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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 11:10 PM
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Default Re: Biggest stereo bang for the buck mod

Well, probably not.

See, the 220's and 330's took ALL the base out of the door speakers. Many seem to like that. I don't.

The 470s took almost all of the bass out, but not quite ALL of it. Seems like that, with 220 or 330 in there, you have to push the bass way up (because only the rear speakers will be getting any bass).

With the 470's, the real low frequency bass still gets thru the door speakers, but only the real low stuff.
It's not so much that it makes the sound "mushy" like without any caps at all, but there IS still some there.

I strongly recommend you do what I did: order two 220's, two 330's and two 470's and try them one at a time. It is real easy to install them behind the little pop-out panel in each door - I spent about an hour playing around in the garage, and had my answer!

But I AM fussy! Most everyone seems to like the 220 or 330, I just really preferred the 470. I even put a 330 in the left door and a 470 in the right door and ran the balance back and forth. I quickly knew I liked the 470s. Like I said, there is a LITTLE of the REAL low frequency bass still there, but not enough to make it sound "mushy" like from the factory!

The cost of the caps (from Mouser anyway) is very moderate and I think it's worth it to order 4 or 6 caps and see what you think! You can temporarily crimp them inline or simply strip wires and twist-tie them in for your test. THEN, make things more permanent when you knwo which one you want.

See post 321 for Mouser part numbers.
 
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