over doing speakers
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From: Nelson canada
over doing speakers
i removed my door speakers a long time ago and have been running on the one speaker in the dash, until it finaly blew. so then i hooked up a pair of speakers from my stereo, put them behind the seat, and placed one 4 inch intercom speaker on the cieling and one other one where the stock dash speaker was. my question is: am i overloading the wiring or stereo (it's not a performance tape deck to say the least) by running all 4 speakers from the same two wires coming from my stereo that originaly ran to the speaker in the dash? if i have the volume way up, it cuts out (like a cd player skipping). it has only done this since i wired up my speakers this way.
thanks for any info!
thanks for any info!
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From: Las Vegas, NV
over doing speakers
Putting 4 speakers on 2 speaker outputs isn't a big deal. I think your problem is the speakers themselves. Most car audio speakers are rated at 4ohms, and most home audio speakers are rated at 8ohms. The load you are feeding your tape deck might be causing it to cut out. Sounds to me that your not real big on sound quality or clarity....my recommendation is to take the existing speakers out and go to Wallmart, radio shack, or autozone and buy some inexpensive replacement speakers (road gear, optimus, etc.).
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From: BC Canada
over doing speakers
>i removed my door speakers a long time ago and have been
>running on the one speaker in the dash, until it finaly
>blew. so then i hooked up a pair of speakers from my
>stereo, put them behind the seat, and placed one 4 inch
>intercom speaker on the cieling and one other one where the
>stock dash speaker was. my question is: am i overloading
>the wiring or stereo (it's not a performance tape deck to
>say the least) by running all 4 speakers from the same two
>wires coming from my stereo that originaly ran to the
>speaker in the dash? if i have the volume way up, it cuts
>out (like a cd player skipping). it has only done this since
>i wired up my speakers this way.
>
>thanks for any info!
you are frying your speakers my friend. what a set-up LOL!!! you can fry speakers easier by underpowering than overpowering. get a cheap amp. and like the other guy said - get some cheap speakers at least. in my humble opinion no deck is good at powering speakers. don't go for those high powered decks - they are crap. get a decent cd head unit, inexpensive speakers and a cheap amp. you'll love it. what is more important than good driving tunes? treat yourself
Rock-on
Rusty,
>running on the one speaker in the dash, until it finaly
>blew. so then i hooked up a pair of speakers from my
>stereo, put them behind the seat, and placed one 4 inch
>intercom speaker on the cieling and one other one where the
>stock dash speaker was. my question is: am i overloading
>the wiring or stereo (it's not a performance tape deck to
>say the least) by running all 4 speakers from the same two
>wires coming from my stereo that originaly ran to the
>speaker in the dash? if i have the volume way up, it cuts
>out (like a cd player skipping). it has only done this since
>i wired up my speakers this way.
>
>thanks for any info!
you are frying your speakers my friend. what a set-up LOL!!! you can fry speakers easier by underpowering than overpowering. get a cheap amp. and like the other guy said - get some cheap speakers at least. in my humble opinion no deck is good at powering speakers. don't go for those high powered decks - they are crap. get a decent cd head unit, inexpensive speakers and a cheap amp. you'll love it. what is more important than good driving tunes? treat yourself
Rock-on
Rusty,
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From: Richmond USA
over doing speakers
He is right.. if you don't push enough power to a speaker, it will blow.. I found this out when I was 16 in my first car.. I bought a pair of really nice Infinity 6x9s and ran them with no amp, just off my deck (it wasnt even a powerful deck)... I blew two sets of them before I found out why.. I was young.. oh well.. since then I've known more people to have blown speakers from not having enough power than running too much power... anyways good luck.
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