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<blockquote data-quote="Beau M" data-source="post: 7859379" data-attributes="member: 641620"><p>I decided to make a pass through adapter for the x9331 plug also. I ordered the plug ends form across the pond, everything else came from Radio Shack or my spare wire box.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0668.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>See the "disk drive power extension" cables? Those have a male and female 4 pin molex plug, and plenty of wiring, assembled, for 3 bucks. I will be using them for my speakers.</p><p></p><p>Here is me crimping and soldering all the wires for the connector.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0669.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0670.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I ended up with this. I made sure to use big gauge wire where needed. The two pigtails are where I will tap into the front speaker level outs, then send my amplified levels back in.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0671.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>These will be crimped on to the speaker wires going back to and comming from the amp:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0672.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Here is a shot of the amp all wired up, and the line out converter I used from autosound2000 (Dave Navone).</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0673.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Now for the fun part. Which atually did turn out to be fun, and relatively easy. The front stage.</p><p></p><p>These are the components I chose, CDT CL-61A with upgraded 1" silk dome tweets. They get decent reviews online, and were only 130 bucks shipped.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0674.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>First the tweeter comes out.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0676.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Then remove the cat.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0677.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I cut out my tweeter mounting plates as soon as I pulled the first tweeter because I know they would take some time for the paint to dry.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0678.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beau M, post: 7859379, member: 641620"] I decided to make a pass through adapter for the x9331 plug also. I ordered the plug ends form across the pond, everything else came from Radio Shack or my spare wire box. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0668.jpg[/IMG] See the "disk drive power extension" cables? Those have a male and female 4 pin molex plug, and plenty of wiring, assembled, for 3 bucks. I will be using them for my speakers. Here is me crimping and soldering all the wires for the connector. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0669.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0670.jpg[/IMG] I ended up with this. I made sure to use big gauge wire where needed. The two pigtails are where I will tap into the front speaker level outs, then send my amplified levels back in. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0671.jpg[/IMG] These will be crimped on to the speaker wires going back to and comming from the amp: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0672.jpg[/IMG] Here is a shot of the amp all wired up, and the line out converter I used from autosound2000 (Dave Navone). [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0673.jpg[/IMG] Now for the fun part. Which atually did turn out to be fun, and relatively easy. The front stage. These are the components I chose, CDT CL-61A with upgraded 1" silk dome tweets. They get decent reviews online, and were only 130 bucks shipped. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0674.jpg[/IMG] First the tweeter comes out. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0676.jpg[/IMG] Then remove the cat. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0677.jpg[/IMG] I cut out my tweeter mounting plates as soon as I pulled the first tweeter because I know they would take some time for the paint to dry. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0678.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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