On Apr 18, 4:14*pm, mm wrote:
GM car speakers versus other makes

Chryslers and maybe many other makes have the two left speakers
connected to the left channel of the radio. *GM radios OTOH did or do
connect the front left and rear right speakers to the left channel,
and the others to the right. *

Or course, one can rewire his car either way, in most cases just by
interchanging two pairs of wires.

In the opinion of the readers here, which method has more advantages?

Which is better for someone who is usually in the car alone?

With GM I guess if you're in the back seat, the violins aren't on the
left anymore, but otoh, the volume for both channels should be the
same wherever one sit. * No one sits in the center of a 4-seate car,
on the console or half-way between the front seat and back seat, so
the Chrysler system, used by most cars maybe, has a disadvantage that
if you have someone in the passenger seat, he hears more of the right
channel and you hear more of the left. *

GM's design solves most or all of that. * But it depends on how often
the driver will be alone and how often there will be 1, 2,
3 passengers AND he'll be playing the radio.

OT3H, with Chrysler's design, if you are driving and others are
sleeping, you can move all the sound to the left front and leave the
other speakers very quiet, so they can sleep. * Or if you're the
passenger and the driver doesn't like the station you want (though in
my world the driver gets to pick the station) you can turn everything
to the right front.



I have a 97 buick and a 2006 Chevrolet Avalanche. Both have the lefts
on the left side and the rights on the right side. I have owned many
vehicles, both GM and Chysler, from 1965 on and none have had the
speakers crossed.