who makes the most shallow 6.5’s?
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Topic: who makes the most shallow 6.5’s?
Posted By: Simplemitch
Subject: who makes the most shallow 6.5’s?
Date Posted: April 03, 2008 at 11:52 AM
As it says... I need REALLY shallow 6 1/2's or coud possibly do 5.25's. Who has 'em? ------------- Mitchell Whitney, Installer/technician
Mainstreet A/V
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Posted By: willdkartunes
Date Posted: April 03, 2008 at 12:59 PM
A lot of companies have shallow 6.5" and 5.25" speakers.... Specifically how shallow do you need? Less than 3"? Less than 2"? The more important question is how good of sound do want from these "shallow" speakers?
Posted By: Simplemitch
Date Posted: April 03, 2008 at 1:51 PM
I'm talking preferably 1".. I mean SHALLOW! ------------- Mitchell Whitney, Installer/technician
Mainstreet A/V
Posted By: chillin420
Date Posted: April 03, 2008 at 1:58 PM
what kind of vehicle are you putting these into ? your best bet would be to build some pods for them if you need them tha shallow...
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you can do it....
advanced MECP, lol does it really matter....
patience is a virtue
Posted By: Simplemitch
Date Posted: April 03, 2008 at 2:30 PM
it's for an MG (front doors). I put some in with 1.5' spacers (after showing the customer what they would look like) and NOW he says he skins his knuckles rolling down the windows.... :/ So now I'm trying to find super shallows to drop in cuz he doesnt wanna pay for custom work. Yay. ------------- Mitchell Whitney, Installer/technician
Mainstreet A/V
Posted By: willdkartunes
Date Posted: April 03, 2008 at 9:17 PM
I think you should try to reason with this customer a little. Finding a speaker with 1" of depth is next to impossible... It's either be more careful when he's rolling down the windows or no speakers. Of course talking him into some custom work would be your best option! 
Posted By: sedate
Date Posted: April 03, 2008 at 9:53 PM
wildkar wrote:
I think you should try to reason with this customer a little. Finding a speaker with 1" of depth is next to impossible...
Agreed. The slimmest 6.5's I've ever seen still come in at just under 2 inches. ------------- "I'm finished!" - Daniel Plainview
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: April 04, 2008 at 1:46 PM
IIRC, Lightning Audio had some RIDICULOUSLY slim 6.5's. Yellow cones, I think. I was able to put them EASILY in the doors (and the rear deck, and they didn't touch the springs) of my wife's Subaru Impreza, and there was space to spare. They sounded like crap to me, but all she wanted was some sounds in the front to replace the stockers, AND she was only running deck power, to boot...
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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
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