Of all the cars available which have the quietest cabins and are best for containing audiophile sound?

March 27th, 2009 | by cars |
markbigmanabell asked:


I’m an audiophile and I’m wondering which cars/trucks would have interiors that were most conductive to containing audiophile (extemely high quality) sound. I’m aware that a good car stereo can do wonders but which car am I going to put one of those stereos in?

MOHAMMAD
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  1. 2 Responses to “Of all the cars available which have the quietest cabins and are best for containing audiophile sound?”

  2. By sparky3489 on Mar 30, 2009 | Reply

    RUSSELL

    Most any car with 60/40 fold down seats. I have the smaller of the two down to allow my bass extension to reach the cabin and act as a band bass with my sealed enclosure in the trunk.

    Hatchbacks can aslo aid in the projected sound to the front.

    I have found the old VW Beetles with the parabolic shaped roofs to be very acoustical as well.

    In most any case, Dynamat will keep down unwanted vibrations and rattles.

  3. By evil_rondy on Apr 1, 2009 | Reply

    NORMAN

    The quietest cars are usually the most difficult to get quality sound actually. A Mercedes is very quiet. One reason is that the cabin is so well-insulated from the trunk where most of the road noise comes in. This also makes it more difficult to get bass through from the trunk.

    A Method that works well, mainly with cloth seats, is cutting a large hole the size of the woofer in the metal panel behind the rear seat and designing the box so it seals the woofers against the backrest.

    Another method that was popular back in the day and used by a speaker company named KEF was to build a sub enclosure and use a flexible 4″ tube to duct the sound through a hole in the rear shelf. You usually want to insulate the tube with foam to keep it from vibrating and keep it as short as possible.

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