Speaker wiring question
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Staging Lane
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From: Virgin Beach, VA.
Speaker wiring question I have a TA with the Monsoon system....
My wife bought me an Alpine iDA-X100 for Christmas (I was hinting hard!) so I finally replaced my headunit. The problem is I got the bug hard and went out and, after my research, picked up a sub amp, 10in stealth w/sub and a 4 channel amp and amp rack. I am about 2/3's of the way getting it installed.
My question is this..... Can I run the front stock speakers with 2 channels of the 4 channel amp until I get some replacements? Or will the full range signal from the amp blow the tweeter in the front? I can set the crossover in the headunit for the bass. My intent is to disconnect the monsoon amp and cut into its wiring to get the fronts going. The wiring is in good shape and I do not think I want to run new wire. It seems to me that the monsoon amp has 2 sets of outputs for each front leading me to believe the crossover for the tweeters in front is internal to the amp...??
The other 2 channels of the new amp will run the rears with the rear deck speakers disconnected and coiax or triax speakers in the sailpanels....I was also hoping to run the factory speakers til I could get replacements but it appears this will not work.
I initially installed the head unit into the factory set-up and was pretty happy with this except for the bass output so I decided to go all out (at least for my tastes.....no 1.21 gigawatt subs for this mommas boy....!!) I just can't go the extra $$ for a couple weeks for 4 new speakers but I want to jam!
Thanks for any help!!
My wife bought me an Alpine iDA-X100 for Christmas (I was hinting hard!) so I finally replaced my headunit. The problem is I got the bug hard and went out and, after my research, picked up a sub amp, 10in stealth w/sub and a 4 channel amp and amp rack. I am about 2/3's of the way getting it installed.
My question is this..... Can I run the front stock speakers with 2 channels of the 4 channel amp until I get some replacements? Or will the full range signal from the amp blow the tweeter in the front? I can set the crossover in the headunit for the bass. My intent is to disconnect the monsoon amp and cut into its wiring to get the fronts going. The wiring is in good shape and I do not think I want to run new wire. It seems to me that the monsoon amp has 2 sets of outputs for each front leading me to believe the crossover for the tweeters in front is internal to the amp...??
The other 2 channels of the new amp will run the rears with the rear deck speakers disconnected and coiax or triax speakers in the sailpanels....I was also hoping to run the factory speakers til I could get replacements but it appears this will not work.
I initially installed the head unit into the factory set-up and was pretty happy with this except for the bass output so I decided to go all out (at least for my tastes.....no 1.21 gigawatt subs for this mommas boy....!!) I just can't go the extra $$ for a couple weeks for 4 new speakers but I want to jam!
Thanks for any help!!
Last edited by LS1pilot; Jan 22, 2009 at 03:22 PM. Reason: clerical
