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stereo?, what stereos are you guys using? |
mgp4591 |
Mar 30 2015, 12:13 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,368 Joined: 1-August 12 From: Salt Lake City Ut Member No.: 14,748 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
Alpine cd mp3 player with 8" Quart subs driven by Alpine T220 amp, Alpine type R 5 1/4 door driven by head unit and 6.5 kick panel speakers driven by Alpine T240 amp. Now that's a quality setup! Do the subs overwhelm you being at that height? And what depth are the enclosures behind those? Just being nosy... and a little jealous! |
saigon71 |
Mar 30 2015, 06:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,998 Joined: 1-June 09 From: Dillsburg, PA Member No.: 10,428 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I didn't want anything too flashy and didn't want to install an amp or subwoofer, just wanted a decent system and MP3 capability.
I went with a 24Watt Blaupunkt head unit and 6 1/2 Polk Audio speakers (with morphs speaker pods) in the stock location. Bought the equipment from Crutchfield. I really like the setup. Sound is fine for me, even with the top off. |
iamchappy |
Mar 30 2015, 07:06 AM
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It all happens so fast! Group: Members Posts: 4,893 Joined: 5-November 03 From: minnetonka, mn Member No.: 1,315 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Alpine cd mp3 player with 8" Quart subs driven by Alpine T220 amp, Alpine type R 5 1/4 door driven by head unit and 6.5 kick panel speakers driven by Alpine T240 amp. Now that's a quality setup! Do the subs overwhelm you being at that height? And what depth are the enclosures behind those? Just being nosy... and a little jealous! No, with all the adjustability i have with the headunit with separate treble, bass, fader for door and kick panel speakers, and sudwoofer, easy to dial in the sound, to all the speakers, I could still play around with the amps crossovers and gain but works well enough. Like others have said if you have a loud car to begin with you really have to crank it up especially with the top off. Speaker enclosers are built into the firewall. Sub speakers are the sealed encloser type. Attached image(s) |
RazorbackFan78 |
Mar 30 2015, 07:38 AM
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3 different layers of paint helps protect if from rust Group: Members Posts: 136 Joined: 29-March 13 From: Bentonville, AR Member No.: 15,709 Region Association: South East States |
Alpine cd mp3 player with 8" Quart subs driven by Alpine T220 amp, Alpine type R 5 1/4 door driven by head unit and 6.5 kick panel speakers driven by Alpine T240 amp. Chappy is that a fully-custom back pad behind the seats or did you modify an OE piece? Looks great! I'd like to hear more about it. I think two subs in the backpad hidden behind the seats is a no-brainer!!! Unfortunately, the PO of my car carved two ugly holes in the center of my back pad to make room for two 5.5" speakers. So I'm trying to decide whether or not to save it, or just go all out with something custom. |
RazorbackFan78 |
Mar 30 2015, 07:39 AM
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3 different layers of paint helps protect if from rust Group: Members Posts: 136 Joined: 29-March 13 From: Bentonville, AR Member No.: 15,709 Region Association: South East States |
Alpine cd mp3 player with 8" Quart subs driven by Alpine T220 amp, Alpine type R 5 1/4 door driven by head unit and 6.5 kick panel speakers driven by Alpine T240 amp. Chappy is that a fully-custom back pad behind the seats or did you modify an OE piece? Looks great! I'd like to hear more about it. I think two subs in the backpad hidden behind the seats is a no-brainer!!! Unfortunately, the PO of my car carved two ugly holes in the center of my back pad to make room for two 5.5" speakers. So I'm trying to decide whether or not to save it, or just go all out with something custom. |
iamchappy |
Mar 30 2015, 08:07 AM
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It all happens so fast! Group: Members Posts: 4,893 Joined: 5-November 03 From: minnetonka, mn Member No.: 1,315 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Alpine cd mp3 player with 8" Quart subs driven by Alpine T220 amp, Alpine type R 5 1/4 door driven by head unit and 6.5 kick panel speakers driven by Alpine T240 amp. Chappy is that a fully-custom back pad behind the seats or did you modify an OE piece? Looks great! I'd like to hear more about it. I think two subs in the backpad hidden behind the seats is a no-brainer!!! Unfortunately, the PO of my car carved two ugly holes in the center of my back pad to make room for two 5.5" speakers. So I'm trying to decide whether or not to save it, or just go all out with something custom. Just a stock backpad that was reupholstered in leather when i did the rest of the interior. Stock backpad sits pretty flush with the firewall i have a thick foam gasket between the back of the speaker - backpad, and the speaker is then screwed into a 1/2" wide ring that i fabricated into the inside lip of the encloser. The enclosers are simply stainless steel mixing bowls tack welded to the firewall and seam sealed. There is plenty of room to go with even a larger sub and they dont interfere with anything in the engine compartment as you can see. I am having a hard time locating the pictures i have of the speaker encloser from the inside without the backpad. Another shot of a sub from another car i had installed subs in this way. Attached image(s) |
max72914 |
Mar 30 2015, 10:24 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 17-February 15 From: Bellingham, WA Member No.: 18,447 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Alpine cd mp3 player with 8" Quart subs driven by Alpine T220 amp, Alpine type R 5 1/4 door driven by head unit and 6.5 kick panel speakers driven by Alpine T240 amp. Thats really nice! I might try and buy a center console, and put speakers into the sides and a receiver where on of the gauges would be. I dont have the speaker panels that you screw in, so the old stock ones are sitting there. I may just build a box. Not sure yet |
914nola |
Mar 30 2015, 01:09 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: 10-August 14 From: New Orleans Member No.: 17,759 Region Association: None |
I'm still running the am, fm, shortwave radio the car came with.
