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Novice trying to hook up EQ/aux input
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<blockquote data-quote="blomster" data-source="post: 7686393" data-attributes="member: 640363"><p>Thanks, DUAL10S... that was helpful. I'm actually somewhat leaning towards getting an amp, but I'm hoping to avoid the more involved aspects of the installation such as redoing parts of the electrical system. I looked for a while to find the specs of the factory stereo, but I can't actually find how many watts/channel the factory amp puts out (though 25 sounds like a pretty reasonable guess). I was considering a 50 watts/channel amp, something like the Alpine MRP-F300. Do you think I'd be ok running this without modifying the electrical system? You mentioned e.g. using 8g wire, which surprised me a little since the harness for the factory radio uses something like 16g wire for everything from power to speaker signals... what would the consequences of using the stock wiring with a 50 watt amp be? (I know what wires are connected to which speakers, and if/when I replace the speakers I can get adapters for the factory speaker harnesses, so running new wires would actually be more of a pain than using the stock wiring.) Thanks again for the feedback!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blomster, post: 7686393, member: 640363"] Thanks, DUAL10S... that was helpful. I'm actually somewhat leaning towards getting an amp, but I'm hoping to avoid the more involved aspects of the installation such as redoing parts of the electrical system. I looked for a while to find the specs of the factory stereo, but I can't actually find how many watts/channel the factory amp puts out (though 25 sounds like a pretty reasonable guess). I was considering a 50 watts/channel amp, something like the Alpine MRP-F300. Do you think I'd be ok running this without modifying the electrical system? You mentioned e.g. using 8g wire, which surprised me a little since the harness for the factory radio uses something like 16g wire for everything from power to speaker signals... what would the consequences of using the stock wiring with a 50 watt amp be? (I know what wires are connected to which speakers, and if/when I replace the speakers I can get adapters for the factory speaker harnesses, so running new wires would actually be more of a pain than using the stock wiring.) Thanks again for the feedback! [/QUOTE]
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