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My friend has a 2001 buick regal ls with the monsoon system. He blew the rear speakers (a set of 6x9 and a set of 4"). He took his car to a local shop and had them hook up a set of kove 6x9 in place of the factory 6x9 and did away with the 4" all together.

The koves are 2ways, they use both the channels from the old 4" and 6x9's (sorta active if you will.)

The problem is the factory cross over cuts out all lows, no mid bass at all, only highs...

Other than the koves 6x9 he wants to keep the system stock.

Is running a line out and amp to the koves the only way to get the lows back?

Sorry if I dont make any sense but I'm really freaking tired.

he needs to bypass the factory EQing/crossovers.
not the easiest task with those crappy monsoon systems since everything is designed to be integrated.

In general how would a person go about that?

How does the signal run? Like in what order?

head unit > crossover > amp > speakers?

Head unit > amp > crossover > speakers?

hmmmmm.....

i think on the monsoon systems the crossover is built into the amp as opposed to a passive unit....if you pull the hu out of the dash if i remember right you will be able to pick up a full range signal there but it wont be as loud as the amplified setup....the wiring codes should be on the radio somewhere (again someone correct me if im wrong this is all memory)

smoker wrote:i think on the monsoon systems the crossover is built into the amp as opposed to a passive unit....if you pull the hu out of the dash if i remember right you will be able to pick up a full range signal there but it wont be as loud as the amplified setup....the wiring codes should be on the radio somewhere (again someone correct me if im wrong this is all memory)

As I expected.... Anybody know If I can pick up a full range signal just before the amp (around the rear deck)? For simplicity purposes I prefer not to pull the head unit out and new wire back if I can avoid doing so. Yeah, so I'm lazy.