mdf shelf

goons hired goons · petrol head Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Posts: 3268

i already have some 7X10's mounted directly onto the rear shelf (ie straight into the shelf), would a set of speaker pods give better sound if they were made from mdf of a decent thickness?cheers.

peteymate · tinkerer Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Posts: 306

you are better off cutting the parcel tray and mounting them into it otherwise u dont get any bass response from them cos they have no pressure to work against.

NeWaZ · tinkerer Joined: 08 Feb 2002 Posts: 161

the speakers are designed to run in a free air application so you are definately better off with them in the parcel shelf (more bass response)

one thing you could do, if you haven't already done so, is to create a new parcel shelf using 18mm mdf which will greatly reduce resonance from the speakers and give a better sound all round

cheers

NeWaZ

MR_GEMI · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2002 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: mdf shelf

here is another way that you could also do it...

get some nice looking pods (prefferably custom), mount them over the existing holes in the parcel shelf allowing the speakers to make full use of the boot space.

i had rockford fosgate 6X9s in my gem set up the same sort of way, and the bass quality was increadible for 6X9s, just ask matt bywaters he will tell ya what they sounded like mounted this way...

cheers,
kev
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peteymate · tinkerer Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Posts: 306

the thing is that that holes BELOW the pods need to be big otherwise there is no air for the speakers to run in

goons hired goons · petrol head Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Posts: 3268

yeah good work kev thats exactly what i meant- theyre already in the parcel shelf (ie big holes cut out)- i figured some solid pods would look better than a raised parcel shelf thats all plus sound better than just being screwed into the shelf.cheers anyway boys.