house speakers....in the car?

[i.c.]

anyway...i got some 12 inch house speakers and i was wondering if i could rig them up so i don't have to use my "current" system


so anyways...will this work? i know somebody who had like 6 house speakers in his car and it made his trunk lid shake crazily

[dXsquared]

i ran 2 lage tower speakers in my Volkwagen wagon... 2 12's 2 mids and 2 tweets... i bridged them to a small amp and ran them off a discman... it was sooo ghetto...

if you can, just get a larger amp and sub... it will sound much better and be alot neater

Travis

[i.c.]

i was thinking that....but 130 for 1 sub and 1 amp?

[dXsquared]

you can get a cheapo set of 12's and a small no name amp for way less than 130 bucks... wont be the BEST, but it will bump OK... sound like ass and maybe only last a year

Travis

[i.c.]

lol....i'm gonna have the good shit in my truck not in the accord....but it will still work in the car right?

[dXsquared]

will what work in the car?

[i.c.]

the house speakers....all the wiring is on them and everything...oh and is it possible to hook an amp up to them?

[dXsquared]

yah... what kind of house speakers are you talking about? they are usually 8 ohm, so get a small amp and bridge them both, it will make a 4 ohm load... make shur you set the crossover on the amp to FULL so the mids and tweets will play what they are supposed to

Travis

[i.c.]

[dXsquared]

i wouldnt waste your time.. those are just MID;s and Tweets.. they wont sound nice at all and produce very little bass...just hook a bigger amp to those little subs in your trunk

Travis

[i.c.]

thanks man....then those are getting hooked up to the tv now...

[BDaccordguy]

i used to have two optimus house speakers with the tweets mids and 15" subs and it sounded pretty good, but was ghetto. I ran them with a 240W pioneer amp and it hit pretty well. Just do whatever man, try it out and if u dont like it, they dont have to stay in the trunk.

[Hash_man_Se_i]

Just go get something like some MA audios. They are dirt cheap here. My friend got 3 10s in a box for $200 Canadian NEW!... and they sound good, and pound hard.

You can also get a 12 for like $69. Its nuts, they are cheap, and then you could pick up some cheap amp. Dont waste your time with house speakers.

[POS carb]

it'll work in the car but it will usually be an 8 ohm speaker vs car usual 4 ohms. Car amps are also rated at 4 ohms so an 8 ohm load will usually cause your amp to run at 1/2 power. If you have 2 house subs wire them parallel and it will be 4 ohms.
Also house speakers may not last as long, especially if they are in direct sunlight