You did good work.
Q. re Front Speaker Fit
Race Director
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From: Henderson Nv-Rohnert Park/Sonoma C o. ca/born in NY Rockaway Beach.
Im not sure about everyone one else but I love my music loud... ANd im not spring chicken here.. Im 45 and still play everything loud....
I have installed with the help of DB a very rockin system and i must say that i have been way over the 65mph speed limit with the tops off and can hear my system just fine and so can other people and cars around me...Everyone that looks at the car loves the way it sounds. I went with the 6.5 in the kicks and a 10 in sud (DB Design sub box)and man does that MB Q thump, and a 300 watt amp. I have no problem geting my tops in the car if i have to have them with me. and can still ge a small bag on the tops if i go out of town. I guess when it comes to stereos and music its to each his own...
I have installed with the help of DB a very rockin system and i must say that i have been way over the 65mph speed limit with the tops off and can hear my system just fine and so can other people and cars around me...Everyone that looks at the car loves the way it sounds. I went with the 6.5 in the kicks and a 10 in sud (DB Design sub box)and man does that MB Q thump, and a 300 watt amp. I have no problem geting my tops in the car if i have to have them with me. and can still ge a small bag on the tops if i go out of town. I guess when it comes to stereos and music its to each his own...
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jul 1999
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From: Sewell NJ
Ganey dropped me a PM on this thread. Here's a link to my stereo install post of a while back. Since then I've gotten a little smarter and made a change or two. First, putting 4 x 6 speakers in the top dash doesn't work very well. Their sound quality is lacking and they handle very little power. Since this install I']ve changed the 4 x 6 top dash speakers to add-on tweeters that are wired in line with the kick panel speakers. They help define the sound stage a lot better than the 4 x 6 speakers and blend well with the kick panel speakers. Second, there is no way a small kick panel speaker will give you enough bass. Resolve yourself to the fact that you will need a subwoofer like the one I used to bolster the bass and you will need to fool around with equalization to get the right blend between the kicks and the sub. With a little tuning you can get a very nice sounding system.
Here's my original post.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1049772
Here's my original post.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1049772
Instructor
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 132
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From: Virginia Beach, VA
Good info!
The other day I installed my original 71 mono radio and threw the aftermarket model in the trash can. And it works fine, looking a lot better.
I have two Pioneer dash speakers (4 ohm) and no kick panel speakers. I thought of adding another two 4x6" speakers to the kick panels and connect them in series in order to reach 8 ohm. How does that sound? Would it be just as good an idea to move the dask speakers to the kick panels instead?
I intend to keep the interior "clean", i.e., no speakers that cannot be beside panels.
The other day I installed my original 71 mono radio and threw the aftermarket model in the trash can. And it works fine, looking a lot better.
I have two Pioneer dash speakers (4 ohm) and no kick panel speakers. I thought of adding another two 4x6" speakers to the kick panels and connect them in series in order to reach 8 ohm. How does that sound? Would it be just as good an idea to move the dask speakers to the kick panels instead?
I intend to keep the interior "clean", i.e., no speakers that cannot be beside panels.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jul 1999
Posts: 9,206
Likes: 17
From: Sewell NJ
Good info!
The other day I installed my original 71 mono radio and threw the aftermarket model in the trash can. And it works fine, looking a lot better.
I have two Pioneer dash speakers (4 ohm) and no kick panel speakers. I thought of adding another two 4x6" speakers to the kick panels and connect them in series in order to reach 8 ohm. How does that sound? Would it be just as good an idea to move the dask speakers to the kick panels instead?
I intend to keep the interior "clean", i.e., no speakers that cannot be beside panels.
The other day I installed my original 71 mono radio and threw the aftermarket model in the trash can. And it works fine, looking a lot better.
I have two Pioneer dash speakers (4 ohm) and no kick panel speakers. I thought of adding another two 4x6" speakers to the kick panels and connect them in series in order to reach 8 ohm. How does that sound? Would it be just as good an idea to move the dask speakers to the kick panels instead?
I intend to keep the interior "clean", i.e., no speakers that cannot be beside panels.
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Columbia Missouri
I guess going to 8 ohms is OK and will present a smaller load to the original unit. But 4 x 6 speakers will not handle any appreciable power without bottoming out and going into distortion. A better idea would be to put 5 1/4 inch speakers in the kicks like I did and wire in a set of add on tweeters mounting them in the top dash. I used masonite board and used the 4 x 6 speaker as a pattern to mount the tweeters. The tweeters will establish a better sound stage by localizing the direction of the sound and the kicks will give you a better bass response and additional power handling. Just make sure you get shallow kicks and not the ones with the hugh magnets. Big magnets will not mount flush in the kicks. The add on tweeters run about $30 a pair.
Couple of things to point out with tweets in the dash. Try to have some kind of independent tuning of the tweeters so you can control their gain so they don't get too harsh before the kick panel speaker 'catches' up. They are off axis, and there will be a time delay between the two signals.
Also, large magnet 6.5" speakers can fit in the kick panels flush, as seen in this pic.
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Race Director
Joined: Apr 1999
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From: CORVETTE 77 385 C.I. TEXAS
Some have a lot of install exp., etc. & could post ... .
So it's subjective, we all have different experiences & there's more than one way to do it.
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Crossville TN
'Tweeters' don't need much power to generate the high-frequency sounds. 4"x6", 2-stage speakers (with domes) will work very well in the dash. For a stereo system, get 4 ohm speakers and put dash units in series with the kick-panel speakers to get 8 ohms per side (right/left). If you have a mono system, get 8 ohm speakers and put the speakers on each side in series, then hook the two sides up in parallel. That will also yield 8 ohm [total speaker] impedence which is a good match for 10 ohm output of the amp head. {High frequencies take very little power; the power needed increases as the frequencies go lower.}
Team Owner
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From: Crossville TN
One more thing.... As far as balancing the dash and kick panel speakers goes, the tone control on your radio/amp will take care of that with ease; all it does is regulate the power to the high frequencies--which is just what you want from a 'staged' speaker system.
