How do I hook up my home stereo's subs to my 98 audi a4 without the bose?
05-24-2001, 04:51 PM
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How do I hook up my home stereo's subs to my 98 audi a4 without the bose?
Is this possible?
can i just take out the wires for the rear speakers and put in the wires from the subs?
WIll it work?
Remember i have the non bose system.
I am just trying this for fun.
can i just take out the wires for the rear speakers and put in the wires from the subs?
WIll it work?
Remember i have the non bose system.
I am just trying this for fun.
05-24-2001, 05:10 PM
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Don't do it!!!!
If the resistance of home stereo sub is too low (below 4 ohms), you could blow your head unit instantly.
Besides, the head unit puts out a pathetic amount of power. You wouldn't even hear it.
Besides, the head unit puts out a pathetic amount of power. You wouldn't even hear it.
05-24-2001, 05:46 PM
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Rear speaker connectors only have line level signals, would need to tap the speaker lines at the....
cones of the rear speakers themselves. (The rear driver speaker assembly has a stereo power amp (10W per channel), which is fed by the line level outs of the head unit. The second channel then drives the passenger rear side speaker. The subwoofer would probably sound fine, assuming it is reletivly efficient. You would be surprised how little power it would take to drive it.
05-24-2001, 05:51 PM
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OK. You won't blow the head unit...
Good thing you checked.
But it's still a bad idea. The subs are designed for a lot more power than your head unit puts out.
Not too many people know this, but you can actually damage a speaker by not putting enough power through it. That's why you'll sometimes see a power range on a speaker's specs. You shouldn't go below the the power range.
Your head unit probably only produces about 8 watts RMS per channel. I'm sure that that is well below the sub's power range. Besides, you won't even hear it.
Note that I said RMS (sometimes called continuous) wattage, not peak wattage. Audi's claims about the power output of the stereo are measured in peak wattage, which any stereo guy will tell you is the bulls#$t way of measuring power.
Home audio and car audio are totally different systems that should never be cross-bred.
Just say no.
But it's still a bad idea. The subs are designed for a lot more power than your head unit puts out.
Not too many people know this, but you can actually damage a speaker by not putting enough power through it. That's why you'll sometimes see a power range on a speaker's specs. You shouldn't go below the the power range.
Your head unit probably only produces about 8 watts RMS per channel. I'm sure that that is well below the sub's power range. Besides, you won't even hear it.
Note that I said RMS (sometimes called continuous) wattage, not peak wattage. Audi's claims about the power output of the stereo are measured in peak wattage, which any stereo guy will tell you is the bulls#$t way of measuring power.
Home audio and car audio are totally different systems that should never be cross-bred.
Just say no.
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