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tweetdriver63 wrote:When I replaced my speakers, they also had two of the larger connectors, instead of one small and one large. I don't remember which is pos and which is neg, but I clipped the correct one on the speaker down to the proper size for the smaller connector on the wire to fit it. More than one way to skin a cat, as they say. I find that speakers are something that you can take saving money on too far. Quality is very important. I have Blaupunkt component speakers in the front and two-way Clarion speakers in the back, along with an Alpine head unit and Alpine amp in the boot. The weak link in my system is the cheap subwoofer mounted in the hood stowage area. It's on my list of things to remedy.
Fetnas wrote:Hey Lotusflasherman, I suspect it was the heat from the amp module the caused the problem, I remember old cassette tape head units would also cause the tape to get very hot. When you think about it, the unit is trying to pump out 4 x 40W in a pretty confined space with limited air flow. The MP3 unit will still get hot, but I suspect an SD card is a littel more heat tolerant but there will still hopefully be a thermal overload protection circuit in there somewhere.
Just my 2 cents.
HJ2 wrote:Hahaha!
But how does it sound? Or is it all just rattles
lotusflasherman wrote:They are 80w, so I can't blow them with the radio
rip wrote:lotusflasherman wrote:They are 80w, so I can't blow them with the radio
Yes you can & it is almost as easy as having too much power.
You can easily blow them by 'clipping'. This is when you push up the volume beyond the limits of your amplifier (or amplification stage of the head unit).
chrisP wrote:Hi just to say that speakers are positive/negative connection critical, if you don't get it right, the the cone will move forward instead of backwards.
Best Regards
Chris
lotusflasherman wrote:chrisP wrote:Hi just to say that speakers are positive/negative connection critical, if you don't get it right, the the cone will move forward instead of backwards.
Best Regards
Chris
But doesn't really matter which is which, but very important that they are all the same, otherwise some are producing noise and others anti-noise...
Lotus speaker loom & OE speakers had different size spade connectors so impossible to get it wrong but speakers I fitted had same size so have changed them and error is now possible.
Phil
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