Ceiling Speaker replacement

[precorguy]

Marshall:

nice speakers ---- curious as to how heavy they are? we have the same small speakers - that must weight all of .5 lb --- i don't know how much weight the ceiling will hold - i guess if i found a stud and all that!

i am going to look around for smaller speakers - would love the bose - but i don't want to have to pay their price - i know cheap eh!

thanks for showing me the speakers - appreciate it!!!!

alex

[purplesuebug]

I just found these on ebay. They are similar to the OEM but brand name, Jensen. I don't know anything about them but they may be better than the ones that came with the TT.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JENSE...spagenameZWDVW

I am going to purchase the Jensen AWM960 for our TT and found the speakers as I looked. Take care................Marshall

[Mooney]

Jensen speakers are all right for everyday use, but not super high quality. They're probably be better than OEM though.

Our Solaris has 5 1/4 inch speakers that are decent, but I plan on replacing them with Sony's "Xplode" series when I get a chance (and less mud and snow on the ground). They are mounted flush in the ceiling with grilles that hang out.

I have had many different types of speakers over the years and think that the Sony Xplodes are really the best bet for the buck.

[Sunline Fan]

Well, since I was out there, I thought I'd snap a pic of mine. If I were you guys, I'd be thankful you have the ones you have! I was surprised, this coach doesn't even have speakers in the bedroom:



Jon

P.S. I have no idea what this mysterious shadow is. The speaker pictured is the one right above where the chair should be, so in front of the TV cabinet. I know that sort of below there is a cardboard box full of whatever items left in the trailer were useful. It sort of looks like the flap from that box (it's open and the flap is at like a 90 degree to the side of the box, parallel to the floor). I have the radio antenna and vent pipe cap cover I broke off sitting on one flap from the box, but it doesn't resemble what is showing there.

[Mooney]

Jon,

Those are what are in our 2380 too...looks like they snap off (pry?) from the bases....I'll look if my far better half isn't there to see me try

She thinks the current speakers are "good enough". HA! There's always room for better!

[Sunline Fan]

Greg,

They do pry off. I had one of mine off, but the next one I tried didn't want to come easily, so I didn't bother messing with it since it wasn't broken. They started using this style in '98. I had these in my 2363 and I remember that little "8" thing in the center of it on our '97:



I had all of mine out in the 2363 because one side's speakers weren't working. After checking all the wiring and finding nothing wrong, I played around with the radio and found that pulling out either the volume or tuning button was the side to side and front to back adjustment. Problem solved! Why they have to make those things so complicated, I don't know.

You might want to hope your better half is there because if the cover doesn't come off easily, I wouldn't force it in the cold. You may end up breaking the cover. I can't seem to find a pic of just the innerds, but basically the speaker frame is goldish looking (I don't think it's brass though) and the speaker itself is black with the black cardboard like dish around it. I'm not really into speakers, so I don't know the technical terms for those parts.

Jon