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Installing car subs in home?
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:54 pm
by danny0291
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?
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:12 pm
by William from NOLA
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.
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:27 pm
by GlassWolf
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.
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:51 pm
by danny0291
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?
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:37 am
by Ryan from Ohio
More work than its worth, yes a possible fire hazard depending on your wiring skillz
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:52 am
by ridr4lif
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
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 9:34 am
by sinister audio
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
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:42 am
by Darthness
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)
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:45 am
by sinister audio
they have a 12volt power supply like a 50amp or so. it takes 120volt ac and converts it to 12volts DC.
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:37 pm
by GlassWolf
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.