replace home woofer w/ car woofer?
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Topic: replace home woofer w/ car woofer?
Posted By: jl.w7
Subject: replace home woofer w/ car woofer?
Date Posted: September 26, 2007 at 10:33 AM
I blew my dad OLD hitatchi tower speakers with a 12" woofer and i cant find a replacement home audio woofer, so i was just going to buy a cheap 12" car sub and replace it with that. Will that work??
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(2)Infinity 3.5" 3012CF
(2)Infinity 6x9 9612I
(1)Sony CDXGT710
(2)MTX TC510 and,
A load of dynamat!
1982 Chevy Cavalier
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Posted By: sarcomax
Date Posted: September 26, 2007 at 10:41 AM
Watch the ohm rating and recommended enclosure size. home ususally = 8ohm
Posted By: jl.w7
Date Posted: September 26, 2007 at 10:43 AM
ya the sub is 4 ohm and the crossover is 6. Would a resistor help???
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MECP Certified
(2)Infinity 3.5" 3012CF
(2)Infinity 6x9 9612I
(1)Sony CDXGT710
(2)MTX TC510 and,
A load of dynamat!
1982 Chevy Cavalier
Posted By: audiocableguy
Date Posted: September 26, 2007 at 11:11 AM
look at partsexpress.com They usually have something that will work. No use can't use a resistor, do a forum search and read why.
"jlaudio till i die" you have alot to learn . . .
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: September 26, 2007 at 2:32 PM
jl.w7] wrote:
blew my dad OLD hitatchi tower speakers with a 12" woofer and i cant find a replacement home audio woofer, so i was just going to buy a cheap 12" car sub and replace it with that. Will that work??
Will it work? Sure. Will it sound good? Not a chance. The only way to replace a woofer in a commercial set of speakers and have any chance at all of it sounding correct is to replace it with the exact same woofer. Since it's an "old" Hitachi speaker, the chances that you'll find a suitable replacement are slim to none. Time to buy new speakers. ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: jl.w7
Date Posted: September 27, 2007 at 9:30 AM
Ya unfortunately replacement speakers that add up to the quality and sound of these speakers are about $700.00 and up.. He originally purchased them for $1500.00 like 15 years ago.
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MECP Certified
(2)Infinity 3.5" 3012CF
(2)Infinity 6x9 9612I
(1)Sony CDXGT710
(2)MTX TC510 and,
A load of dynamat!
1982 Chevy Cavalier
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: September 27, 2007 at 10:42 AM
What's the model number of the speakers? ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: duoproductionx
Date Posted: September 27, 2007 at 11:29 AM
I actually got good results doing this with a cheapo subwoofer in an old cabinet speaker box.(did some modding as well :D) Pics if anyones interested
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Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: September 27, 2007 at 4:02 PM
duoproductionx wrote:
I actually got good results doing this with a cheapo subwoofer in an old cabinet speaker box.(did some modding as well :D) Pics if anyones interested
we always like pics :)
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