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Title: Wiring computer output through car amp to cab speakers?
Post by: Dougmeister on June 09, 2005, 03:51:41 pm

Picked up a cheap car amp.  My cab came with four built-in speakers.  Have some speaker wire.

If I don't care about stereo sound (amp is only mono anyway), how do I hook 'em up?  Just get some old headphones, etc. for the 1/8" jack then cut off  the earphones on the other end and splice the speaker wires to them?

(Then run wire to amp, then to speakers)

Title: Re: Wiring computer output through car amp to cab speakers?
Post by: SS427 on June 09, 2005, 04:35:59 pm

Suggest using a stand alone computer power supply (this is how mine is setup) instead of hooking up to your computer power supply...or power thru other means.

Here's a link to Zakk's site over at Massive giving amp install instructions.

http://www.mameworld.net/massive/How-to/Amp_Install/amp_install.html

ss

Title: Re: Wiring computer output through car amp to cab speakers?
Post by: ShinAce on June 09, 2005, 06:40:47 pm

For the amount of volume you'll need, I recommend wiring all four speakers in SERIES.

Title: Re: Wiring computer output through car amp to cab speakers?
Post by: CJK on June 09, 2005, 07:52:15 pm

Quote from: SS427 on June 09, 2005, 04:35:59 pm

Suggest using a stand alone computer power supply (this is how mine is setup) instead of hooking up to your computer power supply...or power thru other means.

Definitely. You don't want to kill your PC (even if temporarily) if you turn up the volume at a party or something.

-- Chris