Let me preface this by saying I know nothing about car stereo stuff. Is there any reason I couldn't take the (huge) Kenwood enclosure out of the trunk of the car I bought and connect it to my receiver on my entertainment center? Other than the impedence matching, do I need to worry about anything else (like fire)?
BTW: It's this.. http://www.discountjungle.net/kenksdual10b.html
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It'll be fine as long as you have enough power to drive it. A friend of mine took his older car speakers (2 6x9s) and made a "sudo" surround sounds system with them. A speaker is a speaker, so yes, it'll work.
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I'll second tgpo - speaker is a speaker so it'll work... I looked at your link and it appears that there is no cross-over and these speakers are not amplified.
If you want to run them as a sub for your front speakers then you should pick up a cross-over so that you can send the low frequencies to the Kenwood box and the higher frequencies to your existing speakers.
Other option is if your receiver has a sub-out, if it does then you may want to look into a small single channel amplifier to drive the Kenwood box and plug it into the sub-out.
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I used to have my old car speakers hooked up to this computer
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They don't require power, but those subs will definitely need it! -
Also, make sure the amp you are connecting to is capable of handling the load. I noticed on the webpage you gave, that the speakers are rated at 4 ohms each. Whatever you do, DON'T connect these speakers in parallel - you will wind up with 2 ohms and possibly fry your amp. I don't know what connections it uses on the back of the speaker box, if it has one or two sets of connections for the input? You could hook them in series, so you'd have 8 ohms ( a load that a lot of home amplifiers love ). Depends on how the unit is set up. Might wanna check the specs on the amp you'll be using before hooking it all up.
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Originally Posted by SquirrelDip
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You need to check if it's an active or passive crossover. Mostly I've seen passive crossovers that consist mainly of some capacitors and coils - unless what you have is an amplifier as well as crossover. Do you know the model number of the crossover or a webpage with specs on this JVC unit?
If you're using a home amplifier it will probably have outputs for the Front, Rear and Sub all separate, so you may not need the crossover from your car, only the subwoofer box w/speakers. Did you check the amp you have in your home? What make/model are you using?
If the car crossover is an amp as well as crossover, you will need a lot more than the amount of current that an average DC adaptor will supply - most are designed for small radios that only need up to 1 amp or so, and your car unit may require 10 - 40 amps ( again, depends on model and output ).Ethernet (n): something used to catch the etherbunny -
Here's the crossover: http://www.cambridgeworld.com/JVC_Mobile_Amplifiers-Equalizers_Electronics/jvc_ksax630..._amplifier.htm
Here's my receiver (I thought it was an amplifier too, but I guess not):
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I looked at the link for your crossover - it is an Amplifier as well, so you would not be able to use it in your home, as it will require a high-current power supply to run it.
As for the Sony unit, it is a Dolby 5.1 receiver, meaning it has outputs for Front L + R, Rear L + R, Center, and Subwoofer. The only problem is, the subwoofer output is a Line level out - there is no output amplifer for the sub channel (see picture)
Therefore, you will need to find a subwoofer amplifier to plug into the Sony, the output of that would then go to the subwoofer cabinet that you have.
Are you sure you want to hassle with this? Might be better to just buy an Active Subwoofer (one that includes the amp inside) and just sell your car setup to pay for part of it. Up to you, that's what I'd do. Let me know what you think.Ethernet (n): something used to catch the etherbunny
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