B&O amp and subwoofer behind passenger rear seat [clear pic]

[Eagle11]

As for a subwoofer behind your seats.... I think too many people are figuring if they can physically fit a subwoofer behind the seat, bam ! Its all good. But its really not. Whether the subwoofer itself will fit behind the seat really means nothing to good sound. All subwoofers require a certain, specific amount of cubic footage in air space, to operate properly. Sealed requires less space, but I personally hate sealed enclosures. A strong little 6 1/2" or 8" sub doesn't need a lot of airspace, but Id really have to be inside of a maverick measuring the space available, or even making a cardboard mockup to see exactly how many cubes I had to play with.
Too many guys go at this with a, "that should be close enough" kind of attitude, and in the end, those systems always sound like cr@p. I've been around this block enough times to know, the design and airspace of a subwoofer enclosure are totally critical !
I think I will end up designing and building a subwoofer box which will be totally portable, and will normally sit on the floor behind the front passenger seat (my GF is short, so their will normally be a lot of space there ) But it will be possible to sit it on top of the rear seat for 4 passengers, or even, just throw it under my roll up hard cover in the bed, if I needed space for 5 passengers (but for myself, this will be exceedingly rare)
Building it this way, I can make it exactly the optimum air space for a couple 8"s... or maybe a single 10"...

I am totally confident I can make the stereo system in the Maverick which sounds phenomenal Heck, if it were only "as good" as the system in my Prius, it will be awesome. But I've learned a few things about these little compact systems, and now, have found out about some really cool new gear {the Kicker Keys Amps}. I really think I can do it even better this time

I wondering about that myself, back in the day I competed in-car audio contest, that "sub" can't be all that good since sitting there with no enclosure

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[Eagle11]

I don't understand how the B&O sub works like that, it looks like a crazy small chamber.

Wouldn't the best idea be to fit one that drops in one of the storage places under the back seat? You could even use the fits system to help secure it. Butt massage anyone?

Behind the back seat looks like a good place for the amp, to me.

Personally, I've given up on making cars sound good. It's acoustically a terrible place to listen to music; too many reflective surfaces and too much background noise. Still, I'll be interested to see what people come up with!

Grasshopper, you can make a car system sound amazing, two manufacture systems are the BMW Bowers & Wilkins and Lexus Mark Levisten truly amazing.

 

[Mav]

I don’t think the under seat storage is going to work for subwoofer placement. I doubt it’s built to handle that. If you wanted to use it, you would likely have to reinforce it more than is practical. At that point you might as well build a sub box around those dimensions and replace the entire piece with an integrated sub. Which is actually not a bad idea. But quite involved.

 

[mamboman777]

Grasshopper, you can make a car system sound amazing, two manufacture systems are the BMW Bowers & Wilkins and Lexus Mark Levisten truly amazing.

"Grasshopper"



What do you listen on outside the car? I believe those systems sound good...for a car. I need inky black silence to enjoy the release of an orchestral note. A car just can't do that. No matter how good the speakers are.

 

[Eagle11]

"Grasshopper"



What do you listen on outside the car? I believe those systems sound good...for a car. I need inky black silence to enjoy the release of an orchestral note. A car just can't do that. No matter how good the speakers are.

My musical taste is from Bach to Boston, and everything in between.

 

[fbov]

don't understand how the B&O sub works like that, it looks like a crazy small chamber.

In the Escape, it's ported into the fender cavity. Similar small driver enclosure, but note there's a rectangular passage to the lower left. That leads into a substantial volume between the wheel well and the inner/outer body panels. It's a nice bump in the 30-80Hz range. If it doesn't RATTLE of BUZZZZZ, which is how I found out about the port.

 

[Rkbrumbelow]

I've never seen a bagpipe Hal Leonard book... If you're serious about that, find someone to give you some private lessons. A lot has changed with online learning, but for the most part, learning an instrument is the same. In person, 1-1 is the best and it's gonna take some time. That's one of the beautiful things about it.

Am serious but I have no immune system (primary immune failure) so in person is a no go. But I always thought learning to read music was the hardest part, playing the instruments was a simple change of embouchure and fingering, though I never got the hang of circular breathing either.

