Need help wiring sail speaker
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Need help wiring sail speaker Alright......I picked up a pair of 4 ohm 6-1/2" speakers to replace my blown stock speakers. When I got the old speakers out, they had two terminals with positive and negative wires hooked up. Since my new speakers only have a single positive and negative terminal, should I put both positives and both negatives from the stock wiring harness on the respective terminals of my new speaker?
Thanks for the help, it's been about 10 years since I've done car audio and I'm a little rusty. The car is a 01 TA if it matters.
Thanks for the help, it's been about 10 years since I've done car audio and I'm a little rusty. The car is a 01 TA if it matters.
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No, in this case you want to use the longer pair of wires and just tape up the shorter pair (it doesn't really matter but the longer pair is easier to work with).
Hopefully you bought high sensitivity (efficient) speakers because you're replacing 2-ohm with 4-ohm. If the speakers are efficient enough you won't really notice the reduction in volume caused by the increased impedance. Also, remember that the signal to the sail panels carries low frequencies only - so if you bought coax speakers the tweeters won't do anything.
Hopefully you bought high sensitivity (efficient) speakers because you're replacing 2-ohm with 4-ohm. If the speakers are efficient enough you won't really notice the reduction in volume caused by the increased impedance. Also, remember that the signal to the sail panels carries low frequencies only - so if you bought coax speakers the tweeters won't do anything.
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Crap, I went ahead and double up the positives and negatives. Oh well, not the first time I had to redue something while working on the car 
I got a set of Pioneer TS-G1641R 6-1/2", they have a sensitivity of 91 db and they have a max power capability of 30W RMS, so hopefully they will be decent. They were only $49 for the par, so the price was right
I got a set of Pioneer TS-G1641R 6-1/2", they have a sensitivity of 91 db and they have a max power capability of 30W RMS, so hopefully they will be decent. They were only $49 for the par, so the price was right
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Alright, time for the review....
These things suck. Granted they sound better then a blown speaker, they don't even come close to producing the bass of the stock Delco speakers. While I was swapping speakers, I was worried these pioneers weren't going to be the best because the magnet of the stock Delco's weighed about twice as much. I know that the pioneers don't seal as well into the body as the Delco's but I don't know how much difference it will make if I make up some gaskets. At this point, I think I'm going to buy another set of Delcos and take the Pioneers out because I have no bass. I think I'll put some bass blockers on the Delcos to help prevent them getting blown as easily. So that's it, you get what you pay for
These things suck. Granted they sound better then a blown speaker, they don't even come close to producing the bass of the stock Delco speakers. While I was swapping speakers, I was worried these pioneers weren't going to be the best because the magnet of the stock Delco's weighed about twice as much. I know that the pioneers don't seal as well into the body as the Delco's but I don't know how much difference it will make if I make up some gaskets. At this point, I think I'm going to buy another set of Delcos and take the Pioneers out because I have no bass. I think I'll put some bass blockers on the Delcos to help prevent them getting blown as easily. So that's it, you get what you pay for
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Oh, I didn't realize you wanted them for subwoofer duty.
Put dacron (pillow stuffing) behind them and it should help a little. Dacron is used in speaker building to "trick" the driver into thinking it's in a bigger enclosure, which usually helps extend bass response.
I wouldn't buy Delcos, you can get better aftermarket, though I have yet to have anyone tell me what kind of clearance we have to play with back there so I can't recommend a driver 'til I find that out.
Put dacron (pillow stuffing) behind them and it should help a little. Dacron is used in speaker building to "trick" the driver into thinking it's in a bigger enclosure, which usually helps extend bass response.
I wouldn't buy Delcos, you can get better aftermarket, though I have yet to have anyone tell me what kind of clearance we have to play with back there so I can't recommend a driver 'til I find that out.
