Mach Stereo Speakers - Page 2 - Taurus Car Club of America : Ford Taurus Forum

Jeff K · 12-03-2012, 08:24 AM

I have the original speakers from my MACH factory equipped 05 in the basement. When I upgraded the standard RCU to the MACH RCU in the wifes 04 a few years ago, I compared the old speakers from the factory Mach 05 to the ones in the wifes 04. They were identical.

Tom S · 12-05-2012, 09:25 PM

Photos

TaurusDailyDriver · 12-05-2012, 09:47 PM

*Slightly Puzzled*

papousaidonlyford · 12-07-2012, 07:44 AM

Um, I don't see anything different

Tom S · 12-07-2012, 09:27 AM

The regular speakers do not have the wiring and the black cylinder running from side to side.

aaroncgi · 12-07-2012, 12:08 PM

With all the tape you can't make a definitive determination of what the 'cylinder' is. It could be either a capacitor or an inductor. If a capacitor, then it's acting as a bass blocker to remove some of the low frequencies from the woofer. It's inline with the woofer, since the incoming power comes in on the opposite side from the woofer voice coil. This jives with your description of less bass and more clarity. More logical would be an inductor, which would roll off the high frequencies to allow a better match with the tweeter. But quite often, lower end speakers, especially paper cones, tend to have a benign high end rolloff and often don't really even need a crossover on the upper end. And if the woofers are excursion limited under Mach power, it would make sense to filter out some of the bass.

12-03-2012, 08:24 AM	#11 (permalink)
Jeff K Technical Advisor Member Number: 11378 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Milwaukee, WI Visit: My Garage Posts: 4,025 Trader Score: 0 reviews Rep Power: 14	I have the original speakers from my MACH factory equipped 05 in the basement. When I upgraded the standard RCU to the MACH RCU in the wifes 04 a few years ago, I compared the old speakers from the factory Mach 05 to the ones in the wifes 04. They were identical. __________________ 05 Taurus SEL Duratec - my daily driver 04 Taurus SES Duratec - wifes car 95 Taurus GL Vulcan winter car Toy #1 - 86 Tbird 5.0 (original owner) - LOTS of mods Toy #2 - 88 Tbird Turbo Coupe - LOTS of mods 02 Pontiac Grand Prix GT 67 Honda 450 Super Sport - completely customized

12-05-2012, 09:25 PM	#12 (permalink)
Tom S Member Member Number: 51426 Join Date: Nov 2012 Chapter: Northeast Drives: 2006 Taurus SE 37k Visit: My Garage Posts: 150 Trader Score: 0 reviews Rep Power: 1	Photos Attached Thumbnails __________________ 2006 Taurus SE 40k Silver, very clean 3rd owner, Mods: Mach Stereo, Homelink lighted visors, Gentex Comp/Temp Mirror, Lloyds mats, Ford trunk liner, Hella driving lights 1991 Taurus 3.8 GL 190k daily driver weak trans but still kicking 1988 Taurus 3.0 retired 1996 F-250 Powerstroke 75k lots of mods like new 2009 Impala LTZ 3.9 10k

12-05-2012, 09:47 PM	#13 (permalink)
TaurusDailyDriver The Page 93 Mastermind Member Number: 42443 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Syracuse, NY Chapter: Northeast Drives: 2006 Taurus SE Vulcan 3.0L OHV V6 Visit: My Garage Posts: 1,314 Trader Score: 1 reviews Rep Power: 4	Slightly Puzzled __________________ Paul T. \|2006 Taurus SE \| Silver Frost \|The 'Official' Bull of Central New York! \| October 2012 COTM \|2005 Taurus SEL\| Vibrant White \| The Stock Bull \|1999 Taurus SE \| Toreador Red \| Retired with 112k

12-07-2012, 07:44 AM	#14 (permalink)
papousaidonlyford Junior Member Member Number: 44212 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: N/A Drives: 2003 Mercury Sable GS V6 Vulcan Visit: My Garage Posts: 88 Trader Score: 0 reviews Rep Power: 2	Um, I don't see anything different __________________ 2003 Mercury Sable GS V6 Vulcan TSOC is better "Gatorade is better" - The Waterboy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu9VA3pTEzs The 1st amendment is the free exercise of religion, the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.

12-07-2012, 09:27 AM	#15 (permalink)
Tom S Member Member Number: 51426 Join Date: Nov 2012 Chapter: Northeast Drives: 2006 Taurus SE 37k Visit: My Garage Posts: 150 Trader Score: 0 reviews Rep Power: 1	The regular speakers do not have the wiring and the black cylinder running from side to side. __________________ 2006 Taurus SE 40k Silver, very clean 3rd owner, Mods: Mach Stereo, Homelink lighted visors, Gentex Comp/Temp Mirror, Lloyds mats, Ford trunk liner, Hella driving lights 1991 Taurus 3.8 GL 190k daily driver weak trans but still kicking 1988 Taurus 3.0 retired 1996 F-250 Powerstroke 75k lots of mods like new 2009 Impala LTZ 3.9 10k

12-07-2012, 12:08 PM	#16 (permalink)
aaroncgi Junior Member Member Number: 50903 Join Date: Oct 2012 Chapter: Pacific Northwest Drives: 2004 Taurus Wagon SEL 24V Visit: My Garage Posts: 71 Trader Score: 0 reviews Rep Power: 1	With all the tape you can't make a definitive determination of what the 'cylinder' is. It could be either a capacitor or an inductor. If a capacitor, then it's acting as a bass blocker to remove some of the low frequencies from the woofer. It's inline with the woofer, since the incoming power comes in on the opposite side from the woofer voice coil. This jives with your description of less bass and more clarity. More logical would be an inductor, which would roll off the high frequencies to allow a better match with the tweeter. But quite often, lower end speakers, especially paper cones, tend to have a benign high end rolloff and often don't really even need a crossover on the upper end. And if the woofers are excursion limited under Mach power, it would make sense to filter out some of the bass. __________________ Aaron

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