Will This Setup Work? (i May Be Dreaming)

[slip]

Putting a stereo in the Maxima.

Will be front splits, rear 2-3ways, and maybe a sub.

If I run a 4 channel amp, with fronts and sub amped, and rears just off the head unit, will this work. Will the rears get a bit more power as the fronts/sub are amped?

Or - will the rears start getting nasty when the volume is up loud (loud where a normal 4 speaker unamped system would be distorting).

Dont really want to shell out for 2 amps.

are 6x9 rears going to give noticably more bass, and bass range than straight 6's. Yeah they are a wierd shape but are there really gains there?

I have no idea about car audio.

thanks.

[dangerous_daveo]

Are you planning on having people in the back of the car often? If not just dont worry about rear speakers. Maybe just get some 4inchs? They should be ok for rear fill, and you wont need to run as much power to get as nice of a sound (as they arent playing bass). Also cheaper, so you can either save money, or spend more on better speakers.

The sub is for bass, so 6x9s are pointless if you are running a sub.

Other than that should work. Might just need to adjust the rears until they dont distort.

[BH_SLO32]

I run a similar setup in my cars (R31 and R32) and my sister had her car (Lancer) setup by Autobahn the same ie. Front speakers and 12" sub are run off a 4 channel amp and the rear speakers run off the head unit. If you are running a sub I wouldn't get too excited about the rear speakers. I have found some quality 6" speakers (eg Boston) give better bass than cheaper 6x9's. Either way a decent sub and appropriately sized amp will give awesome output.

I haven't encountered any distortion of the rear speakers when cranked up which maybe a reflection of the strength of the output of the speakers run off the amp.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

[frx026]

This is a recipe for a good sounding easy to set up everday system.

I have done over the years many cars like this, front and sub off the amp, rears off the deck.

Here's a few tips

- you wont get extra power from the deck for the rears simply by only running two speakers. The decks internal amps is not set up lie this.

- High pass the front speakers to take the bass out of them. This will help to give more volume from the front, better sound quality and most likely reduce the resonant frequency inside the door which may reduce vibration ( rattles) in the doors

- Low pass the sub.

- Load the sub by facing away from the cabin. This way when seats are up/down you get the same bass. ( ever seen those cars when they open the boot boom, i got bass, close the boot nothing) loading is important

Now if you want to do something a little different, take your 6x9's, a set of wire cutters and chop off the pig tail wire that runs to the tweeters. This will give you a cheap alternative to bying dedicated midranges. You will not gain any volume by this and it will sound dull in the back seat of the car, but really, screw the back seat, unless of course you spend a lot of time in it yourseld when the car is being driven around.

You can also buy caps for the 6x9's to take a little bass out them.

Cheers..

[-=white angel=-]

Great tips frx026, I was always uncertain of these things! I did however know about them as issues when installing a system.

This is a recipe for a good sounding easy to set up everday system.

I have done over the years many cars like this, front and sub off the amp, rears off the deck.

Here's a few tips

- you wont get extra power from the deck for the rears simply by only running two speakers. The decks internal amps is not set up lie this.

- High pass the front speakers to take the bass out of them. This will help to give more volume from the front, better sound quality and most likely reduce the resonant frequency inside the door which may reduce vibration ( rattles) in the doors

- Low pass the sub.

- Load the sub by facing away from the cabin. This way when seats are up/down you get the same bass. ( ever seen those cars when they open the boot boom, i got bass, close the boot nothing) loading is important

Now if you want to do something a little different, take your 6x9's, a set of wire cutters and chop off the pig tail wire that runs to the tweeters. This will give you a cheap alternative to bying dedicated midranges. You will not gain any volume by this and it will sound dull in the back seat of the car, but really, screw the back seat, unless of course you spend a lot of time in it yourseld when the car is being driven around.

You can also buy caps for the 6x9's to take a little bass out them.

Cheers..