Keep HU - replace all the rest?

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Feb 5, 2005 | 10:37 AM

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Keep HU - replace all the rest?

I bought my car with 1 blown door speaker. Linkin Park blew the other door speaker. I don't want to fiddle with soldering and trimming wires as mentioned in the sticky post (GREAT post, though).

I want to keep my HU - can I chuck the amp and all the speakers and go from there?

A yes or no is fine, but if someone else has done this let me know what worked for you.

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Todd

Feb 5, 2005 | 01:59 PM

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If you put anything but factory speakers in then you will have some cutting and splicing to do (or you can run your own speaker wires). It is possible to run the Monsoon head unit without the amp and special speakers - it's really just a normal Delco head unit with a Monsoon label on it (some of the older Monsoon systems didn't even have the label). Unfortunately, it's not easy to bypass the amp so your best bet would be to do your own speaker wiring right from the head unit.

Feb 5, 2005 | 07:09 PM

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Ohms???????

Exactly what I was hoping to hear - I don't have a problem with running new wiring or throwing in a new amp - I just don't want to replace the HU.

Is this right ---> The 2 ohm concern has to do with the amp and NOT the HU.

If that is true, then do I just need to put together a 4 ohm system then? (amp and speakers and crossovers or whatever).

Yes or no is fine on this too - I have little understanding of the whole "ohm" thing (funny because I have five or six books on electronics....if I would just read the silly things...)

Thanks again.

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Feb 5, 2005 | 08:39 PM

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Yes, the head unit expects normal 4-ohm speakers. It's the Monsoon external amp that uses the 2-ohm output.

Feb 6, 2005 | 09:45 AM

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I'm going to spend MONEY!!!

Excellent!!

I'm thinking kind of big - not big like the competition guys (they spend more on their systems than I did on this whole car) but I'm definitely going for some sound.

Fifteen years ago when I was up on all the hottest stuff Rockford Fosgate was the sht, and I've seen some references to that in these forums so I'm thinking I may just go that route.

Thanks for the help!

Todd

Feb 6, 2005 | 11:05 AM

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Hey 01ArticSS..you are not that far from me. I am in NW Houston, 290 and Beltway. If you need some help let me know.

Feb 6, 2005 | 11:34 AM

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Cool - I might take you up on that. I'm out 529 a couple miles past Barker Cypress.

Gotta get permission from my "financial advisor" before actually buying what I want, though.....

Thanks! (can't find the beer mug dudes....my bad?)

Todd

BTW - I love this line on your posts!!

"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 mile per hour, you're gonna see some serious ****." -Back To The Future