Stereo Project

(ttuclint) · (ttuclint) **Join Date: Sep 2003** 03-19-2006, 10:25 PM

not finished yet, but off to a good start.

- Ebay speaker cans - $100
- Polk db675 - $80
- Monster Clamps - $80
- MTX 4202 amp - $50
- Pioneer DEH-P480MP HU - $121

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(ttuclint) · (ttuclint) **Join Date: Sep 2003** 03-19-2006, 10:26 PM

(ttuclint) · (ttuclint) **Join Date: Sep 2003** 03-19-2006, 10:27 PM

Malibu owners will know what those last two pics are about. Took about an hour to get those two speakers out.

(attila916) · (attila916) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 03-19-2006, 10:39 PM

Dude, are those cans considered ballast? What do those bad boys weigh?

(mikeski) · (mikeski) **Join Date: Aug 2003** 03-19-2006, 10:55 PM

Same cans I have, they are actually really light, fairly thin aluminum. Interesting to see them with Monster clamps.

(99_slaunch) · (99_slaunch) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 03-20-2006, 4:02 PM

Why so long to remove those two?? Looks like you need a snap-on mini screwdriver about an inch tall.

(skydog96) · (skydog96) **Join Date: Mar 2002** 03-20-2006, 4:05 PM

cause u need to take the windsheild off to get to them...

i had my whole stereo stolen bout 2 yrs ago. 02 vlx. they took everything. amps, racks, batteries, steering wheel.subs, only thing they left.. were those 2 speakers.. lol.. grrrr

(99_slaunch) · (99_slaunch) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 03-20-2006, 5:22 PM

It's hard to see that from the pic. Sorry to hear you got JACKED Skydog. Sounds like someone had a vlx that needed you're part's.

(boarder_x) · (boarder_x) **Join Date: Mar 2006** 03-20-2006, 5:30 PM

Where did you get the speakers? Also from Ebay? Great price.

Sorry about getting Jacked!!!!!!!!! Not cool.

(ttuclint) · (ttuclint) **Join Date: Sep 2003** 03-20-2006, 9:14 PM

wiring check

is this the correct way I need to wire these up ?

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(yosquire) · (yosquire) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 03-20-2006, 10:01 PM

That'll give you a 2 Ohm load on your amp..

(yosquire) · (yosquire) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 03-20-2006, 10:16 PM

No, according to the MTX manual, that amp is not stable at 2ohms in bridged mode. You'll fry the amp.

This would give you ~100 watts RMS total -- or 50 watts per speaker..
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You can wire them normally (not bridged) but you're still going to get 50 watts per speaker.

(yosquire) · (yosquire) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 03-20-2006, 10:24 PM

An hour to get the dash speakers out! damn it.. I want to pull my cheese ball sony xplods... maybe I'll leave them in for looks and clip the wires on the back.

(ttuclint) · (ttuclint) **Join Date: Sep 2003** 03-20-2006, 10:28 PM

hmm, then how is it possible to get 100 watts x 2 into a 2 ohm load as the manual says you can.

Would this require different a different speaker setup or what ?

(sound_illusions)

The amp is a two-channel amp. Your rating go as follow:

Probly 50 x 2 @ 4 ohms
100 x 2 @ 2 ohms
and Probly 200 X 1 at 4 ohm

The amp is probly only 4 ohm stable in mono configuration. If you want your amp to see 2 ohms stereo then you need to add two more speakers.

Clint- You could have removed the whole window as one and saved yourself a bunch of time, instead of turning the srewdriver about a 1/16 of a turn each time. How do I know this? I used to own an older Malibu with the speaker mounts like this. Then I found the eaiser way to do it.

(ttuclint) · (ttuclint) **Join Date: Sep 2003** 03-20-2006, 10:38 PM

Quote:

could have removed the whole window as one

the idea of this scared the crap out of me, so 1/16 turns I went.

(yosquire) · (yosquire) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 03-20-2006, 10:48 PM

The manual says
"100 Watts x 2 into a 2 Ohm Load" That'd look like either of these:
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to maximize that amp, you may want to do this: (this way, each speaker will still see 50 Watts of power, but you'll have 4 speakers seeing 50 watts, verse just two seeing 50 Watts - so the volume should double..?..)
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(Message edited by yosquire on March 20, 2006)

(ttuclint) · (ttuclint) **Join Date: Sep 2003** 03-20-2006, 10:56 PM

alright, well the plan is to eventually have 4 tower speakers so it is good to know that I can get the same out of this amp with 4 as it will be with the 2 for now. Thanks for the info.

Gonna be a few weeks till I get a chance to finish everything up, rain this last weekend really slowed us down.

(ttuclint) · (ttuclint) **Join Date: Sep 2003** 04-09-2006, 8:40 PM

finished up

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