room system?

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

in my room i have speakers hooked up like 6x9's and stuff just by running wire from the stereo to the speaker. But i tried to do this to a 12" sub and it didnt even do anything.

So im asking y it will not work is there not enough power getting to it or sumthing or do i have to have a different kind of wire im just trying to hook it up using plain thin standard speaker wire thanks

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[traksta15 10+ year member]

probably not be the right ohm's, not enough power maybe, i guess...........

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

so is there anyway i will be able to hook it up?

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

its a real bad idea to hook a car audio sub to a home theater receiver. most ht rec. are geared to handle 8 ohm loads and most car audio subs are 4 ohms or less. on top of that your sending a full range signal to to speaker that can only take from 23-200hz or so.

 

[Dark-18 10+ year member]

I used to have 2 mtx 12s hooked up in my room. I just used a car battery and hooked a battery charger up to the the battery and the car amp to the battery. It worked but didn't get as loud as when in a car.

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

I used to have 2 mtx 12s hooked up in my room. I just used a car battery and hooked a battery charger up to the the battery and the car amp to the battery. It worked but didn't get as loud as when in a car.

ah----nothing like recharging a car battery in an enclosed area. extremely smart thing to do.

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

^^lol.......im a naughty post *****!!!!!!

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

to the original poster - you need a plate amp to hook your sub to your home system.

Parts Express has them.