how does this setup sound?
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External amp:
Alpine Alpine MRP-F450.
Your Front speakers are 4 ohms
Sail speakers are 2 ohms
Hatch speakers are 2 ohms
Connect the RIGHT sail and hatch speakers togather so you have a 4 ohm load then connect it to the amp.
Connect the LEFT sail and hatch speakers togather so you have a 4 ohm load then connect it to the amp.
Look at the sticky because it will tell you what wires go to where.
Alpine Alpine MRP-F450.
Your Front speakers are 4 ohms
Sail speakers are 2 ohms
Hatch speakers are 2 ohms
Connect the RIGHT sail and hatch speakers togather so you have a 4 ohm load then connect it to the amp.
Connect the LEFT sail and hatch speakers togather so you have a 4 ohm load then connect it to the amp.
Look at the sticky because it will tell you what wires go to where.
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Just a very bad idea IMHO... You'll lack power for the sails, and they wont be LPF from the amp...and if you do, the hatch wont get the higher freqs......
Plus, using high level inputs is never a good idea... RCAs off of an aftermarket deck is a much better option. If no aftermarket deck, then Monsoon amp will suffice. It may be a little low on the power side, but nothing wrong with it other than that.
So much more could be added to what I said, but to keep it simple - replacing the factory Monsoon amp with an aftermarket amp the way you suggested is not a good idea.
Plus, using high level inputs is never a good idea... RCAs off of an aftermarket deck is a much better option. If no aftermarket deck, then Monsoon amp will suffice. It may be a little low on the power side, but nothing wrong with it other than that.
So much more could be added to what I said, but to keep it simple - replacing the factory Monsoon amp with an aftermarket amp the way you suggested is not a good idea.
No deff. not use anything else besies the RCAs if you are going to an aftermarket amp, because if you use something else for the aftermarket amp (not RCAs) you would be looking at trouble.
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Thats what i ment sorry that i didnt ad that it there also. I was just saying use the factroy speaker wire to run the sound to the speakers.
No deff. not use anything else besies the RCAs if you are going to an aftermarket amp, because if you use something else for the aftermarket amp (not RCAs) you would be looking at trouble.
No deff. not use anything else besies the RCAs if you are going to an aftermarket amp, because if you use something else for the aftermarket amp (not RCAs) you would be looking at trouble.
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the speakers are all 4 ohms and i cant remember rms, i think 150 or 180. are you saying i can use the aftermarket H/U with the stock amp and new 4 ohm speakers?
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Connect the RIGHT sail and hatch speakers togather so you have a 4 ohm load then connect it to the amp.
Connect the LEFT sail and hatch speakers togather so you have a 4 ohm load then connect it to the amp.
Look at the sticky because it will tell you what wires go to where.
Connect the LEFT sail and hatch speakers togather so you have a 4 ohm load then connect it to the amp.
Look at the sticky because it will tell you what wires go to where.
Talk to Crutchfield, thats what they told me. There tech. advice told me to do exactly that for mine except my sail and hatch speakers were 4ohms each so i brough them down to a 2 ohm load.
All i did was what Crutchfield told me to do, and i would think they would know what to do.
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Ok, the H/U is 50Wx4 channel
this is what I dont get, the front of the box says 4ohm, but the back of the box says Nominal impedance is 2 ohms (and crutchfield clearly says 2 ohms..)... why is that?
but other than that
the 6012i in the doors:
power range: 2-60 watts RMS (180 watts peak power)
frequency response: 53-21,000 Hz
sensitivity: 92 dB
the 6022i in the sail panels:
2-ohm impedance
power range: 2-60 watts RMS (180 watts peak power)
frequency response: 53-21,000 Hz
sensitivity: 93.4 dB
5022i in the trunk:
2-ohm impedance
power range: 2-45 watts RMS (135 watts peak power)
frequency response: 67-21,000 Hz
sensitivity: 92.6 dB
this is what I dont get, the front of the box says 4ohm, but the back of the box says Nominal impedance is 2 ohms (and crutchfield clearly says 2 ohms..)... why is that?
but other than that
the 6012i in the doors:
power range: 2-60 watts RMS (180 watts peak power)
frequency response: 53-21,000 Hz
sensitivity: 92 dB
the 6022i in the sail panels:
2-ohm impedance
power range: 2-60 watts RMS (180 watts peak power)
frequency response: 53-21,000 Hz
sensitivity: 93.4 dB
5022i in the trunk:
2-ohm impedance
power range: 2-45 watts RMS (135 watts peak power)
frequency response: 67-21,000 Hz
sensitivity: 92.6 dB
