Miata Mailing List: May 1995, Message #148
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   From: Greg Vantreese 
Subject: Re: Subwoofer in Miata
   Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 12:03:10 -0400

"Brian E. Crawford"  wrote:
>Has anyone installed, or know of anyone who has installed a subwoofer in their
>Miata.

  I've been asking people their advice on this topic.  I haven't yet got one
clear answer, but have heard a lot of opinions with different tastes and
solutions to fit those tastes.
  One option is Clearwater door speakers.  I haven't tried them yet, but several
posters have claimed that they put out much more bass than normal 6-inch type
aftermarket speakers.
  I have a pair of Nakamichi 6-inch door speakers, and they do NOT have enough
bass, although I love their clarity on everything else.  They distort badly
with too much bass into them.  I really want a sub-woofer to absorb the bass
frequencies, and leave the Nak's to do what they do best, mid-range and high's.
  Another option that I will be investigating soon is putting a small Bazooka
or some custom box arrangement in the tunnel on the passenger side behind the
spare tire, maybe having to (carefully!) drill some holes to let the bass come
out cleanly (not muffled) through the sheet metal behind the seat.
  I'll be trying the second option first, since I have a local sound shop that
will let me borrow/tinker with stuff before buying.  I would really like for
this to work, to preserve my investment in the Nak 6-inch speakers.  They
really are very good at everything except low bass (~<1 kHz).
  Oh, and I don't really factor the headrest speakers into all this.  I have
aftermarket speakers there, too. (great improvement)  But they still sound
harsh and tinny if you crank the volume up.  I want to be able to crank more
sound into the door speakers by filtering the bass over to a sub-woofer, so I
don't have to rely on the headrest speakers so much to hear the stereo at
speed.


Greg Vantreese               "f u cn rd ths u ll b a gd pgmr." -anonymous
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