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12th August 2003, 01:44 PM
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Well I hate to tell y'all what and how long I have had my speakers for my main home stereo, since buying them have gone thru (upgraded) I think thru 4 receivers counting original.
And the speakers just keep on crankin' . Think they R 8 or 10" woofers, 6 " midrange, and possibly 1 3/4" horn tweeters. Midrange and tweeters adj for crossover on the speaker enclosure. Currently have one of Sonys early STRAV units with remote. Its gotta be 13 yrs old.... Wheres my CANE????
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Lars 6 years of 'Luv mah PTee but now ready for a change Fun while it lasted, whatever happened to 'The car people' at Chrysler and dealers??????? SAD ____________________________ 2002 base model stick, with varied original mods.... now a New Yorker model.... |
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12th August 2003, 03:40 PM
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My first set of Magnepan's was brought home in 1983! I now have 3 sets. www.magnepan.com Don't give up on a good thing just because of some newfangled technology or slick advertising. I still have 6 Crown mobile amplifiers that were built as prototypes in 1985 by Crown International, Elkhart Indiana. 600 watts, 6 channels, 21lbs!!! |
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13th August 2003, 03:07 AM
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 they were big "ugly" monsters (I thought they were beautiful). I won my 1st competion with one using a: audiocontrol EQX rockford fosgate midbass & tweeters phase linear coax 2 pyle 12" subs in a box I tuned using a piece of tape on the dust cap with the letters A&B written on it & a oscillator (sp) (really old school trick)  Bachbusters was the Hot bass CD at the time. I really turned heads when I fired that system up. OH yea it was in a piece of S_ _ T Chevy Citiation! with a Blaupunkt radio mounted vertical in the dash. 
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Cool Vanilla 04 GT 5 speed; S1, custom silencer mod, K&N drop-in, AMX1397 TTAB pipe, UCP, Ventshades, badges removed, coilovers, Mopar Stage 1 Sway bars, Freedom strut bar, PTeazer retro grill, bumperette, cowl induction hood, rollpan & other assorted painted body parts . Member of www.mnptcruiserclub.org MAC (Minnesota Autosports Club) Novice AutoX Day 
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13th August 2003, 05:54 AM
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I built many competition car stereos back in the days before rap music and break dancing. I was in the NASCA - national autosound challenge assn. The worst car was a 1980 Pinto. I was 2 seats and all audio when I was done. I even had to modify the door sealing gaskets to get it to seal up. I used 2 Crown amps, dual batteries (there were no such things as boom capacitors), Kenwood head unit, Audiocontrol EQ, single 15" MTX elliminator, and about 20 Pyle speakers. I live close enough to have lunch with Crown, Pyle, ElectroVoice, Rockford, and Magnepan. I have a degree in electronics, and several of my instructors were engineers at Crown and EV. I bought 15 of the CMA-1 Crown mobile amps in 1988!!!! |
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23rd August 2003, 11:59 AM
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Looks like me first move will be the rear speaker. Replace wiwth 6 x 8 two or three way with non paper whizzer cone.
Then work forward from there. The thought occurs that the door speakers will really be fillins, and that small front item outta be pretty good quality since its so directional to the front seat. L. Stay tooned...... 
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Lars 6 years of 'Luv mah PTee but now ready for a change Fun while it lasted, whatever happened to 'The car people' at Chrysler and dealers??????? SAD ____________________________ 2002 base model stick, with varied original mods.... now a New Yorker model.... |
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24th August 2003, 11:06 AM
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I replaced the rear and the door speakers on my car. The rears seemed pointless to upgrade after-the-fact because the sound quality barely changed, and didn't really sound 'better'. Since most of the sound comes from the doors, I replaced those with hesitation. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the speakers I chose had more bass response and MUCH more treble response from the RAZ head unit.
