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Jeff Miller
Elio Addict
Well that would be great. Then the booming noise that makes my heart skip a beat when I'm in back of them would be that much closer and louder
Outside the cabin area? I kind of doubt that.
I believe it was in the area higher up from there in the "trunk" area; yes it will take over a percentage of the small storage area you have.
But what speaker box doesn't?
Arguing about an item like this now is pretty counter productive because I'm sure they will have examples of what it looks like installed when it comes time to order.
a long time ago (like 2 months) when they brought out the Configurator we were all finding fault with it.
We had a member that tried to get everyone to lighten up a little; let's see if we remember this:
By msmith5150
Remember folks, this configurator is like the "beta" stage, probably even "alpha" stage of a development cycle. Software companies do this all the time, especially game developers. There are several reasons to put this out. They want to keep interest going in new ways, they want to "use" us as free testers for the software and the website, and get an early gauge of interest in various items and options. Among other likely reasons.
The site and options and pricing will all change (probably many times) between now and when they call it officially released for use.
So just have fun with it, don't take things on it too seriously!
Sethodine
Elio Addict
I think those cubbies are for the tire jack / can of fix-a-flat
floydv
Elio Addict
I think it's fun trying to figure these out, but probably not quite as fun as driving an actual Elio. As far as the cubby goes, I was thinking the installer would cut an appropriately sized hole from the inside and use some sort of baffle. But like you said, it's all speculation at this point, but nothing wrong with that!Outside the cabin area? I kind of doubt that.
I believe it was in the area higher up from there in the "trunk" area; yes it will take over a percentage of the small storage area you have.
But what speaker box doesn't?
Arguing about an item like this now is pretty counter productive because I'm sure they will have examples of what it looks like installed when it comes time to order.
a long time ago (like 2 months) when they brought out the Configurator we were all finding fault with it.
We had a member that tried to get everyone to lighten up a little; let's see if we remember this:
By msmith5150
Remember folks, this configurator is like the "beta" stage, probably even "alpha" stage of a development cycle. Software companies do this all the time, especially game developers. There are several reasons to put this out. They want to keep interest going in new ways, they want to "use" us as free testers for the software and the website, and get an early gauge of interest in various items and options. Among other likely reasons.
The site and options and pricing will all change (probably many times) between now and when they call it officially released for use.
So just have fun with it, don't take things on it too seriously!
floydv
Elio Addict
Yeah I was thinking one of the cubbies for the jack/sealant can, and the other cubby for the speaker (only need one subwoofer, right?).
Sethodine
Elio Addict
I suspect the subwoofer will go under the driver's seat.
Elio Amazed
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Well that extra stimulation should certainly help to keep the stupid Elio grin on driver's faces!
Ocean9000
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You may very well be correct Seth, but I think the volume available for an enclosure would significantly limit speaker size and performance. It would be much more sensible to use the volume of the door or better yet, the combined volume of the shifter/brake area combined with poly ported access to the right side "door area". This might allow a speaker as large as 8" or even 10" to be installed and produce a very satisfactory and smooth extension of low frequency response without absorbing the small amount of interior storage available.
Coss, thank you for the link - I believe the upgrade speaker is the 3 1/2" Thunder35 (guessing here). The MTX site states the bandwidth of that driver is 83-20kHz with no qualifier, with non-professional loudspeakers this is usually taken to indicate the 10 dB down points and would typically continue to fall off at 12 dB/octave or more. This means that an open E on a bass guitar would be reproduced at approximately 22 dB (or more) below the nominal program level - probably inaudible in a vehicle travelling at 55 mph... although it could sound okay at 30 mph or while parked if the high frequency rolloff is a decent match to the low frequency. Psychoacoustics is fun stuff!
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Ocean9000
Elio Addict
Amazed, for even more fun, check out "bass shakers"