[6pack] 6pack Digest, Vol 2, Issue 401

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Thanks to all who responded to my speaker question. The trend seems to be that some prefer the sound of a Triumph straight six (music to my ears, too!) while others feel that parcel-shelf-mounted speakers provide more sound for the driver to hear than kidney-pad-mounted speakers....

So, maybe I'll go check-out Bazooka speakers! :- )

Dave
'74-Six

---- John VanNorman <jsvannorman at gmail.com> wrote: 
> I found that once I installed the speakers (securing them to the pads
> with four screws going through the speaker's mounting holes and the
> pads and then secured on the backside with nuts), the kidney pads were
> pretty solid.  But without the speakers in place, yeah, they are
> pretty flimsy.
> 
> Also, I used standard size 6 "speakers and had no depth problems.
> 
> However, you are absolutely right on hearing them.  With the open
> backs, there is no enclosed air (like on a stereo speaker, door panel,
> or trunk), so the sound you get isn't that great.  I ended up building
> my own speaker box for the shelf.
> 
> John V.
> 1974 1/2 TR 6
> 
> >        The problem with 6" speakers is that there is little material left for
> > structural support after you carve up the kidney pads to make them fit. The
> > kidney pads need a certain amount of stiffness and ruggedness to survive, and
> > 6" speakers would significantly degrade this. How successful you would be is a
> > matter of conjecture on my part, since I have not tried it, but I would say
> > that the 4" speaker kidney pads are none too robust to start with.
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