[Shotimes] stereo = sucky

[James F. Ryan III]

Don't they teach you Navy guys about "resonance"?  :^)

Here's a water analogy for you swab:
First, imagine you're in the middle of a swimming pool when the starter's
pistol goes off.  You start doing the doggie paddle but it takes a little
while for you to get moving.

Now, imagine you're at the side of the swimming pool.  When the starter's
pistol goes off, you use you legs to push off the side of the pool.
Obviously you will get moving much faster and further.

When the speakers are mounted properly (sealed to the package shelf), your
trunk effectively becomes the "speaker box".  Sound is the movement of air.
If you hang a bare speaker in the middle of a room, it will sound like crap,
because the speaker cone has nothing to push against.

But, if you mount the speaker in a sealed box, the speaker cone now has
something to push against - the trapped air in the box.  The sound will
project forward and it will be much richer and much more intense.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Glass" <cmysho@comcast.net>
To: <at3hartberger@mail.com>; "Shotimes Mailing List"
<Shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] stereo = sucky


> Yes, in most applications mounting them will make a huge difference.....
>
> did you get the +/- correct ?
>
>
> Rick Glass
>         '99 SF 70k    FOR SALE
>          Flowmasters
>          Kirk'd
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jason Hartberger" <at3hartberger@mail.com>
> To: "Shotimes Mailing List" <Shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 1:44 PM
> Subject: [Shotimes] stereo = sucky
>
>
> > I'm having a weird problem with my stereo. I changed the rear speakers
to
> > 6x9 Pioneers (TSR-A6990s) and my bass completely disappeared. I've
swapped
> > out headunits, I've swapped out amps, bass level doesn't change. Now,
and
> > I fear this is the problem, but I don't have them mounted, because I
still
> > haven't gotten done widening the stupid speaker cups to fit them
(they're
> > huge). Does not mounting them to the frame and just sitting them in the
> > cup really make that much of a difference? Oh, and the subwoofer's gone,
> > too, but it was gone before I changed the rears out, and there was still
a
> > medium amount of bass. Now it sounds like I have like 3" speakers. It's
> > really bad, and it's really soft, too. My wife's car only has the
premium
> > sound and it sounds like there's a 10" sub in the trunk (there isn't).
> > What's the deal...? What am I doing wrong!?
> >
> > Oh, and does anybody else have a problem with calper bracket to spindle
> > bolts randomly falling off? I've had two of them fall off in the past
> > week... isn't the torque spec like 60 ft.lbs?...
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Jason Hartberger, AT3(AW) USN
> > USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
> > AIMD/IM-3 CASS
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