Solution for audio system in model A?

[Bruce]

Buy a decent Bluetooth speaker. Rechargeable ones cost from $50-$250. The $50 one works great. The one we got at Best Buy hangs nicely from the dash rail by an integral rubber strap. It works great for listening to Rush during a lunchtime drive. If you really need surroundsound, buy some wireless earbuds. Your iPhone is your friend.

[History]

Rush in a model A?? I like Rush and I'm not criticizing, it just never crossed my mind.

For some reason I listen to Ralph Stanley and the clinch boys doing "man of constant sorrow" or "short life of trouble", seems to fit in a model A in my area. Oh, on a bose mini.

Originally Posted by Bruce

Buy a decent Bluetooth speaker. Rechargeable ones cost from $50-$250. The $50 one works great. The one we got at Best Buy hangs nicely from the dash rail by an integral rubber strap. It works great for listening to Rush during a lunchtime drive. If you really need surroundsound, buy some wireless earbuds. Your iPhone is your friend.

[PalAl]

Originally Posted by History

Rush in a model A?? I like Rush and I'm not criticizing, it just never crossed my mind.

For some reason I listen to Ralph Stanley and the clinch boys doing "man of constant sorrow" or "short life of trouble", seems to fit in a model A in my area. Oh, on a bose mini.

Seemes like this too would be appropriate.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FLwMqnA3Ug

[DRG-ler]

Sorry guys but there is also a difference in taste. I also occasionally listen to music from the 30s, the BJ of the car, but this song fits better to Model A.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl038GkYhjU

[PalAl]

Originally Posted by DRG-ler

Sorry guys but there is also a difference in taste. I also occasionally listen to music from the 30s, the BJ of the car, but this song fits better to Model A.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl038GkYhjU

Yep.... that would be a good one as you chug down the road

[DRG-ler]

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I don't think that a speaker mounted in the kick panel or inside a door panel will be good enough to be a subwoofer.

That is also my fear, which is why I am writing here.

A subwoofer needs to move a lot of air and usually needs to be enclosed in just the right box to resonate well. Perhaps something under the back seat would work, but even though that is probably the only unused space in a Tudor, it isn't much.

There are some videos on YouTube that have dealt with this topic. People sat down and developed very, very small subwoofers. Here are some links ...

4.5 "woofer with 33 / 35Hz.
https://youtu.be/ew4aED-K5og
https://youtu.be/IkvUagEXf7w

3 "woofer
https://youtu.be/4_4tu4rAtgI

The projects are extremely interesting because they could be the solution to my problem. The question is whether they sound exactly as MY speakers in the living room convey to me and I imagine that?!?!
Here in the living room I have a Klipsch R-115SW. This is an absolutely great woofer that leaves no doubt. But he also turns the small sub's in the video into great speakers. In addition, it is so big that I wouldn't even get it through the door of the A's.

No, no question, you have to find compromises. In the end, there is still the option to do without a sub entirely if there is no proper solution. But better this solution than a bad solution.

@Bettlesr
You write that you have an under seat sub in operation? What are your sound experiences like? It won't fit under the driver's seat of the A's, or you have to build the seat so high that you hit your head. But he could find space under the back seat.
But there is a new problem with these that you just told me ... The 12V supply. You're right, to my knowledge these devices are only available as active sub, and that's exactly where my problem is. I have a 6V car, ... AND, I already have a digital amplifier, but it works with 24V. (And the voltage converter used for this from 6V to 24V.)
So I would need an additional voltage converter to 12V, which also takes up space again, and I would have half an amplifier that I can not use. The considerations still have to mature ...

Greetings
Andy

[dumb person]

Originally Posted by DRG-ler

So I would need an additional voltage converter to 12V, which also takes up space again, and I would have half an amplifier that I can not use. The considerations still have to mature ...

Greetings
Andy

That's why i wanted to put the sub' in a truck box. Room in it for a couple of 12 volt batteries that can be charged at home.
You seem like you'd want the sub inside the car, if you have a trunk, maybe it could become battery storage?

[bettlesr]

I have the Subaru sub woofer under the front seat in my Sport Coupe. It's about 9 x 12 x 2". The speaker is a metal cone about 6" in diameter. There is a gain control as well as crossover frequency adjustment. It adds a nice thump to the low end. It turns on when a signal comes into the input. I have attached a picture of the same unit in my Lotus Elan, also under the drivers seat.

[Dick Carne]

I placed front speakers in the front cowl panels of our '29 Town Sedan and then placed a "pocket cover/flap" over them so that when I was not using the bluetooth, I could close the flaps and at least create the impression that these were "map pockets", similar to those on other models (there is also a snap at the top of the cowl panel next to the door that secures the flap when the radio is in use, thereby fully exposing the speaker). Since you have a tudor sedan, I'm wondering whether rear speakers could be mounted on the two side panels below the rear side windows, and then run the fabric from the side panel over the whole panel to include the speakers. Perhaps in doing so the speakers would not be so terribly obvious?

Not to hijack this thread, but I'm also considering running heated seats in my current restoration.