System in my '63 GMC

[Riveted1]

First off, it's your truck, your money, etc., so you can do whatever you want. And I am aware that an old truck is not a perfect acoustic environment.

If you just want loud, your plan would work fine. Personally, I would go with as few drivers as possible. Two in the kick panels with subs behind the seat and call it a day. If you decide to upgrade go with a set of components in the kicks. Reason being is that with multiple high-frequency drivers at different install positions, you will run into phase issues and comb-filtering. Kinda like setting up front-fills ten feet in front of the stacks in a live sound setup and not using delay. As always, YMMV.

[TwiggyTheDrummer]

Originally Posted by Riveted1

First off, it's your truck, your money, etc., so you can do whatever you want. And I am aware that an old truck is not a perfect acoustic environment.

If you just want loud, your plan would work fine. Personally, I would go with as few drivers as possible. Two in the kick panels with subs behind the seat and call it a day. If you decide to upgrade go with a set of components in the kicks. Reason being is that with multiple high-frequency drivers at different install positions, you will run into phase issues and comb-filtering. Kinda like setting up front-fills ten feet in front of the stacks in a live sound setup and not using delay. As always, YMMV.

I know man and thank you. But I'm open to ideas and I have thought about component speakers. But I'm not just going for loud, I want a system that can get loud, but with a regular cab that's not too hard. But most of all I want it to sound really good. I have a buddy that is a car audio specialist that I'm going to have help me design it and once we get a final design, install it. So I'm sure quite a few of your suggestions will once again arise.

But I'm just trying to make something that will not only sound good in my truck, but that will also add to the aesthetics of it through a clean, technological appeal that still fits into that classic but custom ideal. And I thank all of you for your suggestions, especially since I'm just tossing around ideas. The design isn't set into stone and I don't have much experience with car audio besides the system in my '94 Blazer which is also Clarion. I just wanted to toss around ideas with you guys and show ya'll what I've pulled together so far.

[tommyd241]

I agree with Riveted about going "with as few drivers as possible. Two in the kick panels with subs behind the seat and call it a day." Amp them with some good clean power, sound deaden the cab and it should be plenty loud and sound good.

I do understand that you gotta do what works for you. I plan to do a budget system in my truck soon with some stuff that I have laying around. It's not gonna blow anyone away, but it will definitely be better than an AM radio with a blown factory paper speaker. LOL.

I have a pair of Polk 4" coaxials that I plan to mount in the factory location under the dash. Then I have a Pioneer DEH-P2900MP that I'm gonna put in the glovebox w/ an iPod adapter. Finally I have a Bazooka tube that I plan to put behind the seat on the passenger side.

Is it gonna sound great? No. LOL, but it should hold me over for awhile and it will be cheap and hidden.