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Wiring speakers to a mono car radio
In my '84 VW Rabbit, I've just replaced the CD/Stereo and reverted
back to a stock AM/FM radio. I've got a question about wiring for the speakers. The car only has two speakers (left front and right front). Each speaker has a positive and ground wire that goes from the speaker to the center of the dash for wiring to the radio. However, the radio only has one positive and one ground out. My question pertains to connecting the two speakers to the radio. Can I simply twist the two positive wires coming from the speakers together and then connect them to the corresponding place on the radio? And, of course, do the same thing with the two speakers' ground wires? Or, when hooking up two speakers to a mono radio, is there some other method I must use? Thanks, Bryan -- remove the "REMOVE" from my email to email |
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Wiring speakers to a mono car radio
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"Bryan K. Walton" wrote: In my '84 VW Rabbit, I've just replaced the CD/Stereo and reverted back to a stock AM/FM radio. I've got a question about wiring for the speakers. The car only has two speakers (left front and right front). Each speaker has a positive and ground wire that goes from the speaker to the center of the dash for wiring to the radio. However, the radio only has one positive and one ground out. My question pertains to connecting the two speakers to the radio. Can I simply twist the two positive wires coming from the speakers together and then connect them to the corresponding place on the radio? And, of course, do the same thing with the two speakers' ground wires? Or, when hooking up two speakers to a mono radio, is there some other method I must use? Thanks, Bryan There's no need for two speakers, it is mono afterall. Simply doing as you state will effectively bridge your oem stock mono radio. Chances are this is a no go, unless this is how it was originally designed to be connected. -- -Cyrus *coughcasaucedoprodigynetcough* |
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Wiring speakers to a mono car radio
Bryan K. Walton wrote:
In my '84 VW Rabbit, I've just replaced the CD/Stereo and reverted back to a stock AM/FM radio. I've got a question about wiring for the speakers. The car only has two speakers (left front and right front). Each speaker has a positive and ground wire that goes from the speaker to the center of the dash for wiring to the radio. However, the radio only has one positive and one ground out. My question pertains to connecting the two speakers to the radio. Can I simply twist the two positive wires coming from the speakers together and then connect them to the corresponding place on the radio? And, of course, do the same thing with the two speakers' ground wires? Yes. |
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Wiring speakers to a mono car radio
On 2006-06-26, Cyrus wrote:
There's no need for two speakers, it is mono afterall. Except that the two existing speakers are built in to the dash on the outside corners of the dash. I've got them both, I'd like to use them if I can. Even if the sound quality won't be stereo. Simply doing as you state will effectively bridge your oem stock mono radio. Chances are this is a no go, unless this is how it was originally designed to be connected. By what do you mean a "no go" -- that it simply won't work, or that it might break something? Thanks, Bryan -- remove the "REMOVE" from my email to email |
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Wiring speakers to a mono car radio
On 2006-06-26, Matt Ion wrote:
question pertains to connecting the two speakers to the radio. Can I simply twist the two positive wires coming from the speakers together and then connect them to the corresponding place on the radio? And, of course, do the same thing with the two speakers' ground wires? Yes. Thanks for the reply. Just to be sure, is there any danger of breaking one/both of the speakers by doing this? -- remove the "REMOVE" from my email to email |
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Wiring speakers to a mono car radio
Bryan K. Walton wrote:
On 2006-06-26, Matt Ion wrote: question pertains to connecting the two speakers to the radio. Can I simply twist the two positive wires coming from the speakers together and then connect them to the corresponding place on the radio? And, of course, do the same thing with the two speakers' ground wires? Yes. Thanks for the reply. Just to be sure, is there any danger of breaking one/both of the speakers by doing this? Nope. The only POSSIBLE issue you'd have is the lower impedance of two speakers vs. the original one putting a higher load on the deck's amp, but since you're not likely to be trying to blow the windshield out with this setup, I don't see there actually being an issue there. |
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Wiring speakers to a mono car radio
On 2006-06-26, Matt Ion wrote:
Thanks for the reply. Just to be sure, is there any danger of breaking one/both of the speakers by doing this? Nope. The only POSSIBLE issue you'd have is the lower impedance of two speakers vs. the original one putting a higher load on the deck's amp, but since you're not likely to be trying to blow the windshield out with this setup, I don't see there actually being an issue there. Great. Thanks again! -Bryan -- remove the "REMOVE" from my email to email |
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Wiring speakers to a mono car radio
