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Hi I was planning to run 16 gauge speaker wire for my install. The new speakers that i purchased came with around 12 inches of wire already terminated with the speaker connectors and a clear rubber cap that covers the connector, it looks really well done and clean. The problem is that this...

How would you set up the xover on this set up? Front Speaker Specs: 50hz - 30khz (pair of 4" & pair of 5.25") Rear Speaker Specs: 50hz - 30khz (pair 4 x 6) Sub : 50hz - 200hz (single 8 ") the front and rear channel have an active HPF (in head unit) the sub channel has an active LPF (in...

It would seem that i have two wiring options. Which one would be better of the two? thanks

it has two RCA Pre Out. CH-1+3 and Ch-2+4. I have no idea what this is

thanks for the reply... but my amp has four RCA Inputs and i will only be using two of them, dont all four RCA inputs need a signal for all the channels to work?

Hi Sorry for the noob question. I have a 4 channel amp to power my 2 dash and 2 door speakers. I have a 2 channel amp to power my 2 rear speakers. My question is how do i wire the 4 front speakers using the four channel amp? The Head Unit has 2 RCA OUT for the Front and 2 RCA OUT for the...

Hello, For the 10 inch Alpine Type E, Model SWE 1042, Alpine recommends a sealed enclosure of 0.6 - 1.25 Cubic Feet. Is that not incredibly small for a 10 inch Sub? thanks Jazz

thanks for all of the replies, you have been very helpful. Jazz

So, it CAN be done safely, right? Or should i just buy an amp that puts out 200 W RMS just to be safe?

JBL GTO 804 i took those numbers from the online PDF Manual.

Hello I want to bridge a 2 channel amp at 4 Ohm that will produce 290W RMS. The 8" Subwoofer that i want to hook up to it is rated at 200W RMS and 800W Peak. Will this cause a problem? thanks for the help.

Thanks alot for your help. Through this thread, i have learned quite a bit and now have a clearer direction of where i want to go. My current setup sounds SO bad that i serioulsy doubt the new setup will be worse. I believe that my current component problem lies in the fact that my tweeters...

I am pretty new at this and it seems that i am a little over my head at this point. I think that through this thread, i have pretty much grasped the concept of an active system versus a passive system and a 2 Way System versus a 3 Way System. I believe that i now understand enough to proceed...

If i hook up the rear coaxials on the same channel as the component's mids, would the tweeters on the coaxial even work given the bandpassed output that will be applied?