David,

I understand what you're saying about the original speakers, and I felt the
same way about them before. With the subwoofer and crossover pulling the
low-end off of them, I think they are better able to do what they're better
suited for, the high-end and high-mid-range. I've tried a number of other
replacement speakers and they've all been terrible, with the exception of
the new Blue Magic speakers which I've got now, in the front.

Marc

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 1:38 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> Hi Marc,
>
> I don't have any instant useful thoughts, except to point out that the
> Vanagon follows historic VAG practice and has no ACC position on the
> ignition switch.  OFF, ON, START is all you get.
>
> And you're the first person I've met who's had a good word for those
> little Blue Dot horrors, other than they look neat and tidy.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 11:39 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On an additional but unrelated note, the last time I had it in to
>> Crutchfield to try to get it working the way I want it, and to stop a
>> battery drain issue I was experiencing, they moved the power so that the
>> head unit is only on when the engine is running or the key is turned past
>> the Accessory setting. I'd rather have it work on the Accessory setting as
>> well as when the engine is on, so I'm going to move the power input to the
>> stereo when I work on it.
>>
>> I continue to be impressed with how efficient the original speakers are,
>> as
>> tiny as they are, and with paper cones. Had my front ones not given up the
>> ghost, I probably would have kept them. Having said that, these Blue Magic
>> speakers are a killer replacement!
>>
>>