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"Bryan K. Walton" wrote: On 2006-06-26, Cyrus wrote: There's no need for two speakers, it is mono afterall. Except that the two existing speakers are built in to the dash on the outside corners of the dash. I've got them both, I'd like to use them if I can. Even if the sound quality won't be stereo. Simply doing as you state will effectively bridge your oem stock mono radio. Chances are this is a no go, unless this is how it was originally designed to be connected. By what do you mean a "no go" -- that it simply won't work, or that it might break something? Thanks, Bryan May possibly break the internal amp. -- -Cyrus *coughcasaucedoprodigynetcough* |
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Wiring speakers to a mono car radio
On 2006-06-27, Cyrus wrote:
In article . com, "Bryan K. Walton" wrote: By what do you mean a "no go" -- that it simply won't work, or that it might break something? May possibly break the internal amp. So, if my main concern is protecting the stock AM/FM radio, even at the expense of sound quality, should I wire the speakers in series, instead of in parallel? Other than sound quality, is there any risk to doing the wiring in series? Thanks again, Bryan -- remove the "REMOVE" from my email to email |
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Wiring speakers to a mono car radio
On 2006-06-26, Matt Ion wrote:
Bryan K. Walton wrote: Thanks for the reply. Just to be sure, is there any danger of breaking one/both of the speakers by doing this? The only POSSIBLE issue you'd have is the lower impedance of two speakers vs. the original one putting a higher load on the deck's amp, but since you're not likely to be trying to blow the windshield out with this setup, I don't see there actually being an issue there. Hi again Matt, One final question for you, the same as I asked Cyrus. I've read up enough on speaker wiring in the last 12 hours to understand that the setup I've been referring to is wiring the speakers in parallel. So my followup question is this: My PRIMARY (if not ONLY) concern is protecting this stock AM/FM radio -- afterall, they are somewhat hard to find these days. :-) Given that, should I wire the two front speakers in series rather than parallel? This will reduce the load on the radio, correct? Other than also reducing my sound quality, are there any pitfalls to doing this? Thanks, Bryan -- remove the "REMOVE" from my email to email |
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Wiring speakers to a mono car radio
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"Bryan K. Walton" wrote: On 2006-06-27, Cyrus wrote: In article . com, "Bryan K. Walton" wrote: By what do you mean a "no go" -- that it simply won't work, or that it might break something? May possibly break the internal amp. So, if my main concern is protecting the stock AM/FM radio, even at the expense of sound quality, should I wire the speakers in series, instead of in parallel? Other than sound quality, is there any risk to doing the wiring in series? Thanks again, Bryan The sound quality issue is negligible IMO. Series wiring will present a higher impedance load on the amplifier. In other words its easier for the amp but will also give you in theory half the wattage. -- -Cyrus *coughcasaucedoprodigynetcough* |
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Wiring speakers to a mono car radio
On 2006-06-28, Cyrus wrote:
The sound quality issue is negligible IMO. Series wiring will present a higher impedance load on the amplifier. In other words its easier for the amp but will also give you in theory half the wattage. Thanks again. I just rewired the two speakers in series. For my purposes, I think it will work fine. Thanks for your help. -Bryan -- remove the "REMOVE" from my email to email |
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Wiring speakers to a mono car radio
Bryan K. Walton wrote:
On 2006-06-26, Matt Ion wrote: Bryan K. Walton wrote: Thanks for the reply. Just to be sure, is there any danger of breaking one/both of the speakers by doing this? The only POSSIBLE issue you'd have is the lower impedance of two speakers vs. the original one putting a higher load on the deck's amp, but since you're not likely to be trying to blow the windshield out with this setup, I don't see there actually being an issue there. Hi again Matt, One final question for you, the same as I asked Cyrus. I've read up enough on speaker wiring in the last 12 hours to understand that the setup I've been referring to is wiring the speakers in parallel. So my followup question is this: My PRIMARY (if not ONLY) concern is protecting this stock AM/FM radio -- afterall, they are somewhat hard to find these days. :-) Given that, should I wire the two front speakers in series rather than parallel? This will reduce the load on the radio, correct? Other than also reducing my sound quality, are there any pitfalls to doing this? No pitfalls, other than the potential that one speaker cutting out will cause them both to cut out. Really, those old radios are pretty robust - I seriously doubt you'd ever see a problem wiring the speakers in parallel. |
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Wiring speakers to a mono car radio
On 2006-06-28, Matt Ion wrote:
No pitfalls, other than the potential that one speaker cutting out will cause them both to cut out. Really, those old radios are pretty robust - I seriously doubt you'd ever see a problem wiring the speakers in parallel. Thanks again Matt. I went ahead and wired them in series. I'm sure you are right about my not having any problems with the wiring in parallel, but with a 22 year old radio that can't be replaced (and not knowing how it was originally wired) I'm not willing to take any chances. I drove in to work this morning, with the speakers in series, and was quite happy with the sound. Thanks again! Bryan -- remove the "REMOVE" from my email to email |
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