[Shotimes] Re: (OT) audio advice, please: adding a sub to 94 CV

[Jim and Debbie Leyden]

Look out Mike!

George is going to correct your spelling!

;-)

Jim



-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 8:20 AM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] Re: (OT) audio advice, please: adding a sub to 94 CV


If you can here it 3 blocks away, it doesn't matter if it's ported into the
cabin at all.  The driver will hear it.  ; )


Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

-'95 White MTX
   '96 Brake Upgrade

"Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan




shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 05/05/2004 01:07:13 AM:

> My oldest son is driving our 94 Crown Vic.  He's expressed interest in 
> adding more bass to the audio system.  That's what kids do these days. 
> :
)
> His 17th birthday is coming up, so I am exploring subs, poking around 
> FleaBay, etc.  Two things you should know:
> 
> -- My 92 SHO has factory JBL (two amps, one 6" sub) with 4 aftermarket 
> speakers.  The quality and volume are more than enough to satisfy me 
> and
my
> son.  In fact I don't want him to have that much volume.  I'm looking
for a
> qualitative improvement, not quantitative.
> 
> -- The CV has a $100 aftermarket CD receiver which we think has RCA 
> connections for a sub.  The front-door speakers are factory but the 
> rear 6x9s are 2-way aftermarkets.  The present system contains no amp.  
> He listens mostly to pop and hip-hop.
> 
> As always, budget is limited.  If you had $100 to spend on this audio 
> system, what would you do?  Front speakers?  Main amp?  Powered
mini-sub?
> 
> Also one specific area of question:  How do subs get sound into the
cabin?
> I mean, the JBL sub points the sound through an opening in the rear
shelf.
> The enclosures and tubes I'm looking at, it's not clear --- do they 
> also want a hole in the rear shelf?  Or does the sub just sit in the 
> trunk, sending rumbles through the rear seatback?
> 
> TIA for any advice.
> VO
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