Installing car subs in home?

danny0291 · Post by **danny0291** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:54 pm

The title pretty much explains my question. I have some old subs laying around and was wondering how hard it would be to hook them up in my apartment. How would I go about doing this, and is it even worth it?

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:12 pm

It's not hard at all as long as your amplifier can set a low pass frequency and it supports the ohm load given to it.

It isn't like head units or car amplifiers, speakers are interchangable between car and home.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:27 pm

look at partsexpress.com
they sell plate amplifiers pretty cheaply for home audio subs
use that to power the car subs.
you can buy everything ya need including the enclosure at that site for the DIY types.

danny0291 · Post by **danny0291** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:51 pm

What about if I wanted to put a car headunit in too? I know it'd be easier to just hook it up to a home CD player but just wondering how much extra work it would take, or if it would just be a fire hazard?

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:37 am

More work than its worth, yes a possible fire hazard depending on your wiring skillz

ridr4lif · Post by **ridr4lif** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:52 am

You would need to bring a car battery into your house. Car audio stuff is 12 volts when home stuff is 110. That just spells disaster.

TEDD

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 9:34 am

its not that hard just get a 12volt power supply and hook it up to that. i got an OZ audio sub hooked up to my home stereo and i had a bravox before and a couple W0's

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:42 am

somewhere i've read that RE 8's would make decent subs for home use.. hrm?

also, how do those in-store testing type centers work? do they have an ass of car batterys hooked up or something? (ie where you go and press a button for your HU, speakers, and ins ome places subs and amps and other crap)

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:45 am

they have a 12volt power supply like a 50amp or so. it takes 120volt ac and converts it to 12volts DC.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:37 pm

you need a high current 12VDC power supply rated for 50-100A or more to handle amplifiers in a house. you can get away with the cheaper 2.5 or 5 amp models from radio shack for a head unit alone, but it wouldn't have the pwoer to drive a sub.
your best bet is still that plate amplifier I mentioned before.
Adire Audio's subs (Shivas for example) work very well in homes. they were originally marketed as home audio subs.