 

[Eagle11]

Am serious but I have no immune system (primary immune failure) so in person is a no go. But I always thought learning to read music was the hardest part, playing the instruments was a simple change of embouchure and fingering, though I never got the hang of circular breathing either.

Depends on the instrument, I want to learn the Guitar, tried to learn on my own via YOu Tube and other videos.. I broke down and took lessons.

 

[mamboman777]

Am serious but I have no immune system (primary immune failure) so in person is a no go. But I always thought learning to read music was the hardest part, playing the instruments was a simple change of embouchure and fingering, though I never got the hang of circular breathing either.

There's lots of ways to learn to read. You may be able to figure it out yourself. A good website is: www.musictheory.net

I have no ideas about fingerings or any technique for bagpipe. I can't even circular breathe, so I don't think that's a hindrance. The way the bagpipe works, though, is you inflate the bag with your air and squeeze the air through the instrument with the bag underneath your arm. From my very limited experience, it's relatively easy to keep the bag inflated.

 

[Rkbrumbelow]

There's lots of ways to learn to read. You may be able to figure it out yourself. A good website is: www.musictheory.net

I have no ideas about fingerings or any technique for bagpipe. I can't even circular breathe, so I don't think that's a hindrance. The way the bagpipe works, though, is you inflate the bag with your air and squeeze the air through the instrument with the bag underneath your arm. From my very limited experience, it's relatively easy to keep the bag inflated.

Oh I learned to read sheet music decades ago, I was just saying that was the most difficult part

 

[Rkbrumbelow]

"Grasshopper"



What do you listen on outside the car? I believe those systems sound good...for a car. I need inky black silence to enjoy the release of an orchestral note. A car just can't do that. No matter how good the speakers are.

Me, I listen to everything from the Canadian Brass (obs), the British Ukulele Orchestra, Eluveitie to BB king (did you know he picked because he could not play chords) Pink Floyd to Alabama and the Georgia Satellites. But my favourite musician is Michael Card

 

[Fish Chris]

I don't understand how the B&O sub works like that, it looks like a crazy small chamber.

Wouldn't the best idea be to fit one that drops in one of the storage places under the back seat? You could even use the fits system to help secure it. Butt massage anyone?

Behind the back seat looks like a good place for the amp, to me.

Personally, I've given up on making cars sound good. It's acoustically a terrible place to listen to music; too many reflective surfaces and too much background noise. Still, I'll be interested to see what people come up with!

Well it's funny.... I've worked on, changed, and tweaked the setup in my F150 for 13 years now, so as one might expect, I've got it sounding pretty darn good. Also, with the amount and size of the equipment I have in my truck, one would say it had "better sound good", or that would be a big problem.

On the other hand, I got my brand new Toyota Prius a little over 2 yrs ago. Within a month, I planned and installed a nice little daily driver setup, and it sounds so darn nice, I doubt I'll ever change anything in it. Only spent about $1300, and $300 of that was on some of the install... Which I know how to do, just didn't want to hassle with it.

Since then, I've learned of some new equipment that might sound even better, and be cheaper too.

Anyway, I get what your saying about a car being far from an ideal environment for great sound... But with a little sound deadening, and a correctly setup DSP (my next one will be able to listen to the stereo, and adjust itself) it can sound surprisingly great ! Certainly night and day better than any stock system I've ever heard.

 

[clavicus]

If you want to hear the B&O 8-speaker sound system in a 2021 Ford F-150 here is a link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW2JkUE-AO4

Thats a pretty awesome way to review this kind of thing, binaural microphones in each ear to simulate you in the drivers seat as long as you’re listening to the video with headphones.

 

[clavicus]

Thats a pretty awesome way to review this kind of thing, binaural microphones in each ear to simulate you in the drivers seat as long as you’re listening to the video with headphones.

Here’s one for the 6-channel standard in XLT

 

[TCK]

Am serious but I have no immune system (primary immune failure) so in person is a no go. But I always thought learning to read music was the hardest part, playing the instruments was a simple change of embouchure and fingering, though I never got the hang of circular breathing either.

Weirdest post I will ever make here, but the bagpipe is absolutely the LAST instrument you want to learn. Shelve the Haggis and write that off. With PIF, sucking on a humid bag of germs is the last thing you want to do. I love the Instrument, but really…look up what you risk playing it. Me, I play accordion instead.

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