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nxtgenaud

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Posted: January 26, 2006 at 2:47 AM / IP Logged

ok here is my problem i have a 94 honda accord with a pioneer head unit it has aftermarket speakers but only four i want to upgrade it to six with a center speaker but i dont know how to go about wiring it. since on the back of my head unit it only has on the wiring harness for front and rear like any other wiring harness how do i do it if it helps my stereo has front rear and sub preouts

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Posted: January 26, 2006 at 5:49 AM / IP Logged

Simple answer: don't wire up any more than four speakers to your head unit. Your deck has preouts, which means that you can connect an amplifier. If you wanted to do some upgrades, that's how you should start.

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godblessdremil

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Posted: January 26, 2006 at 8:36 AM / IP Logged

A center channel is useless any way if your radio isn't rdy for or has an add in for 5.1.

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Posted: January 26, 2006 at 10:39 AM / IP Logged

A center channel would be alright if you use a bandpass x-over... (vocals only)

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Posted: January 26, 2006 at 7:57 PM / IP Logged

You need a dedicated center channel crossover, or a 5.1 decoder, and dedicated amps for the front channels and the center channel. Several companies make these, the best ones I've ever heard are from Alipne.

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Posted: January 26, 2006 at 8:27 PM / IP Logged

to get the 5.1 sound may run a few bucks but if you do dyohn is right alpine makes some reall nice high end stuff but unless you are watching movies a center channel doesnt really do much for music that is generally recorded in nothing more than stereo

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Trust me man though when you find a song in 5.1 its incredible.

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