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JmuRiz |
Mar 30 2015, 01:17 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,425 Joined: 30-December 02 From: NoVA Member No.: 50 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I currently have an old CD head unit, 4x6 Infinity Kappas in the stock location, build a custom console between the seats with up-firing 3.5". Works pretty well (when I rarely turn it on). I bought a hidden unit and planned on using it along with some 6.5" speaker pods.
I've changed my preferences and have an old Becker Europa II stereo headunit that I will send for rebuilding an an i-pod hookup. I haven't decided on keeping the stock speaker grills or doing the 6.5" ones I've had for years. Hopefully I'll decide in the next couple years and have a good review. |
arsprod |
Jun 1 2015, 12:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 199 Joined: 14-March 15 From: Indianapolis Member No.: 18,519 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Don't wanna be a zombie but anyone have problems with the depth of modern single din units?
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Amphicar770 |
Jun 2 2015, 12:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,188 Joined: 20-April 10 From: PA, USA Member No.: 11,639 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Becker Traffic Pro from a Boxter. Looks decent and gives me an outdated navigation system!
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howlndog |
Jun 2 2015, 12:55 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 8-February 11 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba Member No.: 12,680 Region Association: Canada |
... just in case you want to go "all out"
http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/build-...14-install.html |
arsprod |
Jun 2 2015, 12:58 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 199 Joined: 14-March 15 From: Indianapolis Member No.: 18,519 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
... just in case you want to go "all out" http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/build-...14-install.html It's a PA system with a 914 carrier |
euro911 |
Jun 2 2015, 01:43 PM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up! Group: Members Posts: 8,848 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California |
Damn - that's way more than I need (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
I installed an Alpine AM/FM/CD player in the 'BB' several years ago. I don't remember what was in it when I acquired it. It already had a set of 6" Pioneer speakers in the doors, and I recently replaced the empty OEM speaker pods with a set of Morph speaker pods with Blaupunkt 6" speakers. Wired them in parallel and it's plenty loud (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I understand it's OLD as far as today's technology goes, but I have a lot of CDs - might as well get my money's worth out of them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
Amphicar770 |
Sep 19 2015, 08:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,188 Joined: 20-April 10 From: PA, USA Member No.: 11,639 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
For those considering the Posrche / Becker TraifficPro GPS unit.
The one challenge is that you need to have a speed pulse sending unit of some sort for the GPS to work. It has to have the signal for initial calibration or it will just keep sending an error message. The best / easiest approach I have seen is to use the JVC KV-PG1 speed sender. Unfortunately they are out of production and very hard to find. However, right now someone has several of them on evilbay for $20 with shipping. I just picked up two just to have for other older vehicles. I think I paid $75 for the one in my 914 after searching for months. I have no affiliation with seller, just passing on the info. If you are even thinking about the Traffic Pro, I suggest grabbing one. http://www.ebay.com/itm/JVC-KV-PG1-Speed-P...=item25addf94ef |
jack20 |
Sep 20 2015, 12:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 406 Joined: 7-November 14 From: Granite Bay, CA Member No.: 18,099 Region Association: Northern California |
I'm just finishing the installation of my stereo. While it can't nearly compare with the other posts, I'm happy with the way it came out.
My head unit is a '74 vintage Blaupunkt AM/FM stereo with push buttons and input/output jacks on the rear. On eBay I found a "Kip" input harness made for iPod and plugged it into the input. From the same company I bought another harness for the output to an amp. I found an old ADS four channel amp on eBay and mounted it in the center console. For the speakers, I bridged the 3rd and 4th channels and am running a pioneer sub in the footwell box I bought from a member vendor. I modified the box so it is completely flush and hidden under the carpet. The fronts are pioneers to be mounted in Mikey914 units that accept round speakers. Currently in the doors,which were cut by a PO. Finally I'm running a Power Acoustik PWM 19 equalizer with sub output which is discretely mounted under the dash on the driver side. I listen to playlists on my iPod and it sounds great at any speed with the top off. Even my wife raved about it and she is non-plussed by this stuff. Best of all, other than the speaker pods, it looks 100% stock and didn't cost a ton. |
mankowski |
Sep 20 2015, 03:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 7-February 10 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 11,335 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
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EdwardBlume |
Sep 20 2015, 08:54 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California |
CDR 220 from a Boxster.
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Tburt52359 |
Sep 20 2015, 09:13 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 24-May 15 From: Orange County Member No.: 18,756 Region Association: Southern California |
Unfortunately holes were cut in my door panels for speakers, does anyone have any recommendations for qualities speakers to place in the door panels? Thx
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jack20 |
Sep 21 2015, 11:05 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 406 Joined: 7-November 14 From: Granite Bay, CA Member No.: 18,099 Region Association: Northern California |
The choices are endless but you want to match your speakers with what's driving them. I used Pioneer TS-D1702R which matched up well with the output of my amp. Bought them on Amazon for about $75. They sound great and look discreet.
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