Decent bass without taking up whole boot.

[gunman]

From I bought my avant 3 years ago I've been promising myself a half decent sound system. The thing is that it sometimes has to be used as a family wagon. I don't really want a hugh bass box in the boot even though I know it could be lifted out if needs be.

I've been thinking about the possibility of 6x9's in the side panels in the boot with am amp to run them (with a crossover).

Just wondering if anyone else has done anything like this and what the results were?

Cheers.

[quattrostyle]

I got this one in my cabriolet, sure loud enough and very compact with the build in amp.

http://www.google.nl/imgres?um=1&hl=nl&client=firefox-a&sa=N&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:nl:official&biw=1366&bih=639&tbm=isch&tbnid=nZ572LZjhxDWNM:&imgrefurl=http://www.cargoods.nl/shop/subwoofers/7663-pioneer-actieve-subwoofer-150-watt-ts-wx206a/&docid=LaJMce3iEJ2drM&imgurl=http://www.cargoods.nl/images/cargoods/large/products_7663.jpg&w=250&h=237&ei=HQ4EUcOqNMaY1AWq6YHwDA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=199&vpy=283&dur=2943&hovh=189&hovw=200&tx=94&ty=97&sig=112543657651743469332&page=1&tbnh=144&tbnw=152&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0,i:106

[gunman]

Thanks, I'd thought of something like that but it's still something in the way if I drop the seats for anything. I'm being picky I know.

I'd been thinking about something like these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kenwood-KF...item3f1d98897f

I have 4 new Kenwood speakers going in tomorrow. For the last 3 years I've had nothing but the 10cm dash speakers, I havent checked them yet but they could be the original Nokia's .

Anything will be an improvement.

[gripper]

I have one of these in my boot
Decent bass with a built in and matched amplifier. Not stupidly big so easy enough to remove and you can make some kind of fused connecting block to make in and out a doddle

Vibe CBR10

[Drummer87]

Never seen soo much bass in the back of a coupe

Don't you find it rattles everything apart?? Or the levels not kicking the car apart

[gripper]

Never seen soo much bass in the back of a coupe

Don't you find it rattles everything apart?? Or the levels not kicking the car apart

I have only one CBR in there at the mo. But Ive got plans for a revamp with either 2x 10" in a custom box to retain my spare wheel or a single 12" something like a JBL GTi12

No rattles but did have some probs with the rear numberplate and stuff in the glove box Solid German engineering ? Coupes contain the SPL levels pretty good.

[5cylinderman]

You can buy a bass driver that fits inside the back of your spare wheel. I had a JBL one a good few years back in the boot of my A6 Avant. I hid the amp in the N/S/R cubby box. I just left the boot floor panel folded forwards for the Oomph and then let it down for Avant duties.

[quattrostyle]

Thanks, I'd thought of something like that but it's still something in the way if I drop the seats for anything. I'm being picky I know.

The good thing is there is only 1 connector to disconnect before you can take it out, nothing to worry.

[mouse]

There was a coupe in a tread somewhere on here with one of these inside the spare wheel:

http://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/product_m-in-phase-usw10_p-25817.htm

Not sure if the same could be done in an avant but it certainly is compact.

[1781cc]

I've got one of these in the avant and one in the B3 allowing me to move the sub from car to car depending on which one I drive, well worth the very small investment!

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductMobileDisplay?catalogId=10151&storeId=10001&productId=236785&categoryId=265889&langId=-1

[DeanG]

Buy a Bazooka tube. The sound quality is superb and my concern was that it would impinge on the boot space in my avant. Mine is fitted against the back rest and is held on with straps, which means it can easily be removed when the seat needs to be folded down.

[quattrostyle]

There was a coupe in a tread somewhere on here with one of these inside the spare wheel:

http://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/product_m-in-phase-usw10_p-25817.htm

Not sure if the same could be done in an avant but it certainly is compact.

Hmm that's nice, I'll be looking into that for my 90 quattro

[aalveris]

I have a 10"jl audio sub in a costum made box seats in the left handside with 6x9 speakers fitted in rear dors,13" fitted to front dors with separated twiters plus dashboard speakers and alpine headunit and genesis amplifier attached to the box in the boot.results is awesome sound.

[Henkjan]

as long as you don't want to do dB drags, you could put 6" subwoofers in the doors (2 or 3 a side), and use a DSP to ensure they go deep enough.

upgrade the standard fronts with a decent 4" or 5" based compo (mid at location of ori speakers, tweet on the dash next to the mids, see photo), x-over to the subs in the door at ~150Hz

composetje voorin.jpg

[j_jza80]

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm203/j_s14a/DSC_0498.jpg

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm203/j_s14a/DSC_0499.jpg

I installed this little lot in my S2 coupe.

I've used an Alpine amp I've had sat here for a while gathering dust, and the subwoofer from a PC surround sound setup. They usually have an amplifier built into them, but it's no good for use in a car, so I've removed it and re sealed the box. The benefit of these boxes isn't just price, they're compact, well finished and the box is perfectly matched to the speaker. Being a small subwoofer (6") in a ported box, the speaker is responsive and can provide deeper bass than is normally associated with smaller subs.

The best thing is that this setup is extremely cheap, as I already had all the bits kicking around. You could easily replicate the setup for under £20 with a bit of bargain hunting

The above pictures are to demonstrate the setup, it's actually hides in the spare wheel cover