New Speaker box
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New Speaker box
Hooray, I finished my new speaker box for the 81 with the Kenwood 4 way 6x9's in it. It goes all the way across but is up off the floor so the tops still fit. It is covered in black marine grade grained vinyl. I have a 6.5 inch subwoofer ordered for the middle. It already looks and sounds great! Thanks for the info I got from searching threads on here!! :O) Jeff
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Hooray, I finished my new speaker box for the 81 with the Kenwood 4 way 6x9's in it. It goes all the way across but is up off the floor so the tops still fit. It is covered in black marine grade grained vinyl. I have a 6.5 inch subwoofer ordered for the middle. It already looks and sounds great! Thanks for the info I got from searching threads on here!! :O) Jeff
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Here is a link to my photobucket album, I have a pic there and of my car.
http://s665.photobucket.com/albums/v...bum_view_click
http://s665.photobucket.com/albums/v...bum_view_click
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Thanks! Weather here has been great, cool and dry, must OKC 70 miles away has been real rainy. I was in Stillwater last week for my daughters Volleyball game, my wife is an OSU grad. :O)
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Thats sweet! I almost went that way so I could put the larger sub, and I like the color keyed carpet, On mine Cinnabar carpet is hard to come by so I went with grained vinyl. You did a great job! I can't wait till I get my smaller sub installed, my stereo has a sub output, I will try that before I decide on whether or not to get an amp.
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Thats sweet! I almost went that way so I could put the larger sub, and I like the color keyed carpet, On mine Cinnabar carpet is hard to come by so I went with grained vinyl. You did a great job! I can't wait till I get my smaller sub installed, my stereo has a sub output, I will try that before I decide on whether or not to get an amp.
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When the sound waves from back (out-of-phase) mix w/ the sound waves from front cancellation of the low frequencies occur such that putting the speaker in a box can result in 100x greater sound intensity of low frequencies. As you go up to higher frequencies they become more directional. So the speaker needs to be in a box.
Something else that might be worth mentioning in regard to the box is that in general make no internal dimension more than 3x that of any other.
Suggest a divider in the middle & use some polyester fill.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=634468
Something else that might be worth mentioning in regard to the box is that in general make no internal dimension more than 3x that of any other.
Suggest a divider in the middle & use some polyester fill.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=634468
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Looks nice, I have been looking at making a box for my 6x9 that i got that do not fit into the rear stock spot also for a 10" that I have sitting in my garage that was in a box in the rear of my Jeep Wrangler. I have seen a few boxes online. I found this one at Brightstar car audio for C3's
I will just be making my own box though for $20 - $30 instead of spending the $$ and shipping from them.
Are you going to the Downtown Stillwater Car Show next month?
I will just be making my own box though for $20 - $30 instead of spending the $$ and shipping from them.
Are you going to the Downtown Stillwater Car Show next month?
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St. Jude Donor '05
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St. Jude Donor '05
Looks nice, I have been looking at making a box for my 6x9 that i got that do not fit into the rear stock spot also for a 10" that I have sitting in my garage that was in a box in the rear of my Jeep Wrangler. I have seen a few boxes online. I found this one at Brightstar car audio for C3's
I will just be making my own box though for $20 - $30 instead of spending the $$ and shipping from them.
Are you going to the Downtown Stillwater Car Show next month?
I will just be making my own box though for $20 - $30 instead of spending the $$ and shipping from them.
Are you going to the Downtown Stillwater Car Show next month?
Will that box still allow you to put T Tops in the back?