Miata Mailing List: April 1993, Message #30
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Subject: speaker separates
   Date: (none)

Jeff says:

"I was also looking at a pair of Inifinity two-way separates for the doors.
These have a crossover and a separate tweeter unit that mounts separately
from the door speaker.  Anyone try something like this in the Miata?

Happy Monday,
Jeff Maurer (jdm)"

I installed a set of Sony separates, ???-36 i think.  They are 6 1/2" woofers 
with a built in cross over and 1 inch tweeters.  I mounted the woofers in the 
stock speaker location with minor trimming of the door metal, similar to what 
is required in the Clearwater installation.

I mounted the tweeters on a formica sample found at Home Depot.  This material
is thin and relatively strong.  I mounted the tweeter on one end of the sample
and slipped the wire and remaining sample between the lower door panel and the
upper door panel near the forward edge of the door near thew vent ball on the 
dash.  I then used duct tape on the back of the door panel to hold the speaker
in place.  I trimmed the edges to hide as much of the formica as possible.  
The result was a clean instalation with no holes required in the door panel.  
I refused to ruin a perfectly good door panel.

The sound is better with more bass response than most of the coaxials I test 
mounted in the door.  I could use more bass but the Sony's were inexpensive 
(on sale).  Because the Sony's are less efficient than the factory speaker 
resulting in more relative volume from the head rest speakers.  now I use the 
head rest speakers as mid range at about half volume or less.

I have the factory cassette and cd player and no separate power amp.  (subject
to change)

Eric Fancher
Tejas Miatas
Austin, Texas