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Anyone used car speakers in their cab?

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jelloslug:
I used 2 6 1/2" car speaker (from Radio Shack) and a small amp/eq combo that I had laying around.  And yes, I am powing everything from the computer power supply.

Pegasus37:
OK, I've got some ideas, I was leaning towards the car stereo speakers, especially considering I'm a 2nd semester electronics student and we're studying amplifiers right now, so I probably could design and build my own here pretty soon. I'm worried though about the interference with the monitor though... Anyone got pix of how they did it? I'd like to have my speakers mounted where they point somewhat down in that board above the monitor and below the marquee. Thanks to those of you who've replied and provided info so far... more info would be appreciated!!!

Pegasus37

Dave:
In my experience, pure car speakers aren't all that well suited for use in "normal" designs. They're specifically designed for use in cars, which means they're tuned for drastically different acoustics than what you have in a normal room. Using different a box volume might improve things, but I'd say you're better off with hi-fi speaker elements, or at least some of these hybrid "hifi elements that can be used in cars". (In fact, I once built a pair of top speakers using low cost big magnet MGR 8" "hybrid" elements, and those sound *great*.)

Of course, I'm talking about building hi-fi speakers and "hi-fi like PA" (ie LOUD hifi systems - no hard edge PA elements) here, so I might be a bit picky! ;)

Either way, my more interesting suggestion would be to look for shielded Hi-Fi elements. They're commonly used in surround systems (especially in the center speaker, that often ends up under a TV), and probably in some higher end TVs.

If you need more power than those can take (yeah, right!), Vifa (IIRC), Dynaudio and some others have shielded high end elements, but those are rather expensive, of course... *heh* (In the $100+/element range - but Dynaudio sells only matched pairs, for perfect stereo imaging! ;))

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