The dash speakers are probably not worth changing. They do a decent job as-is. The RAZ head unit really can put out quality audio, but the Mopar speakers held it back. I bought the OEM Subwoofer for the 2002 model year, which was tough to find. My dealership was able to get one after a lengthy search. (The 2001 and 2002 differ in that the wiring harness is updated to use the '02 radio without splicing.) The OEM sub is extremely potent for being an 8". I actually have to keep the bass level slider at the middle position...at the MOST. Some CD's will cause me to push the bass control all the way down. The Mopar sub is expensive, but it's truly hidden away. You would need a T-35 (?) Torx bit to remove your rear seat belt, but that's the only major surgery. |
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29th August 2003, 05:41 AM
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Still fumbling around but on the brink of rear speakers must likely 2 way. I have looked 33 times in my thread here and SOMEONE SoMeWhErE posted that the (front) door and dash speakers are driven by one OEM radio output, and the B pillar (C pillar?) by the other. Hence the rears are the more or less bass? [but if so if one has the sub .... ?]
Have not extensively searched the DIY area but seems like there is a need for 'some kind' of definative outline of the audio characteristics of the various PT years???? Including precautions, warnings, hints, etc? And no one has even suggested adding speakers to the rear doors or surface mtd tweeters at the rear speakers??? Reason being there are many threads on this yet no culling of data into one lump.... Cheers- L
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Lars 6 years of 'Luv mah PTee but now ready for a change Fun while it lasted, whatever happened to 'The car people' at Chrysler and dealers??????? SAD ____________________________ 2002 base model stick, with varied original mods.... now a New Yorker model.... |
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29th August 2003, 06:35 AM
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All 6 speakers are driven from the OEM radio.
Page 8W-47-4 of the service manual shows that the front outputs go to both the door speakers and the dash tweeters. They are in parallel and the tweeters use a simple capacitor to block the bass. The rears and the door speakers get full range output. The OEM sub (I have one) taps off the rear speaker signal and amplifies the bass. It does not effect the rear speaker signal. The connector pinouts and wiring are shown in the power antenna guide on www.ptdiy.net in the guides section.
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2002 Dream Cruiser #435 with: over 115hp nitrous, MX-5 "burp-free" shift mod, 2003 shifter, 2001 radio, 2001 Mopar subwoofer, MX-5 designed true cold-air intake, MX-5 designed double platinum spark plugs, shory antenna, much more.... |
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29th August 2003, 07:45 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by MX-5
[b]All 6 speakers are driven from the OEM radio. Page 8W-47-4 of the service manual shows that the front outputs go to both the door speakers and the dash tweeters. They are in parallel and the tweeters use a simple capacitor to block the bass. L: All well and good, sounds appropriate and basic. The rears and the door speakers get full range output. L: HoKay, this is of course due to the cap allowing tweeter to tweet only and not get based out  The OEM sub (I have one) taps off the rear speaker signal and amplifies the bass. It does not effect the rear speaker signal. The connector pinouts and wiring are shown in the power antenna guide on www.ptdiy.net in the guides section. L: Thanks for the Clarifications. Sure think this should be in the DIY FAQ AUDIO section..... Ahhh to run rear tweeters off the front/door signal would take a long lead back, but easily run under carpet and behind rear panels.... Again, many thanx for clarifications.
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Lars 6 years of 'Luv mah PTee but now ready for a change Fun while it lasted, whatever happened to 'The car people' at Chrysler and dealers??????? SAD ____________________________ 2002 base model stick, with varied original mods.... now a New Yorker model.... |
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29th August 2003, 02:49 PM
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DC does not do this or use a better pair of speakers to save $$$. Thats the ONLY reason. Most "consumers" will never know the difference & think it sound good enough. Adding the sub will make the car sound better as a whole. The rears will not loose any highs because the sub should have a built in amp & xover. If you just added the tweets to the rears & the sub. It will amaze you on the better sound with the factory system. I did this years ago in my 86 Grand AM SE. People thought I spend $1,000 on that system, I had less that $75 into it. Its a cheap way to improve sound quality while you save your $$$ for the better system. 1st change the head unit, it will make even the factory speakers sound that much better. Good Luck & keep asking. 
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Cool Vanilla 04 GT 5 speed; S1, custom silencer mod, K&N drop-in, AMX1397 TTAB pipe, UCP, Ventshades, badges removed, coilovers, Mopar Stage 1 Sway bars, Freedom strut bar, PTeazer retro grill, bumperette, cowl induction hood, rollpan & other assorted painted body parts . Member of www.mnptcruiserclub.org MAC (Minnesota Autosports Club) Novice AutoX Day
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