Julian,
I have two oval 8" dual coaxial speakers mounted on that removable panel behind
the
seats on my '63 Spit. The aftermarket panel is strong enough to support the
weight
of the panels with no noticable effect. The sound is adequate, considering that
the Spit is noisy on its own and the speakers have to compete with the Monza
Exhaust system. However, It seems to be the only logical space to mount the
speakers and get proper separation.
If it is a problem with sound bleeding out the back and around the edges, you
can
install covers behind the speakers to trap the sound. I would fabricate them
out
of some kind of heavy cardboard and line with foam rubber.
BTW, I don't have the details of your Spit for the International Spitfire
database
I am compiling. Please provide the following.
Year
Model
Color
Commission Number
Owner
Location (City, County, Country)
Regards,
Joe Curry
J.Daley wrote:
> I've just got a new radio/cassette for my Spit 1500 and am trying to
> optimise the position of the speakers. At the moment I have 2 speakers
> in the rear panel behind the seats. This is not ideal, as far as I can
> see, for at least two reasons
>
> 1. The panel is very flimsy.
> 2. The panel is not well sealed so that sound from the rear of the
> speaker can leak round the edges.
>
> So from a theoretical point of view this setup should sound pretty bad,
> although it may be that if the leaks are small compared to the volume of
> the boot (of course the petrol tank is in the way) this problem is a
> small one. Has anyone got any practical experience ? Would reinforcing
> the panel with some plywood or something make much difference ?
>
> I'd also like to put a pair of speakers in the doors, but looking at
> it, it looks like there is very little room. Again, has anyone played
> around with door speakers ?
>
> I'm not looking for the ultimate in high fidelity, just something that
> doesn't sound too offensive.
>
> Julian.
>
> [Third attempt - Does majordomo reject mail if the From: field doesn't
> match a subscriber to the list ? I usually send mail from a different
> account to the place I read mail, so that may be the problem.]
>
>_______________________________________________________________________________
> Julian Daley, Dept Phonetics, University College London
> _______________________________ j.daley@ucl.ac.uk
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