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Old Sep 17, 2004 | 12:51 PM
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OK. Will this work? (Monsoon Question)

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If I put reasonably efficient 6.5" speakers in the sail panels (where the mid-subs are), could I feed them with the leads that originally went to the hatch speakers? The reasoning for this is because I already have a sub and the sail-panel subs make the sound to "boomy". I have a 2000 Z28 coupe if that helps... Thanks in advance!
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Old Sep 17, 2004 | 03:36 PM
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i asked the same question a little while back, but go no response. i upgraded my door speakers to the alpines (look at the top of this forum) and unplugged all of my other speakers. so i just have the door speakers and the sub, and it sounds pretty damn good considering the alpines are still working off of the monsoon POS. so if nothing else, i would say to upgrade your door speakers to the alpines and then unplug all of your other speakers. the hatch speakers are a good idea, but they don't take high volumes well. and the sail panel subs...well, they just suck anyway
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Old Sep 18, 2004 | 09:50 AM
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Thanks! I might do the speaker mod listed above instead.
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Old Sep 22, 2004 | 05:20 AM
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this will not work very. The Monsoon subs are going to be 2 ohm, aftermarket speakers are usually 4 ohm and will sound like ****. If you have a sub already, I would just unplug the sail panel speakers, it will probably sound better.
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Well I ended up taking the sub out and putting it in my GT. I might still try the door speaker mod and see if that makes a difference. Thanks!
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rockford makes a 2 ohm spkr that will fit the sail panel FYI
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Old Jan 14, 2005 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Jpr5690
rockford makes a 2 ohm spkr that will fit the sail panel FYI
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