Running speakers through switches

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif Uh.... just fade foreward on the HU....

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif Uh.... just fade foreward on the HU....

I was gonna say....

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[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

thats sensible....eh, whatev

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

Is that not going to work for you for some reason?

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

i think he wants a wow factor

 

[GemaRastem 10+ year member]

you can either fade, or you can put a switch inline with the + terminals, it won't mess up the resistance

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

bdawson72 ...that pretty much it. I want something that u wont find/very rarely find in any other system and i want to be able to not fiddle with settings to do this...just a flip of the switch would be much more convinient. Thanks for the responses guys

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

a remote volume would have the same effect without interupting the current path.

Yes it would however the potentiometers are only suited for one controlled circuit output, so he would have to have 2 seperate volume knobs, 1 per speaker. Unless there is products out now that 1 knob resists 2 indpendent circuits, but I don't think there is.

it's called a remote volume knob. it is TWO pots on one shaft (crazy huh!). done A LOT for in-home wiring. They are not small nor cheap and are duty-rated by watts.

IF he could handle RCA level fading, there are universal gain knobs out there. Next would be a velleman kit for something like that. Last choice is a DPST switch. (first would be the FADER)

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

You could put the David Navone N-22V volume knob in-line with the RCA's, and then you can control the volume of the rear speakers independently.

Found here.

 

[xi2elic 10+ year member]

I tried this once when I was in high school. I wanted to be able to turn all my speakers off so that I wouldnt blow them up when I burped in the spl lanes (speakers were powered by the head unit). I tried hooking up a switch to each speaker, but some (distorted) noise still got through the switch when flipped off. I'm not sure why/how... Nevertheless, switches on the speaker wires is not a practical way to go. Just fade it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

I tried this once when I was in high school. I wanted to be able to turn all my speakers off so that I wouldnt blow them up when I burped in the spl lanes (speakers were powered by the head unit). I tried hooking up a switch to each speaker, but some (distorted) noise still got through the switch when flipped off. I'm not sure why/how... Nevertheless, switches on the speaker wires is not a practical way to go. Just fade it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

It's probably the A/C voltage arcing over the switch. Mostly you used a shitty switch that wasn't ment for what you used it for.

Not trying to get down on you, but that's probably what happened.