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Oct 18, 2004

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adding more speakers

how many speakers can you add on to a factory head unit?
just wondering.

12?
16?
100?

Oct 18, 2004

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usually u cant add on anymore to a stock deck... if you mess with the ohms then most likely ur deck will fry..

Oct 18, 2004

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WHOA!^ KA_BOOM!!!! LOL

ok now lets take a aftermarket HU.

hey vietfob, from the 714 area?
me too! westminster here!

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100's

Oct 18, 2004

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if properly wired, an infinite amount

Oct 18, 2004

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you aren't really going to start adding speakers though, are you?

Oct 18, 2004

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^no,
im just wondering

Oct 18, 2004

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you aren't really going to start adding speakers though, are you?

thats funny...

Oct 18, 2004

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if properly wired, an infinite amount

absolutely

Oct 18, 2004

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If you can keep it above 4 Ohms, You can put as many as you want.

Oct 19, 2004

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If you can keep it above 4 Ohms, You can put as many as you want.

Thats the key. If the deck is rated at 4 ohms ..... then you can add as many speakers as you want as long as the resulting ohms of all the speakers when wired up is greater than 4 ......

Oct 19, 2004

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Thats the key. If the deck is rated at 4 ohms ..... then you can add as many speakers as you want as long as the resulting ohms of all the speakers when wired up is greater than 4 ......

EDIT:
drugs are bad and make you give stupid answers... hehehe

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Oct 20, 2004

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not necessarily

too high of a load can cause problems as well

remember the law of conservation of energy: energy cannot be created nor destroyed, it can merely change in phase

too high of a load can also cause in overheating

Can you elaborate on this ...... never heard of that before.

I know that dropping the ohm load increases the current, which increases the power output, hence why its bad, and things cook themselves on too low of ohm loads.

I assumed that increasing the ohms simply reduced current flow, hence reduced power. Therefor no chance at killing it. Isn't the worst case of this simply not hooking a speaker up at all, hence an infinite resistance.

Oct 20, 2004

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Can you elaborate on this ...... never heard of that before.

I

wow... yeah... i smoked too much last night and entirely forgot what subject i was talking about
im editing myself

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wow... yeah... i smoked too much last night and entirely forgot what subject i was talking about
im editing myself

That is honesty for ya a$$

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Lud,
Now it looks like you're calling Joe's answer stupid. HA. What a tangled web we weave, when we practice to smoke . . .

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EDIT:
drugs are bad and make you give stupid answers... hehehe

I see you replied and was all excited. I was expecting a huge complicated answer and thought I might even learn something ....... only to be let down and find out you were stoned ..... lol

Drugs are bad ... Mmmm-k.....