Hooking up two 8ohm drivers without an amp...

[ghosted 10+ year member]

Okay, I have two 6.5" Dayton drivers. Single 8ohm. My rear deck puts out 4ohms, If I run them in parallel to a 4ohm load to the drivers would that work? Shouldnt the concept be like hooking up two drivers to a mono amp?

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[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

How does a rear deck "put out 4 ohms"?

Also, how are you going to cross them over?

nG

 

[ghosted 10+ year member]

How does a rear deck "put out 4 ohms"?
Also, how are you going to cross them over?

nG

Well, What I meant was the rear deck is being powered by my headunit which does 60x4 @ 4ohm. And I dont know/didn't know I had to cross them over.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Your deck does not do 60x4 @4ohm... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

nG

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

What 6.5's do you have? Link me to them...

nG

 

[ghosted 10+ year member]

Your deck does not do 60x4 @4ohm... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif
nG

Yeah, I guess not lol. I thought they did, I hadnt checked into what its power range was since before I bought it. It was a guess, but **** I was way off lol.

Link:

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=295-306

 

[boostNbeer]

Wow dude youre screwed, sell those speakers, Your deck puts out MAYBE 15watts rms

You bought the complete wrong speakers, sell them, and pick up a 4 ohm lesser power replacement

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Wow dude youre screwed, sell those speakers, Your deck puts out MAYBE 15watts rms
You bought the complete wrong speakers, sell them, and pick up a 4 ohm lesser power replacement

Yup, buy these if you need something...

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=299-274

nG

 

[Upgrayedd 10+ year member]

I put the 5.25" version of those vifa in my cavi when I returned it to stock. Not a bad factory "upgrade" at all

 

[ghosted 10+ year member]

I bought those speakers a long before I got this headunit with intentions of amping them, I came across them in the garage a few days ago and hooked them up and they just didnt sound right. That's when I noticed they said 8ohm on the magnet cover. Which is why I made this thread. I would have tried it, seeing how incredibly easy it is to connect two wires but my car is at the shop. While browsing for an amp for my subs it made me think of this subject, and I got intrigued. That is all //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

You also can't bridge your HU, you'd be running them mono off of ONE side of the HU... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

nG

 

[ghosted 10+ year member]

You also can't bridge your HU, you'd be running them mono off of ONE side of the HU... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif
nG

That's all I need to know. thx