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Subject:Re: Speakers for the front
From:Dan N
Date:Sun, 5 Jul 2015 19:57:59 -0700

isn't by chance you flip the wire polarity on the speakers?

On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 7:35 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote:

> So, I'm planning to give you a review later, but here's a sneak-peak.
> I've been wanting to replace my front speakers ever since I bought my
> van in March, 2000. I've gotten all kinds of recommendations, all bad.
> I think I may have finally found the right speakers, albeit with some
> quid pro quos, but I have a problem with my system that I need to get
> fixed first before I'll know for sure.
>
> The upside: These speakers fit. HOWEVER, you have to extend the window
> crank handles. There ain't nothing out there that I've been able to
> find that will obviate this need.
>
> Here's what I've got:
> Blauplunkt Blue Magic, CL-100:
> http://www.crutchfield.com/p_023MGCL100/Blaupunkt-Blue-Magic-CL-100.html
> Had to turn the grill sideways because they have this bar with the
> Blauplunkt name on it that got in the way of the window cranks.
>
> High-clearance window crank from Go-Westy:
>
> http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23349&category_id=&category_parent_id=
> This still can scrape across the surface of the speaker, but I'm
> probably going to take them off and file down the back, behind the
> knob, just a bit so they don't. If you pull out on it just a bit it
> doesn't scrape the speaker.
>
> After installation, of speaker and Dynamat, the driver's side sounded
> great. Only problem is my system isn't wired right or something. The
> right side doesn't work and the back speakers sound fuzzy for one
> radio station but not another. I have a lifetime warranty on the
> Crutchfield installation, so I'll let you know what they find out in a
> week or two.
>
> That's all for now.
> Marc Perdue, in central Va., home of Crutchfield.
>