Swapping the rear speakers out (Monsoon)

[802]

When i purchased my GA both the rear speakers were blown. I decided to remove them and sense then i've been relying on my front speakers. I did a little research today, and i found out that the rear monsoon 6x9s are both DVC and 2 ohm. I didn't want to replace the blown speakers with more stock speakers so i tried to find some other dvc 2 ohm 6x9s to replace them with. No dice. I decided that the next best thing would be to find a pair of 2 ohm svc 6x9s. Ultimately, this would work but i would only be able to get approx half of the wattage to the new speakers. (The monsoon amp provides 4 wires per speaker because they are DVC, one set powers the tweeter and the other powers the woofer.)

Soooooo i did what everyone else has said NOT to do and cut the input and output wires to the amplifier, Spliced them and cut the amp out of the equation for the rear speakers.

With the amp out of the way i can now sucessfully install four ohm svc speakers, which is what i plan to do.

For shits and giggles i tied some 6.5in 4 ohm pioneer speakers to the rear deck, and wired them up.

*Now i didnt take the time to bypass the front speakers (as i had no need to at this time)*


Everything worked as it should but man did the front speakers (powered by the monsoon amp) blow the rear speakers out of the water. I had to set the fade to 80% rear just to get some equality.


NOW TIME FOR THE QUESTION >


I intend to replace the rear speakers with actual 6x9s sometime within the next week, Would you guys reccomend bypassing the amp for the front speakers aswell? Or should my new speakers be able to compete with the front 4x6s?



(I know there are a few threads allready discussing this matter I just felt like sharing what i've done with yall, and getting some feedback)

-802

 

[802]

I intend to keep it like this for the next week.

hehehuhehe

 

[802]

Unrelated but my head unit has bluetooth audio streaming, which is the only way ive listented to music thus far. Decided to use a wire on the aux setting and what a difference. Bluetooth is convient and works well but nothing compaires to a wired setup. at $12 a pop, them shoestringed 6.5s are bumpin!

 

[y2ksunfire]

don't see why you cant run 4ohm 6x9 on one side for the woofer and get some 4ohm tweeters (make sure to use the proper crossover for them)for the tweeter side, its ok to use a 4ohm on 2ohm applications amp wont run as hot and you lose a little power or you could get two sets of 4ohm 6x9 and two sets of 4ohm tweeters and run them parallel to get 2ohms just a thought

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[802]

don't see why you cant run 4ohm 6x9 on one side for the woofer and get some 4ohm tweeters (make sure to use the proper crossover for them)for the tweeter side, its ok to use a 4ohm on 2ohm applications amp wont run as hot and you lose a little power or you could get two sets of 4ohm 6x9 and two sets of 4ohm tweeters and run them parallel to get 2ohms just a thought

I think (have not tested this) that my head unit provides more power per channel then a 4 ohm speaker would recieved paired with the monsoon amp. As the Resistance has doubled the wattage will cut in half. I like the idea of running 2 sets of svc tweeters and 6x9s in parallel but i would have a hell of a time trying to find a good place for the additional set.

 

[dedwards]

I have two Sony XploderZ 6x9" in the back of my car with stock wiring and runs perfectly fine, no issues at all. Take a gander at them, they are pretty nice for wal-mart mid-grade specials.