Roford Fosgate p162s wiring

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Topic: Roford Fosgate p162s wiring

Posted By: ajctodd
Subject: Roford Fosgate p162s wiring
Date Posted: February 17, 2006 at 2:21 PM

Question....

1.)What happens if let's say you lengthen your factory speaker wire that's 16 gauge to a 12 gauge wire running to your speakers? That's bad right?

2)I just bought a pair of rockford fosgate 6''1/2' component punch speakers and when i hooked them up to my jvc head unit, it sounded like crap when i turned it up, and i know these speakers a re made for loud play...What's going on?

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Adam J. Todd

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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: February 17, 2006 at 2:51 PM

Nothing necessarily wrong with changing the wire size. As far as the speakers sounding like crap goes, what you put in is what you get out. Feed it a crappy clipped signal and that is what they will play. Regardless of the wattage claim on the speakers, if you are not using a amplifier and are still using the cd player to drive the speakers, don't look for any major gains in tonal response until you add a dedicated amplifier. Your cd player struggles to produce between 14-18 w rms of power (not the 50 or 60w x 4 it may claim). You need more power to bring those speakers to life.

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Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.

Posted By: ajctodd
Date Posted: February 18, 2006 at 1:00 AM

Thanx that helps alot ... really preciate it

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Adam J. Todd