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davidewanprice
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« Reply #17 on: March 15, 2007, 08:42:27 pm » |
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I was thinking of replacing the old panasonic speakers in my doors but ive got two problems, the first is that the existing ones were placed by a retard and they get in the way of (also damaged by) the seat adjuster, so ideally i need the new one to stick out less than the old ones (a difficult requirement). Secondly the screw fixing has changed at it would mean cutting yet more out of the door? So for now ive left them till i get brave?
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« Reply #18 on: March 17, 2007, 04:05:09 pm » |
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the existing ones were placed by a retard and they get in the way of (also damaged by) the seat adjuster
Same here, which meant I felt compelled to replace them with better sounding speakers, but in the same place, as the holes were already there I found that Sony Xplod series (this is in 1997) worked well, - and even left space for the window when fully down (!) Plus, with a little bending of the seat adjuster they don't interfere. I cannot really adjust the seat unless I open the door, though, but I only adjust it if someone else has been driving it (e.g. a mechanic, which seems to always be a lot shorter than me :-) ) /Lennart
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« Reply #19 on: March 17, 2007, 07:06:04 pm » |
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I’ve found some Kenwood speakers which are almost the same size, maybe slightly narrower (solving the problem of the adjuster handle) but it would mean cutting more out of the door, that’s OK if you get it right, heart breaking to wrong.... I’m still building courage
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« Reply #20 on: May 26, 2007, 11:09:46 pm » |
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An update to share my experiences with my new radio installation using an old Alpine head unit I bought off eBay, a pair of Sony speakers and a pair of tweeters on the dash. The radio is actually even better than I expected - I was looking for something that wouldn't ruin the look of the dash. Modern radios tend to have very large displays and be very colourful and I felt that that wouldn't really match the Murena dash. Sound is very good and FM reception is excellent. Only downside is that (and I didn't know when I bought it) that the M-bus changer interface is difficult to interface to an MP3 player as it does (on this particular headunit) not support AUX input. I'll see what I can find out, but at least I now has RDS, and I like listening to classic music on the radio so 90% of the time this will be perfect for me. For the rest, I can use a cassette adapter - unless I get the cd-changer input to work. Enough talking... the speakers I found are Sony Xplod XS-F1335. Their depth is only 43 mm which is why I chose them. They are even relatively cheap at about 40 EUR a pair: http://www.conrad.de/goto.php?artikel=379125And this is the installation: Sound wise it's very good. Pop, rock or classical. Some would want a sub, of course, but even without this is quite good. - Anders
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« Reply #23 on: May 27, 2007, 06:00:04 am » |
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Krede, you know me better than most Bart, I actually think the original speaker location is not that bad at all since you normally want the speakers as far away as possible ahead of you to give a good sound picture. With the reclined driving position, placing them by in the foot area is not that bad, I think. The tweeters are necessary, though. But the area is quite confined and I think the original cutouts are for 4" speakers or so? Mine has been enlarged by a previous owner to accomodate 5 1/4" speakers. The Pioneer speakers that was in before had had to have a cutout in the grille in order to clear free of the foot rest, but then they were much deeper and fitted on a distance ring, whereas the Sony's can be mounted flush. - Anders (I'm also the type to get up at 6am in the morning on a SUNDAY!)
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1982 Talbot Matra Murena 2.2 prep 142 2017 BMW i3 "Charged Professional" 94Ah
Used to own: 2001 Renault Matra Grand Espace "The Race" V6 24v 1997 Renault Matra Espace 2.0 8V 1987 Renault Matra Espace J11 2.2
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davidewanprice
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« Reply #29 on: June 07, 2007, 10:16:43 pm » |
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That could well be the funniest thing I have ever seen! My car dramas simply disappear.... Please tell me there was an improvement in the sound as well as vision !
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