Miata Mailing List: August 1995, Message #80
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   From: Brian Porter 
Subject: Clearwater door speakers
   Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 00:13:05 -0400

>From archive-owner Sat Jul 29 08:37:52 1995
From: bhc@clark.net (Bruce H. Cohen)
Subject: Re: Headrest Speakers
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 08:31:23 -0400

At 7:21 PM 7/28/95, Mark Booth wrote:
>Mike,
>
>The Clearwater Speakers were designed specifically for the Miata.
>Clearwater went so far as to suspend a microphone in the open cockpit to
>measure frequency response of various woofer/tweeter combos until they came
>up with a design that does its best to bring a flat response to the
>driver's ear.  The bass response from the Clearwater door speakers has to
>be heard to be appreciated!  There is NO WAY the BA speakers achieve the
>same bass response.  In fact, Clearwater guarantees that no other "off the
>shelf" door speaker can beat the Original Clearwater door speakers for bass
>response.
>

Ok, so does anyone know if Clearwater speakers will be an improvement over

Ha, I think Clearwaters guarantee is BS. I have a set of MB Quart 215CX, in 
sealed .3 cu/ft enclosures mounted in the door.. They extend to 20Hz all 
day..(for a 5.25) I SERIOUSLY doubt that anyone would prefer a Clearwater 
over a high-end component system such as BA or MB Quart.. What is an "Off-the 
shelf speaker" anyway? Go have a listen to some nice speakers before you 
waste money on hype. Musicality and realism are much more important.. If 
you are using a stock head unit, bass response isn't there b/c the head 
clips at 3/4 volume and hasn't the power to drive the speakers..


Brian Porter
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