Car Stereo Speaker Projects Illustrated (Tab Electronics Technical Library)

Save a fortune on great-performing customized car speakers. If done by an installer, custom speakers can run to thousands of dollars and your satisfaction isn't necessarily guaranteed. The best solution is to build your own. Car Stereo Speaker Projects Illustrated, by Dan Ferguson, is the one and only illustrated project book that will take you step-by-step through the design and installation of your own customized car speakers, with minimum tools and equipment. You get 20 complete projects covering both front and rear speakers for sedans, pickups, vans, Jeeps, and SVUs. Many of the designs appear nowhere else--and virtually all have tested in use and found to be significant improvements over conventional wisdom. Each project takes you from the circuit schematic to the construction of the enclosure to installing the system in the vehicle. This hands-on guide is loaded with hundreds of digital photos--plus design spreadsheets, Thiele-Small parameter measurement techniques, and examples of speaker design shareware in the Appendix. -- The one -- and only -- illustrated project book that takes readers step-by-step through the design and installation of their own customized car speakers-- Contains 20 complete projects covering both front speakers and rear speakers for sedans, pickup trucks, vans, Jeeps, and SUVs-- Each project takes readers from the circuit schematic, to the construction of the enclosure, to installing the system in the vehicle-- Loaded with hundreds of digital photographs -- plus design spreadsheets, Thiele-Small parameter measurement techniques, and examples of speaker design shareware in the appendix Helps readers plan the ultimate speaker system for their particular vehicles and design, build, and install speakers that put recording-studio-quality sound on the road. This book features 20 speaker projects for various kinds of vehicles. This book makes it possible for you to create the ultimate custom sound to enhance your ride