4 or 5 Channel Amp?
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4 or 5 Channel Amp?
I have a Pioneer AVH4200 DD and I replaced the rears with some Polk DB speakers and the fronts with the Polk DB 3.5" so I'm still using the stock BOSE amps/woofers with a PAC wiring harness.
I'm thinking of adding a sub and an amp and changing the fronts to components. Should I go with a 4 or 5 ch amp?
If I go with a 4 channel amp should it power the sub and the front
components and does that mean that the h/u powers the rears and does that mean I have to rewire the rears as well or should I go with a 5 channel and rewire everything...that also means I don't need to use the wire harness anymore, right? Sorry I get very confused when it
comes to audio wiring.
Jerry
I'm thinking of adding a sub and an amp and changing the fronts to components. Should I go with a 4 or 5 ch amp?
If I go with a 4 channel amp should it power the sub and the front
components and does that mean that the h/u powers the rears and does that mean I have to rewire the rears as well or should I go with a 5 channel and rewire everything...that also means I don't need to use the wire harness anymore, right? Sorry I get very confused when it
comes to audio wiring.
Jerry
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Once you amplify the system with outboard amplifiers, you should stick with using them to amplify ALL the speakers. So short answer is 5-channel if you plan on running fronts, rears, and sub.
A 4-channel for front and sub with deck powering the rears: you simply won't be happy with it. It makes tuning everything a bear, and the head unit will almost never drive the speakers as well as even the cheapest amp (walmart specials excluded).
If you had to go four channel, there is a good case to be made for dropping the rears. Better soundstage, simpler setup. But that is personal preference.
A 4-channel for front and sub with deck powering the rears: you simply won't be happy with it. It makes tuning everything a bear, and the head unit will almost never drive the speakers as well as even the cheapest amp (walmart specials excluded).
If you had to go four channel, there is a good case to be made for dropping the rears. Better soundstage, simpler setup. But that is personal preference.
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Once you amplify the system with outboard amplifiers, you should stick with using them to amplify ALL the speakers. So short answer is 5-channel if you plan on running fronts, rears, and sub.
A 4-channel for front and sub with deck powering the rears: you simply won't be happy with it. It makes tuning everything a bear, and the head unit will almost never drive the speakers as well as even the cheapest amp (walmart specials excluded).
If you had to go four channel, there is a good case to be made for dropping the rears. Better soundstage, simpler setup. But that is personal preference.
A 4-channel for front and sub with deck powering the rears: you simply won't be happy with it. It makes tuning everything a bear, and the head unit will almost never drive the speakers as well as even the cheapest amp (walmart specials excluded).
If you had to go four channel, there is a good case to be made for dropping the rears. Better soundstage, simpler setup. But that is personal preference.
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