Hey all.....do you think that painting speakers with acrylic paint will reduce the sound output.....lets have your thoughts

first, depends upon the size of the driver's being painted.

2nd. any paint applied will reduce the frequency responce of the driver - making the surface area heavier - harder to drive - needing more power for same sound.

3rd. applying to woofer's will probally stiffen the cone for better bass repsonce but depending upon the size of the woofer's voice coil - may rip the vc from the cone with too much sound applied, as the vc and cone conifiguration wasnt designed for the heavier weight, as it now may have after the painting.

4th. lightly sprayed upon may not make much difference by being a lighter coating, just depend's upon how heavy the paint is relative to the size of the driver.

5th. intial thoughts above

interesting theory

I have done it loads dave...dont affect the sound as long as you leave the surround alone...what box speakers are you painting man???

bet it's the 999

yeah it is the 999 reno.......well when i got it the speakers were painted gold and i didnt like it too much so i overpainted them in whitey cream.....they look a treat now but the sound seems a bit low now...saying that when i got it i didnt really test the sound cos it was in bits and not working properly.... ..........any ideas

replace the woofers with newer driver's - preferably car speakers @ 4 ohm's I like the Infinity brand of the componet speakers, We  just dont use their tweeter's ..

That's to of us needing speakers...james can you try and find me some good ""6 low impedance speaker that i can buy thanks...

Dave you could try 4 of these mate but there 8ohm also you will need to upgreade your tweeters....the 1000 family arn't known best for their clarity dave.

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im thinking of putting those 6.5 inch in my 1000 dave but im not sure if i have the heart to...i know it will look good and sound way better but i like her origional

reno ...i have 2 of these in my 767.....i wasnt impressed....check out my older post

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Wow that looks sweet dave REALY.....why or what were you not impressed with dude

just the overall sound after the speaker change....i thought i would be blown away but after tweaking the bass and treble,  i just couldnt get it to sound great

Do you still have it dave???would you be interested in a trade,,,sell

what were you thinking of trading me

Send me a pm my friend....im not sure what you would be interested in....i have a few boxes now but im not sure about you're taistes to be honest dave I would rather your box than to butcher my 1000 as it is so sentimental