car subwoofers in home

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Topic: car subwoofers in home

Posted By: superproducer34
Subject: car subwoofers in home
Date Posted: August 07, 2003 at 2:18 PM

I have a funny question yall might think its stuped but I was wondering how would I power a car amp in my home to run two 12" subs, what would I need? Thanks for all your help.

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Posted By: ViperATC5
Date Posted: August 07, 2003 at 8:04 PM

a power supply capable of tranforming household AC to 12v DC in the correct amount of amperage for your amp

Posted By: LAUR
Date Posted: August 10, 2003 at 2:30 PM

You will need a very big power supply .

But you can conect the subs to a home amplifier .

Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: August 15, 2003 at 7:45 PM

I would suggest you use a home amplifier. Running a car amplifier in your house is possible, but the power supply system you would need is more expensive than buying a good "indoor" amp would be. I use a set of older Infinity Beta 10's in my house now, by the way, powered by an old Phase Linear amp I had sitting around... Sounds great.

Posted By: Nocturnal
Date Posted: August 27, 2003 at 10:41 PM

You may want to mind impedance matching. A lot of car audio components are designed for 2 or 4 Ohm, while the typical home stereo is 8 Ohm. This mismatch will make your home stereo amp very unhappy over time.

Posted By: defective
Date Posted: September 02, 2003 at 7:46 AM

Yeah, Listen to Nocturnal....... i fried a Harmon amp that way...... great for testing but not a long term decision unless you bridge it right..... grin.. now i gotta buy a new reciever.

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