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 Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: Can I drive auto speakers with a home amp? |
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Hi All,
I want to know if it's possible to drive 4" 2-way Blaupunkt car
speakers (100W, 4 ohm) with a home amplifier. I have a Sony 200W 2
channel amp that I would like to put to use. If I understand
correctly, I could run two of the Blaupunkts in series to get an 8 Ohm
load on one channel, but then I would have a max of about 50W per
speaker on that channel.
Does that sound right? Anything else I should know in doing this?
Help us much appreciated.
Best,
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Walt
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| Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:39 pm Post subject: Re: Can I drive auto speakers with a home amp? |
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damonseeley@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | I want to know if it's possible to drive 4" 2-way Blaupunkt car
speakers (100W, 4 ohm) with a home amplifier. I have a Sony 200W 2
channel amp that I would like to put to use. If I understand
correctly, I could run two of the Blaupunkts in series to get an 8 Ohm
load on one channel, but then I would have a max of about 50W per
speaker on that channel.
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Yes, you can drive a car speaker with a home amplifier. The hard part
is getting an extension cord long enough so that you can actually drive
somewhere. (c:
Seriously, though, do you have four of these Blaupunkt thingees, or only
two? What is the model of the Sony? Is it rated for 4 ohms?
Basically speakers are speakers and amps are amps and you can mix and
match as long as you don't present a too low an impedence load to the
amp. Note that if your Blaupunkt thingees are meant to be mounted in a
door or on the dash they won't have any low end response unless you put
them in an enclosure - if the back side is open to the world, no bass
for you.
//Walt |
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Todd H.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:51 pm Post subject: Re: Can I drive auto speakers with a home amp? |
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damonseeley@gmail.com writes:
| Quote: | Hi All,
I want to know if it's possible to drive 4" 2-way Blaupunkt car
speakers (100W, 4 ohm) with a home amplifier. I have a Sony 200W 2
channel amp that I would like to put to use. If I understand
correctly, I could run two of the Blaupunkts in series to get an 8 Ohm
load on one channel, but then I would have a max of about 50W per
speaker on that channel.
Does that sound right? Anything else I should know in doing this?
Help us much appreciated.
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It'll work. might sound like crap, but it'll work.
When you put multi-way speakers in series, you may experience loading
of the crossovers such that you change crossover frequencies and make
things sound worse than you might expect.
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