preouts

[Unregistered]

hey um, i have a tahoe, and i need to get some preouts to the back, but have stock cd player. can't I clip wires to back speaker and clip some rca's and put em all back together and get my preouts out of the speaker wire? I think i've seen it done, but these ppl were by no means professionals! If not, what do I need to get to some preouts to the back where my amp is?

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[maylar 10+ year member]

There are "line level converters" made just for that purpose. Basically they're just a resistor network that drops the high voltage levels from the speakers down to something the RCA inputs on an amp will handle.

You should've bought an amp that has that feature built in. Most do.

 

[Unregistered]

okay, when you said, you should have bought an amp that has that feature... what feature?? one that i could clip speaker wires and wire in rca's and the amp will convert it to something the amp could handle, or is the line converter necessary?

 

[cfurtick 10+ year member]

I think what he meant was that some amplifiers come with "high level inputs". This means you would not need the line out converter to reduce the current from the speaker wires. RCA inputs on amps can not handle the voltage coming from your factory deck therefore you need a LOC to achieve the proper voltage to run into your amp. hope this helps

 

[Unregistered]

Originally posted by Unregistered okay, when you said, you should have bought an amp that has that feature... what feature?? one that i could clip speaker wires and wire in rca's and the amp will convert it to something the amp could handle, or is the line converter necessary?

no thats not what i ment you fukin dumb ass .

 

[dbaxter01 10+ year member]

Originally posted by maylar You should've bought an amp that has that feature built in. Most do.

It's been my experience, although somewhat limited, that most amps do NOT come with speaker level inputs.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Unregistered okay, when you said, you should have bought an amp that has that feature... what feature?? one that i could clip speaker wires and wire in rca's and the amp will convert it to something the amp could handle, or is the line converter necessary?

Yes. Sorry I wasn't more specific. Some amps have speaker level inputs, as cfurtick said, that connect directly to the speakers instead of using the RCA jacks.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

Originally posted by Unregistered no thats not what i ment you fukin dumb ass .

a little hostile there huh??? try relaxing and taking a deep breath before you respond to someone that took what you said and tried to make sense of it ok??....heh....

 

[taylor 10+ year member]

LOC **** anyways, i used to run a factory hu in my car, but it hurt my sq and spl, till i got rid of it and bought an aftermarket h/u, replacing oem stuff is the best thing you can do.