anyone tried putting an house amp & sub & speakers in a car?, with digital inputs Options

[lubu]

has any one try this before? Im thinking of putting a logitech 5.1 channel suround speakers with TXH ceritified in my car ...it has digital inputs so im going to try to make a toslink cable hooking it with the clarion hxd2. But that will leave 8 channels preouts useless...argh

...should i go with digital and ditch all the sound filters like time alignment and x-over and such or should i go with the preouts???

[cHinaman727]

has any one try this before? Im thinking of putting a logitech 5.1 channel suround speakers with TXH ceritified in my car ...it has digital inputs so im going to try to make a toslink cable hooking it with the clarion hxd2. But that will leave 8 channels preouts useless...argh

...should i go with digital and ditch all the sound filters like time alignment and x-over and such or should i go with the preouts???

i posted something kinda like this earlier... i have a house sub i want to put in... long story short, people said i would be better off buying a system made FOR a car.

[soven]

It is good for a temporary setup but not for a permanent setup

[Shocker]

my uncle put some in his big ass SUV and i think they sound prettty good, but his suv is as big as my room.

[airfron]

A subwoofer normally used for home audio can be very effiicient if done properly depending on the subwoofer, box and amp you can actually have better bass than most car subwoofers. My friend has a civic with a 12" jl audio w3 in a ~2 cu/ft box powered by a jl audio 500/2 watt amp and he even says that my system hits harder and sounds clearer than his.

I have an Adire Audio 12" Shiva Mark III subwoofer powered by a 450 watt monoblock Alpine amplifier in a 2.75 cu/ft box. everything cost me a total of $150 because i got the sub for real cheap and the amp used off of a member on here. I am very impressed and extremely content with the results i've gotten from my setup.

[soven]

You have a Clarion HXD2 so you better get a pretty damn good system for it . The HXD2 is a fine piece of equipment.

Airfron, he is talking about Logitech speakers which are PC computer speakers or home prepackaged speakers from how I read it, correct me if wrong. Home audio drivers are ok to use in cars.

If you want to find out more about using home audio drivers in car, check this forum:
www.diymobileaudio.com

[lubu]

You have a Clarion HXD2 so you better get a pretty damn good system for it . The HXD2 is a fine piece of equipment.

Airfron, he is talking about Logitech speakers which are PC computer speakers or home prepackaged speakers from how I read it, correct me if wrong. Home audio drivers are ok to use in cars.

If you want to find out more about using home audio drivers in car, check this forum:
www.diymobileaudio.com

right now im pretty much broke... thats why im thinking of putting these in first and when i have money i'll buy the right components for it..the logitech z-680 isnt so bad, was the best pc 5.1 in 2002. I dunno if i can even mount the speakers,maybe i have to use the old oem ones...

[soven]

Just use your oem speakers for now, it looks tacky having computer speakers in the car. It is ok-ish in terms of sound but I rather have the OEM speakers in there.

[laff09]

right now im pretty much broke... thats why im thinking of putting these in first and when i have money i'll buy the right components for it..the logitech z-680 isnt so bad, was the best pc 5.1 in 2002. I dunno if i can even mount the speakers,maybe i have to use the old oem ones...

Having the best PC speakers is like having the biggest dong under 6". Whats the impedance of the speakers, and the headunit? Mismatching impedance will lead to one of two things...melted speakers or a blown head unit. and the Total Harmonic Distortion, THD, of the speakers? Please please, PRETTY PLEASE, just use your old stock speakers until you can save up for new speakers. I have customers try to skimp on audio all the time. Just because you can theoretically connect the speaker wire to the speaker and cause sound to come out, doesn't mean it works properly.... I had some guy come in wondering why his receiver blew a channel...Turns out he wired two speakers into the same speaker wire clip on the back of his receiver..sure it worked for a little while..

http://www.parts-express.com/index.cfm?&am...k=parts-express

^thats where I get my drivers from, whether building custom home theater speakers or just gawking at all the pretty set ups. BTW if you play it loud, stay away from Silk dome tweeters, if you use tweeters.

This post has been edited by laff09: Aug 9, 2007 - 12:24 PM