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#85014 01/22/2004 6:10 AM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 12 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 12 | What's the best place to "hide" a couple of modern speakers to go with a custom autosound stereo in my '65? The gas tank is still behind the seat...
I heard one time that you can put TWO 4" speakers in the same hole that the stock 6x9 occupied. Has anyone done anything neat? Just wondering.... :confused:
The shortest distance between two points is probably under construction
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#85015 01/22/2004 12:14 PM | Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,181 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,181 | There are several places you can put 2 speakers to get nice sound.
1. They make kick panel speakers to go where the floor vents are.
2. They make a daul speaker to mount where your single speaker went under the dash.
3. You can hide two low profile speakers under the seat. | | |
#85016 01/26/2004 4:31 AM | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 385 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 385 | In this thread I described a 5-speaker stereo system I hid in a '57 p/u. This is overkill... he was extremely concerned about stereo separation and leaving almost no clues for potential theives. I still don't like kickpanel speakers, they always sound muddy to me. Get the source close to ear level if you want any fidelity. Dual mids in the dash will give clarity, but not stereo separation. Adding tweeters in the corners of the roof will compensate for this. A sub can be mounted anywhere, since the lower the frequency range the harder it is to determine the source. | | |
#85017 01/26/2004 6:14 AM | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | There isn't a lot of space in an old pickup cab for a sub if the gas tank is still behind the seat. | | |
#85018 01/27/2004 9:39 PM | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 275 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 275 | Mounted my fully enclosed truck speakers using an angle bracket and stovebolts through holes we drilled in the top welded flange of the gas tank behind the seat. Worked well for our application but sound somewhat muffled. | | |
#85019 01/28/2004 12:31 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 | I experimented with speakers in my truck before I did the final install, and got great results! First -- 4 speakers were just too many ... sound bounced all over the cab. Two speakers were best, and the best spot, for me, was in the kick panels ... but I angled each one so that the driver side speaker pointed up towards the passenger's head and vice versa. Then I bought Sony Xplod speakers. The real trick in getting good sound is to match the wattage of the speakers correctly to your unit. The details are at my site: Designing and Building Speaker Cabinets[/b] [b]My Radio Install
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