Wa gwan.
The speakers in my Toyota Hiace are ridiculously rubbish.
I've removed the bulkhead and have a plywood strip on the roof in its place that I reckon I could fit a couple of surface mounted speakers to so that I can hear it and also a passenger in the rear seat can too.
Anyone got any recommendations?
The lowest profile versus decent bassy sound the better, and also cheaper is good.
Also, can I run it right off the regular factory head unit or do I need some sort of amp?
Cheers
Well obvs you wanna get some Bush speakers from a market stall in the 80s 😉
Seem pioneer sill make pod speakers for everyone’s budget. You’ll probably be able to run them off the existing outputs.
jbl mini monitors or similar?
jbl mini monitors or similar?
Car speakers are different ohms to home hifi ones.
Vehicles are also hotter, colder, damper and dryer than houses so cones and components designed for indoor use don’t fair well.
jbl mini monitors or similar?
Car speakers are different ohms to home hifi ones.
JBL Mini monitors are actives so the impedance is irrelevant.
Depends a bit on whether the van's radio has a line-out then and you're going to have to feed power to the speakers as well as a signal - they're still going to get cooked, frozen and damp though.
Car speakers are 4 ohm and domestic ones can be either 4 or 8 - Is that right? I know I have a mix of 4 and 8 ohm speakers at home. I have some JPW mini monitors that are 4 ohm.
Well the van is all insulated now so hopefully it won't reach total extremes. It is black though so gets fairly hot.
Depends a bit on whether the van’s radio has a line-out then and you’re going to have to feed power to the speakers as well as a signal
I would be looking to disconnect the existing useless ones which are somewhere near my knees in the cab, and run new wires to behind/overhead. I can connect power if needs be as there are a couple of light feeds up in the roof to come off.
I suppose anything might be better than what I have already but ideally they would;
*Be louder and more bassy than a 70's Jamaican sound System.
*Be nice and small
*Cost not a lot.
Yup, moon on a stick.
To get any sort of reasonable sound in a car is several hundred, you need a clean source, an amp and reasonably sized speakers (ie 6.5 inch) plus ideally a sub. Cars are just crap places to make sound. Loads of metal and funny angles with limited space.
If you can spend that look at alpine head units (imo they make the best sounding). Class d amps are small and relatively cheap, plus are very efficient so 8awg cable is fine, not like day of old when 4 was a minimum.
Most decent manufacturers have ok sounding components that work fine in an infinite baffle situ, and you can pick us a decent 10 inch sub for well under 100.
If you just want speakers to run off the existing head unit look for ones that are as efficient as possible as it will have very limited power, most are under 10 w per channel rms. You can get hi level input amps that work ok with oe units but noise becomes an issue.
Give me a budget?
Cheers Steve. Helpful.
Yes I'm not looking for audiophile quality. Just want to be able to hear stuff above the road noise of a van to an acceptable quality.
I like my reggae etc so would be nice to have a bit of bass in de place.
Space is limited in the cabin and it's a work van too so didn't want amps and stuff and stuff if poss.
Up to about £65 let's say.
Just nip down halfords and get the best pair of 6x9’s you can on your budget. If you havent got room for a couple of inches behind for the driver you can get mdf spacers online pretty cheaply.