YACarAudioT: Question about amps...

[Ns1]

So my HU got jacked and instead of buying a new HU, I want to just run my ipod straight to an amp...

So my question is, I only have front speakers. Can I get a 4chan amp, use 2 chan's to power the front, and bridge the other 2 to power my sub? How would the wiring on that work?

Amp is a JLw3 - d4 (I think lol)

 

[MikeMike]

how the hell do you plan on doing this?

you need voltage for a good signal to your amp, and the Ipod SURE AS HELL cant provide the 1.5+ volts that you should be sending to the amp.

MIKE

 

[Drakkon]

4 channel AMP
+- +- (channels 1/2 front speakers)
+(-+)- (channels 3/4 sub)
usually this puts channels 3/4 in "bridge" mode for subs...connecting the positive of one terminal and using the negative of the other...
it will sound like crap though if ur amp isnt made to handle this sort of thing (active controls for all 4 channels + bridge mode)

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
how the hell do you plan on doing this?

you need voltage for a good signal to your amp, and the Ipod SURE AS HELL cant provide the 1.5+ volts that you should be sending to the amp.

MIKE

dunno, sounded pretty good in my head haha

 

[95SS]

Technically yes, but there won't be enough input voltage. Just get another HU.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: 95SS
Technically yes, but there won't be enough input voltage. Just get another HU.

i don't exactly live in the safest neighborhood...

isn't there something i can use to jack up the voltage? i remember seeing something but i can't exactly remember what it's called...

 

[95SS]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: 95SS
Technically yes, but there won't be enough input voltage. Just get another HU.

i don't exactly live in the safest neighborhood...

isn't there something i can use to jack up the voltage? i remember seeing something but i can't exactly remember what it's called...

You could get a line driver, like an Audio Control MVC. Give me a sec...

Edit - Audio Control Overdrive

 

[Drakkon]

OOPS first link stupidly took from googl without reading properly

maybe this is: http://sundries.blogspot.com/2004/11/peripheral-pxdp-ipod2car-ipod-car.html

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: 95SS

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: 95SS
Technically yes, but there won't be enough input voltage. Just get another HU.

i don't exactly live in the safest neighborhood...

isn't there something i can use to jack up the voltage? i remember seeing something but i can't exactly remember what it's called...

You could get a line driver, like an Audio Control MVC. Give me a sec...

http://www.sounddomain.com/item/PHOTLD22

i dunno the quality of them however.

MIKE

 

[nakedfrog]

Get a headphone amp, run the iPod into that, and the output to the real amp. Build yourself a little LM386 amp for $5-10 and use that if you'd like.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: Drakkon
http://www.expansys.com.au/product.asp?code=113646 - theres a ton of stuff like these to hook an ipod to an amp...

hehe... that has to do with a jacket that Burton put out called the AMP... not a car amp.

MIKE

 

[95SS]

If it were me, I'd get this. It wouldn't be obvious, like a HU, and would do everything you need (Volume, line driver, and crossover, along with EQ and bass control).

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: 95SS
If it were me, I'd get this. It wouldn't be obvious, like a HU, and would do everything you need (Volume, line driver, and crossover, along with EQ and bass control).

or you get a in dash deck with removable face plate, and use security screws to install it with, also cover every wire in yellow heatshrink, even though this is suggested more for alarms than headunits, because the wires for the airbags are also yellow.

MIKE

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1

Originally posted by: 95SS
If it were me, I'd get this. It wouldn't be obvious, like a HU, and would do everything you need (Volume, line driver, and crossover, along with EQ and bass control).

or you get a in dash deck with removable face plate, and use security screws to install it with, also cover every wire in yellow heatshrink, even though this is suggested more for alarms than headunits, because the wires for the airbags are also yellow.

MIKE

wires are meaningless. they just rip out teh HU.

i'm not worried about my car getting stolen, but i can't really do anything about it getting broken into