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Anybody tried under the seat (oem bench) speakers?
I have some in the doors right now in the lower panel and they, or my ears are less than optimal. Thought I would use the door panels for door pockets and put a couple speakers on the floor under the seats.
If that center speaker doesn't do it for you, by all means start chopping holes in it and mounting speakers wherever. Sorry to be sarcastic but why would you need your truck to sound like modern "Geto" blaster. Stereo did not start in vehicles until the 70's. Personally I prefer the "Walter Cronkite" sound.
If that center speaker doesn't do it for you, by all means start chopping holes in it and mounting speakers wherever. Sorry to be sarcastic but why would you need your truck to sound like modern "Geto" blaster. Stereo did not start in vehicles until the 70's. Personally I prefer the "Walter Cronkite" sound.
My, somebody got up on the wrong side of the bed. To each their own but when I'm not enjoying the sound of my Magnaflows I'll listen to my radio.
The Marine Corps got the better part of my hearing and I want to make the best of my situation and hear what music I can.
The door speakers are in less than optimal place, the lower door panels can be put to better use and the under seat speakers can be installed with no cutting.
I may be , or rather I frequently am - wrong, but I’d believe the only benefit you’ll get from under seat speakers is a solid thumping up yer ****.
I’d think highs and mid-range would be rather muffled.
We used to put surface mount speakers in the cab corners, install others in the kick panels, frequently the afore-mentioned door mounts, all not optimal, but who cares when you’re blasting it at full volume? After-all, if it doesn’t fracture your skull and make your ears bleed, it ain’t rock-n-roll. I distinctly remember my teenaged son asking me to turn my music down in my old 59. What’s the world come to?
It’s an old truck, less than optimal for sound quality, but I’d put a couple Bluetooth apeakers on the seat next to me before I’d start hacking up my truck.
My buddy has owned his 1966 truck since 1967 and for the year before that it was owned by another buddy that didn't want the truck payment (he'd bought it new in 1966). Still has the original headliner, but it's been cut for years ever since he added speakers overhead. Just another option. Some people make or install an overhead console in one of the new headliners and speakers can sometimes go in those, too.
I found there was inadequate space under the seat so I put speakers in the tin "door panels". I did that twice actually because the first time the windows hit the speaker magnets... spacers fixed that. They sounded great with a big amp and sound-deadener on the door skins and backs of the panels.
A friend who understands new-fangled stuff uses his phone bluetoothed to a portable JBL speaker that he straps to the seat. The sound is good, though not as loud as I like. He's kept his uncut dash and needs no antenna. Cheap and easy.
Eric
Yeah, it seems that somebody needs to invent a miniature, wireless, good sounding speaker system that can be moved around the cab, put on the front dash corners but not slide around, and in the middle of the dash for sound that spreads out and avoids cutting up the interior.
putting them in the doors is less taxing on the ears than in the rear cab corner just inches away from the ears .
is there anything like this in the marketplace now?
You CAN buy good, loud-enough , portable, Bluetooth speakers. Just keep them charged up at the house, grab and go. Put magnets or velcro on them, mount them where you want them - if your ear hairs are long enough, velcro em to that. Or just sit them on the seat next to you.
I never tried it, but the bench will muffle all the high frequencies. You will get some low mids and the lows. If I would go this route I would try to place the bass speaker under the bench, mids in the doors and tweeters into the headliner. A good equalizer to play around with the sound options you have.
I have a set of speakers below my bench seat, and also the stereo speaker from retrosound in the dash. Since my retrosound radio has been on the fritz (none too happy about that), I've had the recent pleasure of those under seat speakers not working. I like the sound much better when they are working. I'm no audiophile, but I do suspect it is not some optimum set-up, and the sound is muffled or something. The speakers came with the truck from my PO. Here's a couple pics I could dig up. One when I was swapping some buckets for a bench, and doing a bunch of other interior work. One as they are now. I checked with the company previously - they no longer make this model. It's not an easy find - an enclosed speaker that will fit in that space. These speakers were developed to mount to the roll cage of a side-by-side.
Yes I have speakers under my bench seat. They are 4x10 I found on amazon, I believe they are pioneer. If I remember correctly they are meant to replace stock speakers in the rear of a suburban. I built wedge shaped boxes from 1/4" plywood. Also have a dual speaker in the dash and a retrosound radio. Definitely sounds better than just the dash speaker.
I have a set of speakers below my bench seat, and also the stereo speaker from retrosound in the dash. Since my retrosound radio has been on the fritz (none too happy about that), I've had the recent pleasure of those under seat speakers not working. I like the sound much better when they are working. I'm no audiophile, but I do suspect it is not some optimum set-up, and the sound is muffled or something. The speakers came with the truck from my PO. Here's a couple pics I could dig up. One when I was swapping some buckets for a bench, and doing a bunch of other interior work. One as they are now. I checked with the company previously - they no longer make this model. It's not an easy find - an enclosed speaker that will fit in that space. These speakers were developed to mount to the roll cage of a side-by-side.
I think I had a pair of those in my unibody in the 80's. They worked pretty good.
An idea my audio-centric friend and I have been playing around with is to build boxes under the floor, where the battery would have gone on earlier models, on both sides, and fill them with amps and subs, keep the 6x9's and 5" rounds in the (Wooden) door panels, and a pair of tweeters somewhere... Not quite ready to cut up my floorboard yet.
I think I had a pair of those in my unibody in the 80's. They worked pretty good.
An idea my audio-centric friend and I have been playing around with is to build boxes under the floor, where the battery would have gone on earlier models, on both sides, and fill them with amps and subs, keep the 6x9's and 5" rounds in the (Wooden) door panels, and a pair of tweeters somewhere... Not quite ready to cut up my floorboard yet.
I have that battery hatch in my truck. PO moved the battery to the engine compartment. That hatch is begging to open up to a beer cooler. I couldn't imagine any better use - It's on the list.
I made some boxes for a pair of 4x10s behind the seats plus a RetroSound Dual Voice speaker in the original dash hole.
Mounted the boxes on brackets I made to use the gas tank mounting bolts (following my rule of no new holes and no zip-ties).
Cut some old grilles down to fit and lined the boxes with sound deadener.
Will eventually modify the DS bracket to get it closer to directly behind driver's head. Just need to navigate around the sending unit.
I made some boxes for a pair of 4x10s behind the seats plus a RetroSound Dual Voice speaker in the original dash hole.
Mounted the boxes on brackets I made to use the gas tank mounting bolts (following my rule of no new holes and no zip-ties).
Cut some old grilles down to fit and lined the boxes with sound deadener.
Will eventually modify the DS bracket to get it closer to directly behind driver's head. Just need to navigate around the sending unit.
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