[Mgs] What size speaker fits the MGB doors?

[Bob Donahue]

This is exactly the problem I'm having. If I turn up the volume enough to 
hear the music over the wind, the bass is badly distorted. I used to have a 
regular radio in the dash, and I solved the distortion problem by turning 
the bass down. Now I am running a GPS/MP3 unit through an amplifier that has 
no tone controls, so I can't turn down the bass. I'm hoping to find speakers 
(the same size) that make more volume without distortion.

Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd at comcast.net
Cars:       52 MGTD - #17639
               71 MGB - #GHN5UB254361
Member:  NEMGTR #11470
               NAMGBR # 7-3336
               Hoosier MGB Club
               Olde Octagons of Indiana

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Max Heim" <max_heim at sbcglobal.net>
To: "MG List" <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] What size speaker fits the MGB doors?


>I don't know about the Moss panels, but I don't see how you could go much
> bigger than 5 inch. But in this position, overcoming the wind noise is
> pretty much impossible. You are pumping all the sound into your left 
> thigh,
> while your ears are up in the turbulence. I personally find the sound
> moderately intelligible for talk (baseball games) at high volume, but
> useless for music as I can only hear the left channel, with almost no 
> treble
> and distorted bass.
>
> At neighborhood speeds, it's OK.
>
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>
>
>
> on 8/20/08 2:24 PM, Bob Donahue at bobmgtd at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> What size speaker fits the "knock-out holes" in the Moss door panels? I 
>> want
>> to replace the speakers I have with something that can over come highway 
>> wind
>> noise without distorting. Any recommendations?
>>
>> Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
>> Email - bobmgtd at comcast.net
>> Cars:       52 MGTD - #17639
>>                71 MGB - #GHN5UB254361
>> Member:  NEMGTR #11470
>>                NAMGBR # 7-3336
>>                Hoosier MGB Club
>>                Olde Octagons of Indiana