Turning car audio equipement into a bedroom BOOM box????

[hopoffbaby]

Hi all.

I have some car audio stuff that i took from my old car when i gave up on cars and needless to say this stuff cost me a fir bit of dosh when i brought it. What i wanna know is can i somehow rig it up indoors and turn it into a sort of boom box for my room?
I have 4 500watt subs, a 1000watt amp, two 6*9's and a head unit.

Any help will earn mucho respect

Neil.

[el_oso]

set it up the same as you would for a car without the head unit. All the head unit does is read your CD/Radio/iPod/MP3 player/whatever and send a signal out. just need to find something that will send a signal to your amps. something like a CD player or if you have a Hi-Fi in your room connect the amp up to that the same way you would connect it into your car. remember a car runs on 12V and your main work on 230V. you will need a transformer

[hopoffbaby]

Ah right. Sounds simple ish. would there be a way to get the output signal that i need from my PC?

[hopoffbaby]

Also, google just told me that it might be possiable to use a computers PSU as a transformer, do you know if this is true?
Neil

[The View Askew]

You will need to splice the rear speakers to your 6x9's from the stalk adapter.


Use the amplifier for 2 of the subs, to be fair 2000w of PMPO woofer will sound cack over some coax 6x9's.


Can't name suitable equipment for running the head unit/amp though.



If you add more info on the subs/speakers amp ect more help can be added.



Also, are these figures PMPO (Peak Maximum Power Output), or RMS (Root Mean Square).


I suspect PMPO.
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[Finglonga]

All speakers will require speaker boxes as they are designed to be mounted in a small enclosed space. The 6x9's are not worth bothering with as they are a compromise at the best of times, not heard a pair that can beat component speakers yet.

Then you are going to need amps to power them and a source.

Best bet is pack them away for your next car or sell them TBH.
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[cal91]

it is possible, ive seen it done plenty of times.

I have a DVD/Home cinema system in my bed room and thats great.

Have a look for a cheap one, doesnt need to be powerful because you will amp them anyway.

Mine has a sub port and all the correct speaker sockets.
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[chrisw]

Running a car amp from a 240v supply, while possible, is generally a waste of time.

Some very rough maths: 1000w peak = 250w RMS, 250w / 12v = 20a

So you need a 12v supply capable of delivering ~20a, a quick look at Maplin (not great, but the first to appear in Google) suggests a suitable bench supply will set you back ~£100.

Buy a 'HiFi' amp and build a lowpass filter if you really feel the need to use four subs in your house ( ). Your neighbours will probably wish you eBayed them.

[divuk83]

Sell them all and get a hi-fi designed to run on mains voltage, will sound much better. Car Audio is a long way from hi-fi.

Dave

[colin1]

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[Barry_M2]

Your car speakers will be 4 ohm, if you are plugging them into a home amp/stereo system that will be an 8 ohm amp.

The likelyhood is you will put too much power (current) through them and blow them.


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[hopoffbaby]

Hi guys.
Sorry for not replying.
So after a bit of research i managed to butcher a 450w 20a PSU to power my 800w amp.
I hooked it up to 2 300w 6*9 and a old 500w sub i had laying around. I spent yesterday building a air tight box for it, with a switch and seperate chamber for each speaker. I think it came out pretty well. And oh my GOD this thing KICKS!!!
I have my main volume at 20%, winamp on 5% and the gains on the amp at about 20% and its still loud as fook. I'm sure the neighbours will hate me soon lol.
Anyway, heres some pics