possible to get good midbass from stock speaker locations?
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possible to get good midbass from stock speaker locations?
Here's my dilemma guys 
I dont want kick panels, but I wanna use the stock speaker locations in my accord coupe model year 2000.
Are there techniques for getting good midbass from those locations?
budget for speakers isnt alot... probably around $200 at most.
I was looking into the Rainbow dreamlines right now.
Pepboys sells speaker baffles that I guess cover the magnet from the weather.. would these help in midbass?
My amp is a lowly 40X4 eclipse amp.
Any help would be appreciated guys
Thanks!!
I dont want kick panels, but I wanna use the stock speaker locations in my accord coupe model year 2000.
Are there techniques for getting good midbass from those locations?
budget for speakers isnt alot... probably around $200 at most.
I was looking into the Rainbow dreamlines right now.
Pepboys sells speaker baffles that I guess cover the magnet from the weather.. would these help in midbass?
My amp is a lowly 40X4 eclipse amp.
Any help would be appreciated guys
Thanks!!
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Get XTC foam baffles for the rear speakers... and line the inside of them with dynamat or a similar product... kinda make a small enclosure for them... and seal up the wire hole well.
For the front, ditch the plastic mounting piece... and fabricate a new one out of MDF... just make sure to make it extend enough from the door, so the magnet does not hit the glass when the window is down. Coat it with some polyurethane... probably a few coats to keep it from absorbing any water. Also, be sure to seal it to the door, and to the speaker... then dynamat (or again, a similar product, there is much cheaper alternitaves available) the entire door, inside the door panel... being sure to seal things up as good as you can.
Both of these methods create an "enclosure" for the speaker... I did this in my friends 2000 accord sedan, and you'd seriously swear he's running a small sub, which he's not.
For the front, ditch the plastic mounting piece... and fabricate a new one out of MDF... just make sure to make it extend enough from the door, so the magnet does not hit the glass when the window is down. Coat it with some polyurethane... probably a few coats to keep it from absorbing any water. Also, be sure to seal it to the door, and to the speaker... then dynamat (or again, a similar product, there is much cheaper alternitaves available) the entire door, inside the door panel... being sure to seal things up as good as you can.
Both of these methods create an "enclosure" for the speaker... I did this in my friends 2000 accord sedan, and you'd seriously swear he's running a small sub, which he's not.
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I dunno but deadening that area may help... a little bit.
If you're dead-set on keeping them in the stock location, you could try and point them towards a desired point in the cabin. Know that this will require making a MDF baffle... fiberglassing, bondo-ing & finishing. (While doing this you could install your tweeters closer to your mids... if you have tweets.)
Additionally, most speakers like to operate efficiently w/in a specific volume/airspace. (Remember that sub box in that back!?) This applies to mids also. To find this out you need to obtain the speakers' T/S parameters from the actual spec sheet. In doing so, you also may create a weather cover baffle.
An alternative to this could involve equalization by a good EQ (PPI comes to my mind... :drool: )
If you're dead-set on keeping them in the stock location, you could try and point them towards a desired point in the cabin. Know that this will require making a MDF baffle... fiberglassing, bondo-ing & finishing. (While doing this you could install your tweeters closer to your mids... if you have tweets.)
Additionally, most speakers like to operate efficiently w/in a specific volume/airspace. (Remember that sub box in that back!?) This applies to mids also. To find this out you need to obtain the speakers' T/S parameters from the actual spec sheet. In doing so, you also may create a weather cover baffle.
An alternative to this could involve equalization by a good EQ (PPI comes to my mind... :drool: )