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Thread: How to connect speakers to amp? |
   
Bronze Member Username: Highstone
Post Number: 46 Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 06:43 pm: |
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hi.. how do i connect my 4 speakers to a 4 channel amp.? do i disconnect old speaker wire and take new speaker wire and install it from each speaker to the amplifier.. OR do i take new wire and attach it to the Head Unit harness to the individual speaker wire? |
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Gold Member Username: Theelfkeeper
Stockbridge,
GA
USA
Post Number: 1442 Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 06:45 pm: |
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disconnect the old wires, you can leave them in place so if you ever decide to sell, all the factory wires will still be there, and run new wires from the crossovers/amp/HU to the speakers. |
   
Bronze Member Username: Highstone
Post Number: 47 Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 06:58 pm: |
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ok.. i'm planning to run the power cable for the amp on the driver's side and the RCA on the passenger side.. i was wondering is it ok to run the driver side speaker wire with the power cable of amp? will it give off any noise... or is ther another way? |
   
Gold Member Username: Rovin
Trinidad & T...
Post Number: 6787 Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 07:38 pm: |
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run ur power cable on 1 side of the transmission tunnel & rcas on the opposite side then run ur speaker wires along the opposing sides of the flooring - thats how i do mine & i get absolutely no noise .... |
   
Bronze Member Username: Highstone
Post Number: 54 Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 04:42 pm: |
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ok .. another problem.. how do i connect the speakers in the door panel to amplifier? the only thing that is comming in from the door is a 2 inch wire.. which i guess has multiple wires in it for the window and door locks etc.. how do i connect the speaker wire to the speakers in the door front door panels and bring it inside the car so i could run them under the carpet? |
   
Silver Member Username: Dustin3
Tigard,
Or
U.S.
Post Number: 627 Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 07:16 pm: |
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rovin, what do you mean transmission tunnel? never heard of that before.. and run ur speaker wires along the opposing sides of the flooring?? |
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