[Mgs] Fitting a radio

[David Ress]

I have seen people put the tweeter in the center vents.

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From: mgs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Paul Root
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 11:33 AM
To: Aaron Whiteman
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Subject: Re: [Mgs] Fitting a radio

There's nothing fancy about the Miata seat. Just a hole carved in the  
foam rubber, and a cable running down the back.

The stock speakers were blown on mine, I replaced them with some 3in  
round ones from a Best Buy clearance shelf. Since the originals were  
2x4 (or so), I had to carve a bit out. Mostly, you just have to punch  
a bunch of small holes in the vinyl or leather so the sound can come  
out, and recess the speaker in 1/4 inch or so.

I was just looking a 5 1/4 in Clarion speakers at Crutchfield. They  
have a cross over module and the 1 inch tweeters are separate or can  
be put in the middle. I was thinking of mounting the 5 1/4s downward  
facing under the dash on the underliners, and then just figure a way  
to mount the tweeters in the lower corners of the dash facing you.  
Bass is non-directional, so pointing at the lower legs isn't a big deal.

On May 22, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Aaron Whiteman wrote:

> On May 22, 2009, at 7:20 AM, Barrie Robinson wrote:
>
>> I want to put in a radio in my MGB and, of course. I have the usual  
>> space in the centre console, but it is the location of the speakers  
>> that puzzle me.  Seems as if the doors are the most common spot but  
>> I like that not because of the door/body connection required.   It  
>> would seem that the wing space to the left (or right) of ones knees  
>> (forward of the door opening) would be perfect.  Tons of room,  
>> simple route to radio, and easily fitted.  However, nowhere have I  
>> seen this place mentioned.  Is there some reason why this place  
>> should be not a good idea?
>
> There is really no great place to stick speakers in an MG.  The door  
> location directs the sound at your knees, not your head, so the  
> sound is hit or miss.  The shelf works relatively well, but high  
> frequencies get muffled by the wind and the top.
>
> The footwell location is like the doors, except the speakers are  
> pointing at your feet, rather than your knees.
>
> For now, my approach has been to put 3-way 6x9 speakers in boxes as  
> small as I can find and put them on the rear shelf.  Be sure to get  
> speakers that can do whatever they can to present the high frequency  
> sound as well as possible.
>
> Eventually, I'd like to figure out how to discretely mount tweeters  
> in the dash, which I think would solve my complaints.   
> Alternatively, I could throw away my freshly-refurbished seats and  
> get a pair of Miata seats with the headrest speakers.  Has anybody  
> ever tried to modify the MG headrest to embed speakers?
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