replace the bit that unscrews near your knees, can't find a picture.
    and a 10" powered bass speaker (sub) under the front seats.
    It sounds ok when parked but on the move it has to be so loud to hear it I generally switch it off unless I'm stuck in traffic.
    I could do with some 6-8" speakers as I have no lower mid range but can't think where to hide them.
     
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  15. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

    Absolutely spot on, I've just replaced my door cars and put my speakers in the kick panels, much better sound and no water damage
     
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  16. sANDYbAY

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  17. sANDYbAY

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    :lol: I've worked with jet engines for years so I've probably only got midrange hearing.

    I found a couple that size for £15 but didn't think such cheap speakers wouldn't be any good.
     
  18. Soggz

    Soggz An inquisitive supporter

    Get a converter then...
     

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