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Audio question Bazookas



my old 83 GTI had Boston 5/14 separates in the doors, Infinity Kappa 6x9 3 
way in the rear hatch and 10" subs in a box. 4 amps. 50X2 for the front, 
85X2 for the rears and two 150 mono amps for the subs.

On 4/25/05, Jim Ruffi <sciroccos@earthlink.net> wrote: 
> 
> Car audio was a big thing back then. I was an installer. I take offense to
> that comment!! ;-)
> But..., there were not a lot of pre-made cabinet solutions. I think bass
> tubes started to appear in the very early 90's.
> 
> For my MKI's, I used a wood deck in place of the carboard and put woofers 
> (2
> x 10") in there. I made wood panels for the quarters to replace the back
> side panels and put 6 1/2" woofers in there.
> 
> For my 16V, I put all 4 in the rear deck. With a CD changer, KEF 
> satellites
> and old school Hifonics amps with active crossovers, it was pretty kickass
> for 1988. Clean, loud and tight.
> 
> The tubes are very space-efficient. Get the biggest, cleanest amp you can
> afford and you'll reduce your chances of blowing them out.......but you 
> have
> to move lots of air to get real bass and many tubes just don't cut it.
> 
> Jim
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neptuno" <neptunonc@yahoo.com>
> To: "Scirocco-L" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 2:03 PM
> Subject: Audio question Bazookas
> 
> > When the scirocos where built, I dont think car audio was a big thing 
> and
> as you all know it is imposibble to put large subs back there that would 
> not
> take up half of the trunk. Because of this I wondered if enyone had ever
> used those Basooka Bass Tubes like this one:
> > http://www.autotoys.com/pics/thumbs/t_BTA10200.jpg
> >
> > If so what where he impresions you had of it? are they worthed? Do they
> sound like crap?
> >
> > TIA,
> > El Tony
> 
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