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dicko17
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| There has been some discussion recently about BA sound systems but two questions i have are; 1- Is there much trouble fitting and wiring up a subbie? and 2- anyone successfully upgraded the front door speakers? , if so with wot? |
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Timboxrute
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| in my last ba i had 6.5 boston acoustic splits inthe fronts powered by a jaycar 2 * 150 watt rms amp sounded pretty good and also had 2 sony xplode pentagon subs in the back sounded good for a ute n real prob doin it |
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fairmont_hoj
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:32 am Post subject: |
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| Timboxrute wrote: | | in my last ba i had 6.5 boston acoustic splits inthe fronts powered by a jaycar 2 * 150 watt rms amp sounded pretty good and also had 2 sony xplode pentagon subs in the back sounded good for a ute n real prob doin it |
how much did the bostons set you back? |
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pyroay
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:47 am Post subject: Re: base BA sound system speaker improvements? |
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| d**k wrote: | | There has been some discussion recently about BA sound systems but two questions i have are; 1- Is there much trouble fitting and wiring up a subbie? and 2- anyone successfully upgraded the front door speakers? , if so with wot? |
Definately worth doing.
Not that hard just off with the door skin, a couple of hours worth of sound deadening then in with the replacement drivers.
You will need to use a level convertor for geting low level inputs to your amp for the sub. Dont buy a cheap line level convertor though you will regret it down the trasck with crap sound and interferience. |
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distortion
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 10:48 am Post subject: Re: base BA sound system speaker improvements? |
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| pyroay wrote: | | d**k wrote: | | There has been some discussion recently about BA sound systems but two questions i have are; 1- Is there much trouble fitting and wiring up a subbie? and 2- anyone successfully upgraded the front door speakers? , if so with wot? |
Definately worth doing.
Not that hard just off with the door skin, a couple of hours worth of sound deadening then in with the replacement drivers.
You will need to use a level convertor for geting low level inputs to your amp for the sub. Dont buy a cheap line level convertor though you will regret it down the trasck with crap sound and interferience. |
pyroay (aaron?) you gotta give us some clue about your new project... do you know if the wiring in the BA is good enough for SQ... or would you re-run some 4 guage |
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pyroay
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I would definately run 4 gauge to the back for amplifiers.
Project is not a BA, lets just say that. It is nothing as wild as trhe previous car it's just something for my wife but with a couple of "PYRO" mods. |
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distortion
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:13 am Post subject: |
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| pyroay wrote: | I would definately run 4 gauge to the back for amplifiers.
Project is not a BA, lets just say that. It is nothing as wild as trhe previous car it's just something for my wife but with a couple of "PYRO" mods. |
ok ok, any hints on the make and model of the car? Hope its a ford! |
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pyroay
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It's a ford...........
Has 18" three piece wheels, will have a killer stereo + more... |
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distortion
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:27 am Post subject: |
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| pyroay wrote: | It's a ford...........
Has 18" three piece wheels, will have a killer stereo + more... |
nice nice... at least its a ford! looking forward to hearing more about it... |
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pyroay
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:34 am Post subject: |
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Ok a little bit more info, it's an E-series, will be finished the stereo in about 2 months, will be BETTER sounding than my current car with moer boot space and a few unique aspects (1 in particular).
It's an Auto with Extractors and 2.5" exhaust other than that no engine mods.
I'll start a new thread later for it as a project showing all the stereo progress photos (there are plenty), with some handy hints to other e-series owners about how some things can be done with this model. |
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EBT70
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Go to Jaycar & buy a little gadget that can convert your normal speaker wires into RCA outputs. Then you can amp all your speakers.  You can even run an sub with the stock headunit. Works a treat I've gone 139db in a AU still be able to use the Factory volume controls.
www.JayCar.com.au  |
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pyroay
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| EBT70 wrote: | Go to Jaycar & buy a little gadget that can convert your normal speaker wires into RCA outputs. Then you can amp all your speakers. You can even run an sub with the stock headunit. Works a treat I've gone 139db in a AU still be able to use the Factory volume controls.
www.JayCar.com.au |
Line level convertor..... is its title or LOC for short.
Make sure you get a reasonable one as the cheaper ones often have problems with them not to mentionr educde sound quality. I have 2 i got custom built by David Navone in the US if your interested. |
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aphexer
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| pyroay wrote: | | I'll start a new thread later for it as a project showing all the stereo progress photos (there are plenty), with some handy hints to other e-series owners about how some things can be done with this model. |
DAMNIT!!! just when i start my amateur install *grumbles* |
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