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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Seppuku' date='Sep 17 2002, 01:33 PM
ok i have a 10" sub in a enclosure sitting in my room right now but i dont have an amp. How bad would it sound if i just spliced some wires and ran it that way for a little while? and whre do the wires run so i can do this?
It would sound pretty bad if you could even power it enough with your head unit and no amp.... It's really not worth it. The sub is designed for low frequencies, not full range and the head unit just doesn't have the power you need. To wire it, you'd have to tap into one of the speakers in series I guess (parallel wiring would definitely fry the head unit's puny internal amp) which would give you even less power than just disconnecting a rear speaker and using that channel for the sub.



Trust me, its not even worth your time.
Old Sep 18, 2002 | 04:49 PM
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I don't know how much you want to spend but here is a decent 4 channel amp for $200:



http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-BYmEE...MRPF200&o=p&a=0



Here is one with some more power:



http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-BYmEE...575300X&o=p&a=0



If you get a 4 channel with built in crossovers, you can run your single sub off of 2 channels bridged and up to 4 speakers for the highs off the other 2 channels. Alpine amps have never let me down...
Old Sep 18, 2002 | 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Seppuku' date='Sep 17 2002, 10:33 AM
ok i have a 10" sub in a enclosure sitting in my room right now but i dont have an amp. How bad would it sound if i just spliced some wires and ran it that way for a little while? and whre do the wires run so i can do this?
oh gawd no, bbq electronic components-bad news

It sounds like you dont need enclosure specs? PM details



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Old Sep 19, 2002 | 11:19 PM
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i still want those specs im just trying to get some little something together now to last me until i can go all out.
Old Sep 19, 2002 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by FCmaniac' date='Sep 18 2002, 05:49 PM
I don't know how much you want to spend but here is a decent 4 channel amp for $200:



http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-BYmEE...MRPF200&o=p&a=0



Here is one with some more power:



http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-BYmEE...575300X&o=p&a=0



If you get a 4 channel with built in crossovers, you can run your single sub off of 2 channels bridged and up to 4 speakers for the highs off the other 2 channels. Alpine amps have never let me down...
thanks for the links ill have to check those out later :bigok:
Old Sep 19, 2002 | 11:23 PM
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I see. Im coming along nicely w/ the enclosure specs, I may go ahead and build one for ***** and grins ill post 'em the minute im done



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Old Sep 20, 2002 | 12:00 AM
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ok cool.
Old Sep 20, 2002 | 12:01 AM
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you should build two and give me one.
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