hooking car subs up in house
02-18-2011, 10:14 PM
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hooking car subs up in house
how do yopu hook up car subs in a box in your house for like surround sound your ps3 tv etc and what do you need to do it
02-19-2011, 01:04 AM
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RE: hooking car subs up in house
an ac converter from house power to 12volt , depends how your gonna do it what are you gonna use car amps aswell or a home theather amp
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RE: hooking car subs up in house
It depends on the sub you are planning to use.
If it's just a speaker in a box then you need nothing, just hook the speaker up like any other speaker.
If you are using a powered sub then you will need a 12 volt power source. And not just any 110V to 12V converter. You will need one with a very steady/filtered 12V output that will maintain 12V at the power levels the sub will draw. Those kinds of power supplies are generally pretty expensive.
In short, if you are just using an unpowered sub, you're good to go but if it's a powered sub you'll probably be better off to just get a regular surround type sub.
If it's just a speaker in a box then you need nothing, just hook the speaker up like any other speaker.
If you are using a powered sub then you will need a 12 volt power source. And not just any 110V to 12V converter. You will need one with a very steady/filtered 12V output that will maintain 12V at the power levels the sub will draw. Those kinds of power supplies are generally pretty expensive.
In short, if you are just using an unpowered sub, you're good to go but if it's a powered sub you'll probably be better off to just get a regular surround type sub.
02-19-2011, 10:54 AM
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RE: hooking car subs up in house
Car speakers usually have an impedance of 4 ohms and home speakers are usually higher, check the amplifier will handle the load.
If you are using a powered sub then as Dave said you will need a transformer.
Obviously you will also need to connect the amp to what is playing, so you need a device with low level output connectors....and that voltage should be in a range that the sub amp can handle.
Personally I would not bother as car speakers and home speakers are designed to work in their own (very different) enviroments.
If you are using a powered sub then as Dave said you will need a transformer.
Obviously you will also need to connect the amp to what is playing, so you need a device with low level output connectors....and that voltage should be in a range that the sub amp can handle.
Personally I would not bother as car speakers and home speakers are designed to work in their own (very different) enviroments.
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RE: hooking car subs up in house
the impedance of the drivers will dictate what the amp can handle...
the lower the impedance, the more power the amp will try to flow...
if you have more than one 4-ohm sub, you can wire them in series (ie amp to the plus side of one, minus to the plus of the other, then minus from that one back to the amp) and your home amp will see a load of 8-ohms instead of 4. this is dependent upon the number of amp channels, of course. if you wish to run them in stereo, the operation may require a dummy load. you can also hook up 4-ohm subs to an amp that wants an 8-ohm load so long as you don't push them too hard.
the lower the impedance, the more power the amp will try to flow...
if you have more than one 4-ohm sub, you can wire them in series (ie amp to the plus side of one, minus to the plus of the other, then minus from that one back to the amp) and your home amp will see a load of 8-ohms instead of 4. this is dependent upon the number of amp channels, of course. if you wish to run them in stereo, the operation may require a dummy load. you can also hook up 4-ohm subs to an amp that wants an 8-ohm load so long as you don't push them too hard.
