Add Amp with stock Head Unit?
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Add Amp with stock Head Unit? Is it possible to add an amplifier with the stock head unit? I have the rockford fosgate 6.5 4406 subs in the rear seat speaker locations in my ta but as i understand they are only getting 150 a piece max and that is their rms. if it is possible should i wire the subs to one mono amp and would the jbl gto 601.1 amp be a good choice?
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Originally Posted by Black 98 T/A
Is it possible to add an amplifier with the stock head unit? I have the rockford fosgate 6.5 4406 subs in the rear seat speaker locations in my ta but as i understand they are only getting 150 a piece max and that is their rms. if it is possible should i wire the subs to one mono amp and would the jbl gto 601.1 amp be a good choice?
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help.
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Originally Posted by Black 98 T/A
hehe sweet i'll check up on that. where can i get that pac-oem-1 unit and do u have a guess on the cost?
thanks for the help rogue
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From: Houston
You don't need a pac oem-1 though. You can just use a line-level adapteor and tap into your rear speaker leads. The Pac line-level adapter is only $20 or so and works just as well as the PAC OEM-1. Then just tap into the pink wire in the wiring harness for your remote turn-on.
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I would tap into the wires going into the Monsoon amp. The speaker wires after the amp have already been X-over those only certain freq are sent. Also, the speaker wires will have more watts through them then wires going to the Monsoon amp. Using the wires going to the amp with a LOC with assist is reducing unwanted noise (whine, humm, etc). Just my .02
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That's very true. Just make sure that you get the right wires though. The bass drivers are the speakers in the rear A-pillars. It's a bit easier to just tap into the wires behind the head unit if your amp already has a built in X-over. I did this initially and had no problems whatsoever with noise.
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Originally Posted by ws6-speed
The bass drivers are the speakers in the rear A-pillars.
I think you mean B-pillars (or sometimes called C-pillars even though this is a coupe with only 2 sets of pillars).
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Originally Posted by ws6-speed
That's very true. Just make sure that you get the right wires though. The bass drivers are the speakers in the rear A-pillars. It's a bit easier to just tap into the wires behind the head unit if your amp already has a built in X-over. I did this initially and had no problems whatsoever with noise.
Russell
Russell
