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Anonymous Mon Oct 8 09:58:24 2018 No.1477042 [Reply] [Original]

Is it possible to rip a speaker from a home-theatre's sub and wire it into a car's amp/stereo? I know nothing about car stereo's.

When I google it people talk about using DC converters and bullshit, like they're just trying to power the sub as if it's in an outlet, but I'm more wanting to bypass all that and just use the speaker with it's 2 wires, and hook it up to an actual car's amp. Would it be the same as if I bought the same size sub made specifically for cars?

I always see high-ends home theatre systems at goodwill for dirt-cheap and want to inset a 8" sub in my Cherokee's cargo area

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 11:40:31 2018 No.1477086 It is possible, you just have to solder the sub directly into the stereo. Just run a wire from the back burner of the stereo to the sub and make sure you mount it in a way that it doesn't vibrate too much.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 11:41:33 2018 No.1477087 Forgot to mention; keep me/us updated. Pics are appreciated. Good thread potential here.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 15:22:17 2018 No.1477196 >>1477042 Caredul anon its probably low wattage and fucking 8 ohms

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 15:36:03 2018 No.1477206 >>1477042 you need the driver circuit to be able to hook it to the stereo.. thats how it separates the frequencies for bass and treble, but you knew this already didnt you?

Anonymous Mon Oct 8 15:41:51 2018 No.1477211

stereo pro here: dissemble the bass box you will notice that the 110v. uses a step down transformer. eliminate that and pipe 12v. directly into the circuit board. No need for a fuse as the board has switching transistors in case you cross feed inputs. Now run the bass lead from the radio to the input wire you normally use. Add an additional 12v. pos. wire for the extra boom you want...any questions just ask I'll monitor this thread

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 15:44:51 2018 No.1477215 >>1477211 >Add an additional 12v. pos. wire for the extra boom you want what the fuck... adding another lead to power wont increase the bass... it depends on the amplifier you dumb tard.. you are a pro alright. pro piece of shit

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 15:47:30 2018 No.1477219 >>1477215 well thats no way to thank me I was sharing a trick of the trade lester

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 15:53:38 2018 No.1477226 ITT OP adds a 30 watt bass box to his 8 watt kraco stereo in his 73 pinto

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 15:54:23 2018 No.1477227 >>1477219 you dont deserve thanks. adding another lead to the 12v wont increase the bass. thats not how it works. you are a complete moron and your advice is garbage. go away newfag

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 16:01:54 2018 No.1477230 >>1477227 how can you post so much working the counter at mcdonalds limp twat?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 16:56:18 2018 No.1477252 OP comes in here asking stupid questions then gets mad when people try and help What a cunt

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 17:05:43 2018 No.1477257 >>1477227 >you dont deserve thanks. adding another lead to the 12v wont increase the bass. thats not how it works. you are a complete moron and your advice is garbage. go away newfag kek@ the newfag

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 17:06:28 2018 No.1477258 >>1477230 your mom works my corner bitch

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 17:07:55 2018 No.1477262 >>1477252 the advice given was not gonna help. OP needs to just go buy a goddamn sub thats designed for car stereo instead of nigger rigging some chink household sub from some shitty home stereo that is completely underpowered for car audio

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 17:23:25 2018 No.1477270 >>1477262 OP here thats not possible as I am on welfare and this bass box I stole out of the neighbors house. Either help or put a sock in it

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 17:25:21 2018 No.1477271 >>1477270 >I stole out of the neighbors house. fuckoff Tyrone

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 17:30:24 2018 No.1477272 >>1477271 you wan meet up bitch

Anonymous Mon Oct 8 17:43:20 2018 No.1477280

>>1477042

yeah, it'll work coz a speaker is a speaker is a speaker - you put in a signal and it vibrates and makes sound. it wont be super-duper, tho, coz it'll probably be getting the full frequency range, instead of just the lows. a normal thrift-store sub will also include a filter to remove the high frequencies. it's made of one or more coils and some capacitors. but your unit is self-powered, so the filtering is probably done electronically, coz it's cheaper that way. (so you cant separate the filter from the amplifier itself.)

but a car is such a bad acoustic environment that it prob wont make any difference.

Anonymous Mon Oct 8 18:10:00 2018 No.1477294

>>1477215
Right.
>>1477211
Goof. You can't assume the power supply is only a single rail, there could be +/- 15v for opamps and a +5v rail for logic. Could even be a switching supply, who knows what is going on in the box? Additionally you'd need to fuse it regardless, it's cheap insurance, why chance shit? And those "switching transistors" are diodes. Pick up a book, read it and get a fucking education before you spout more bullshit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 18:59:46 2018 No.1477338 >>1477230 >>1477257 >>1477258 Not him but I'm a /b/ poster and I know a samefag when I see one. Also I know jack shit about this but not having a fuse is fucking retarded, go away.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 19:06:28 2018 No.1477343 >>1477338 >I know a samefag when I see one. get a load of this dumb newfag lol

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 19:09:21 2018 No.1477346 >>1477343 >get a load of this dumb newfag lol epic lulz

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 19:13:55 2018 No.1477353 OP here I took the box apart and wired it into my amp in my car. Now my stereo smells funny and it quit working. I followed a youtube video I found. help me please now I have no tunes WTF

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 19:16:04 2018 No.1477356 FAGGOTS DERAILING MY THREAD IM FUCKING PISSED OFF NOW ILL NEVER COME BACK IN THIS POS MOTHER FUCKERS

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 8 19:37:19 2018 No.1477370 >>1477356 cool your jets princess I think I speak for all the great people here when I express my empathy for your speaker issues and questions. I'd also like to add that I have no doubt my fellow bloggers are laughing at you as loudly as I am now

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Anonymous Mon Oct 8 22:15:18 2018 No.1477460

>>1477270
>>1477270

Yes, it will work. Ironically, you could also put a sock in it, to block the port that sub box probably has, and it will sound better.

>>1477353
"took the box apart and wired it to my amp" show a photo please. There are two boxes here ( the original subwoofer cabinet and the new box you stole.

Anonymous Tue Oct 9 13:32:09 2018 No.1477730

>>1477252
(OP) I haven't even responded to anyone in this thread yet except now. Still figuring out if it's worth the trouble to try, I live in a college town I could easily buy a couple 12's, but this would honestly just be doing this for fun if it's not incredibly difficult

>>1477356
Fuck off

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