Bobby Ricigliano

On the A6, there is a tweeter in the upper half of the door and a midrange in the lower half. On the A8, the set-up is the same on the front doors with the devoted tweeter and the midrange bose.

In the rear doors, is this setup the same. Listening to the radio, I cannot hear a peep coming out of where I thought there should be speakers. There is a honeycomb looking grill right next to the door handle. Does anyone know if this is a speaker that should be operational. If you are not certain, could you go outside and take a listen. I am going to the dealer tomorrow and would like to know for certain if this is a problem. As always, thank you!
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airbil

My 95 s6 has similar cool looking grille's. Yet amazingly, nothing behind them.
This "looks like a cool tweeter" feature may have been such a huge success that it may well have been continued.
Like grandma said, "speakers should be seen and not heard."

Bobby Ricigliano

I know that there is a tweeter in the front door and the rears have this very same looking grill in a bit of a different place. Even in the picture it looks like there *should* be a speaker there. Unfortunatley the Audi Concert manual mentions nothing about speaker placement so I am just wondering if anyone with an A8 can put their ear up to the rear dorrs and confirm or deny this speaker debacle.

FLYTERRA

The rear doors have a 2-way speaker in the bottom only.

Radio system, layouts and terminal assignments through m.y. 1999,

"Delta" &amp; "Delta - BOSE " radio (m.y. 1997), layout

1 - Power antenna or radio/telephone rod antenna with antenna amplifier
2 - Delta radio
3 - Bose amplifier in left-rear of luggage compartment (where applicable)
4 - Mid-range/bass speaker in front door trim (bottom)
5 - Front treble speaker in door trim (top)
6 - Mid-range/treble speaker in rear door trim (bottom)
7 - Rear bass speaker in rear parcel shelf

JimR

I just went out and listened (99, Concert radio), and there's not a speaker there. Fade 100% back, Treble up, Bass down, and no sound.

That plus Fly's comment pretty well seals it:

Is this a speaker? No.

Bobby Ricigliano

airbil was right. It is very deceptive.

SteveIAS8

I believe they are the speakers for the hands free phone setup. It's been a while since the phone manual, but i think that's what it is.

JimR

In the back seat?