Hook Your Door Speakers To An Amp!

[Big Dee 10+ year member]

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Yeah I remember my first door speaker amp. It was a Clarion APA450 running 4 Sony XS-W5721's. Those were in the days when I thought Sony was the shit. Boy was I wrong! But even on crappy speakers, amps make a huge difference. I bet you ain't gonna stop here though. I started off with 4 sony speakers on an aiwa head unit. now I've got 2 four-channel amps and an equalizer in my van running an active 3-way front stage. Not to mention the 15" L7 and 1000w mono amp. Go figure.

 

[JRoc 10+ year member]

My speakers are not comps...one reason I didnt get comps is cuase I didnt want to deal with seperate tweeters, kick panels, etc. I know Sony is said to be crappy & overated...but I got the 4 chan bridgable amp brand new for about $95, it has enough watts for me. And yes, when I do get the 2 subs hooked up I will turn the bass down of the 4 speakers.

On my next truck I will get a whole new system. It will prolly be a 04/05 quad cab Dodge Ram 1500. I'll prolly get 1 10" Alpine Type X which is 1000W RMS or 4 8" Assassins which would be 1400 RMS or maybe 2 10" Arsenals which would be 1500 RMS. I'd also get an amp or 2 that would unleash the full power of these subs. I'm gonna do all my shopping online cause thats a hell of alot cheaper. I'd also get 0/1 gauge wiring, good alternator and a better battery. And a better 4 channel amp.

 

[Bosaliniee 10+ year member]

so has anyone actually answered the question about hooking up the amp to the door speakers? if not, you can run the speaker wire from your amp over to the door jam and throught the hole that all teh other wires go through from the door to the interior, or you can run the wires up behind the new deck and wire them to the aftermarket harness that has the speaker locations you are looking for(not the wires going to the deck but out to the speakers)

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

he's already got it hooked up, he was commenting on the difference it made

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

so has anyone actually answered the question about hooking up the amp to the door speakers? if not, you can run the speaker wire from your amp over to the door jam and throught the hole that all teh other wires go through from the door to the interior, or you can run the wires up behind the new deck and wire them to the aftermarket harness that has the speaker locations you are looking for(not the wires going to the deck but out to the speakers)

I wasn't aware there was a question about hooking the amp up to the door speakers.

This wasn't an inquisitive thread but rather an informative one. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

Had you actually //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/read.gif.ff512c499c00ed3faae9a20f4b088b29.gif you'd have known that! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif

 

[Bosaliniee 10+ year member]

ok, sorry geeeeze, i was half asleep and just looking through threads, now that im awake it makes much more sense.

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

since this thread has become informative, my 2 cents are that running an amp to you door/dash speakers helps the life span of a H/U. ever turn the music up on an aftermarket H/U to a high volume for a period of time then take the CD out and find it hot like a cup of coffee? running an amp allows the H/U to not burn up from the internal amp as it uses less power from just sending signals thru your RCAs.

my H/U smoked up twice with 1-2month spans from the internal amp going out when i didn't run an external amp. the technician that fixed my H/U recommended a 2-4 channel amp for my speakers. so now i run one, 9 months running w/o ANY issues or burning CDs... flame on!