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thealexdexter
Explorer
Mar 18, 2018

New much better speakers not much better, help

I have a truck camper with styrofoam ceiling insulation. Cutouts are 5” hole 2” deep. It came with very cheap 5” speakers and a low end Kenwood Head . I swapped speakers to 6.25” 3way pioneers that we...
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Chuck_thehammer
Explorer
Mar 19, 2018
a speaker needs space BEHIND them...

sound waves... NEED AIR and SPACE... front and behind. and need to Vent said AIR.
limited air movement behind speaker will FLATTEN sound and limit volume.

radio output has a polarity.. as does speaker.. positive and negative.. and do not allow speaker negative make contact with negative of truck/camper.

Try.. un-mounting speakers.. let hang from wires.. or add support.. turn radio "ON" does it sound better..???

my opinion.

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