Good speakers for the front dash.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Good speakers for the front dash.
Any recomendations while I'll have the dash apart? What will fit?
Len
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by Jughead
Any recomendations while I'll have the dash apart? What will fit?
Len
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by soggybottomboy
Len,
Just pulled the dash on my 77 yesterday and I purchased the 4X6 pioneers ~$42. These are only two way and I am following up with amp and subwoofers, but there is a 3 way version.
Mark
Just pulled the dash on my 77 yesterday and I purchased the 4X6 pioneers ~$42. These are only two way and I am following up with amp and subwoofers, but there is a 3 way version.
Mark
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From: Rio Medina Texas
Originally Posted by bobs77vet
mark look real close before you put it in to try and firgure out where the vibrations can come from and try and isolate them....mine were the 100 watt version and i'm running a power amp also....
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From: Not Correctly Restored Stingray Fla.
I have Alpine "plate" speakers that sounded good before the stereo stopped working. They might be outdated, I purchased them about 10 years ago and worked all that time with no problems.
My new speakers are HOOKER , NO MUFFLER design.
My new speakers are HOOKER , NO MUFFLER design.
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I'm using Inifinity 4x6" speakers. "Plate" type with seperate tweeter and mid-range. Infinity is pretty much the best common brand of speaker around. Reference is their high-ish line and Kappa is their top of the line.
-Chris
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by carhound
J-Head, You have a 69 right? What do you do to put speakers in the dash, cut holes in the dash?? 
Thanks for the input guys. Looks like a standar 4x6 will work.
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From: The Dirty, Dirty South
Originally Posted by LiveandLetDrive
I'm using Inifinity 4x6" speakers. "Plate" type with seperate tweeter and mid-range. Infinity is pretty much the best common brand of speaker around. Reference is their high-ish line and Kappa is their top of the line.
-Chris
-Chris
Thats what I'm gonna run. Plates love amps though.As far as the bass problem, there is a "bass blocker" that is sold that will block frequencies below a certain level (ask you friendly neighborhood sound shop) that will get rid of the rattle. 4X6's don't have good bass anyway, they're better for mids and highs.
If I really wanted to spend money I'd get component speakers and mount the woofers in the kick panels and the tweeters in the dash (flush mounted) and run a pair of 10's in the rear, or a single 12.
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From: hartford ct
Boston Acoustics all the way around. there a little bit more but the sound quality is outstanding(as posted before) and the alpine cda-7894 is one of the best decks I've ever owned and is more powerful then most 4x6 can handle(plus it's built in highpass filter can take out the lows to reduce vibrations).
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From: Hattiesburg MS
What ever you go with for speakers, you may want to try using a small bit of rubber between the speaker and dash to prevent vibration. Just cut a short slice off of a piece of 1/4" ID hose and thread over the screws between speaker and dash. This will keep it from falling out while installing and dampen vibration.
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From: Shoreline WA
In my '71 I had installed from Ecklers four 4x6 (2 dash, 2 kick-panel) and a 2-**** Kenwood unit (modest power output). All this on good advice, and it's true cuz at speed with roof panels off and headers I only hear the engine anyways! Stoplights are for reality checks.
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