Car speakers + sub woofer?
Discussion
So when I start putting the MGB back together again obviously I'm going to want to put some speakers in.
To avoid ruining any of the panels (or the beautiful new door cards
) I'm planing on making a 'box' for the boot (not one of these ghey 'boom boxes' all the chavys have). All nice and tasteful like, rectangular box going along the back of the rear seat.
Is it worth, along with the 3 or 4 speakers I'm planing on, putting a small subwoofer in?
Not one of these stupid massive things the yobbos like to try and blow their boots open with, but just a smallish one the same size as the speakers?
Or am I better off just with good quality speakers?
Also is there anything I should look out for doing something like this?
E.g. will the radio happily power the 4 speakers / any issues I may have
To avoid ruining any of the panels (or the beautiful new door cards
) I'm planing on making a 'box' for the boot (not one of these ghey 'boom boxes' all the chavys have). All nice and tasteful like, rectangular box going along the back of the rear seat.Is it worth, along with the 3 or 4 speakers I'm planing on, putting a small subwoofer in?
Not one of these stupid massive things the yobbos like to try and blow their boots open with, but just a smallish one the same size as the speakers?
Or am I better off just with good quality speakers?
Also is there anything I should look out for doing something like this?
E.g. will the radio happily power the 4 speakers / any issues I may have
I'd say it was worth it, yeah. The Alfa has a Bose setup as standard, which comes with a small sub in the boot. Its not one of these banging ones the kids have, but it provides a bit of low-range punch which helps (shame there's not more individual control in the head unit, but thats another story...)
When I was a nipper, I fitted a small amp and sub into my 106XSi, replaced the front speakers with crossover units and tweeters in the front doors and co-axials in the rear. Headunit powered the speakers, amp powered the sub. Gave a great all-round sound, really pleased with it, and the sub and amp were only small so didn't take up much room in the boot.
MGB Boy said:
leeeeshad said:
Are these going to be the only speakers in the car?
At first, but if it really needed them id put more elsewhere (but not in my lovely new door cards 
leeeeshad said:
MGB Boy said:
leeeeshad said:
Are these going to be the only speakers in the car?
At first, but if it really needed them id put more elsewhere (but not in my lovely new door cards 
Most important consideration is sound staging. You do not want all your sound coming from the back. It will sound cack. It’s fine to get the bass or sub bass from the back, but for anything else you need it in front of you.
Look at getting some nice, slim line splits in the front – plenty of subtle install options around, a small 4 channel amp to run them, with a small (JB do a 6 inch sub, for instance, plenty of slim 8 inch subs around as well) running off the (bridged) remaining 2 channels of the amp.
Look at getting some nice, slim line splits in the front – plenty of subtle install options around, a small 4 channel amp to run them, with a small (JB do a 6 inch sub, for instance, plenty of slim 8 inch subs around as well) running off the (bridged) remaining 2 channels of the amp.
Yes, a set of amped components at the front with a small (8" or 10") sub backing them up will sound better than you'd believe. I run 2x75w at the front and 1x200w sub. Set it all up with a test tone CD and make sure nothing is being pushed into clipping. www.bcae1.com for enough info to make your brain bleed 
I'm afraid that my speakers for my B were in the doors! You can get some very thin ones that won't stand out too much and will look fine in the doors. (Think mine were Kenwoods). The doors in the B are a bit on the thin side, so you'll need to factor that in.
I never saw any point in putting a decent head in it, or a CD player. I had a straight through exhaust fitted and they have a lot of wind noise with the hood down. I just needed the speakers to be loud enough without distorting to hear it above the racket on the motorway. Admittedly, it should be a lot quieter in a GT.
I never saw any point in putting a decent head in it, or a CD player. I had a straight through exhaust fitted and they have a lot of wind noise with the hood down. I just needed the speakers to be loud enough without distorting to hear it above the racket on the motorway. Admittedly, it should be a lot quieter in a GT.
S3_Graham said:
MiniMan64 said:
That's what we use in the Mini world although I'm not sure if the MGB dash is similar or not.
Seriously, though, those are particularly large ones but I'm still not a fan, mine are in the actual dashboard above that with the tweeter seperate above that. The pods are still damm popular though and people even floor mount them which I think is complete madness.
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