I have a pioneer CD player with detacheable face that puts out 22 Watts X 4
to two 4 1/2 inch speakers in the door panels and two enclosed speaker
housings which sit on the rear deck. They are secured with 3/16 " vinyl
covered steel cable which has been doubled over and clamped inside the
speaker cases and through the back wall into the trunk. The rear speakers
are those plastic pioneer combo speakers which have a tweeter, mid and low
range in them ~$100. In the 80 B, I just mounted the stereo in the hole
where the original one was. I am considering adding a low pass amp to the
line out with a decent woofer for low end punch. It's loud enough to hear
over my Monza exhaust at any speed and it's pretty good quality sound.
Surprisingly, the CD player has never skipped (Pioneer DEH 415 $250) and I
have tried to make it skip... You don't need to have the speakers in the
front but it does help to round out the sound a bit. The nice thing about
the POioneer speakers is that they can be added without cutting up your car.
My sister used to lock them in the trunk before I became the new owner and
cabled them in permanently. The cables are not visible and no one has taken
a shot at the CD player or the speakers over several years. People love to
disassemble the lock cylinder on the glove box even though it's never
locked. I think they're too stupid to figure out that you just press on the
button to open it. Hope this helps...
Christopher Reichle
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From: mgs-owner
To: mgs
Subject: Car Stereo
Date: Wednesday,March 06,1996 10:26PM
Hello,
Riding around today (testing out my brakes <g>) I decided I should put my
stereo back in my car, but of course I have questions :-)
The stereo is a standard modern tape player / reciever. I had taken it out
because it wasn't mounted very securely and I am looking for suggestions on
how to mount it. I suppose the best way would be to attach the back of the
stereo to the underneath of the dash, anyone have suggestions, plans,
thoughts, etc, on this? The stereo is about 1/8" smaller than the opening,
making it loose... I am thinking about putting foam around the radio to hold
it tight...
Also, what about speaker layouts? On my 66 B the center console speaker
setup isn't the best. The car has two tiny speakers in there and the DPO
had also installed to 9" speakers in the rear panel. The problem with this
is that when the top is down the back speakers can't be heard very well and
the front speakers never sound good. How do ya'll have your stereos
wired???
I am not beyond putting holes in the door panels (they aren't original) but
I would rather not put any holes in the metal part of the doors, etc. I am
not very concerened with the fact that the car didn't come this way -- the
car is for me to enjoy, and a good stereo setup will add to that enjoyment.
I welcome all comments, recommendations, and advice. I tried calling
'Crutchfield Electronics' figuring they would be able to help, but they
don't have installation kits for older cars. Bummer!
Thanks,
Ross
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