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[Ace!]

I've already got the head unit, XM antenna, and speakers in my "cart" at Crutchfield.  I'm wondering if people have insight as to speaker placement especially.

[fireball]

You’re not getting advice because it’s a bad idea. You want to cut two big holes into your camper wall that you’ll have to seal up and worry about, then have a few inches of the back of the speaker to cover up on the inside of the camper. Speakers are designed for cavities / boxes, so you’ve got more work to make it work well plus all the wiring to run.

There are less expensive, easier, more effective and more elegant solutions available.

[Andy Douglass]

Maybe you should look at wall-mount monitors for the inside. They are geared for making music, but the ones I have heard sound really good for the size. You could go to somewhere like Guitar Center and probably listen to some. I don't really know if this would be the best solution for you, but I think mounting car speakers in the wall will sound terrible.

[Vic Harder]

I'm considering the installation of a "car" stereo and speakers in my Hawk.  I figure a 2" CD player with Bluetooth and what-not and a couple of car stereo speakers, maybe four (two inside, two outside) would work well.

 

Any install or speaker placement tips?  I am considering placing the speakers through the wall to the outside.  I had a pop-up camper with external speakers and it was kind of nice to sit under the awning at the end of the day and sip a cocktail with some music.  Anyone done such and what were the pros and cons?

Ace,

 

You will want to have some "cavity" behind the speakers.  That means no insulation there.  Maybe you can live with that.  Crutchfield sells "in wall" speakers like this one https://www.crutchfi...VxoCUVsQAvD_BwE

 

But look at the size/depth requirement.  That might be a challenge!

 

Is cost a consideration?  Or complexity?  Are you willing to go with a surface mount of some kind?  

 

Inside, I would want the mid/tweeters up high, maybe just below the softwall, 1' or so out from the front/rear surfaces. The woofers could conceivably be of the "free air - Infinite Baffle" type (think rear deck on your 1970's 2 door hardtop).  The "box" would thus only need to be reasonably weather proof and could serve up bass for BOTH the inside and outside speakers.  You could mount those down low in the same area as the turnbuckle hatches... or even replacing the turnbuckle hatches!

 

If you do go with separate speakers, you will need cross overs or something like a time alignment crossover to keep it all sounding good ... like this one https://www.crutchfi...nment crossover

The advantage is that your high mounted mid woofer and tweeter can be much smaller... a 4" mid would be fine.  And you only need 2" depth for these - https://www.crutchfi...rch=4"_midrange

 

Not sure what to say about outside speakers.  I have never done those before.

 

And you may be wondering how I know this stuff... I built a home theatre a few years back, my subs are dual 18" infinite baffle subs... the "box" is the rest of the house, because they are mounted to the wall of the home theatre room.  While equalizing the bass, we measured 107 db at 8 Hz.... people outside the house can feel it, as it literally rocks the outside brick patio when we are watching movies. 

[Ace!]

Sorry for the late response @vicharder.  I had my cart full at Crutchfield and your response gave me the idea I need some of those speakers for my house, and my truck needs new speakers and an amp...and the list goes on!

 

Anyway, you gave me some different ideas to consider and I think I'll make do with something else, and instead I'll upgrade the house and the truck instead of the camper.

[Vic Harder]

Good to "hear" Ace!