What wires will I need?
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Melting Slicks
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What wires will I need?
I bought a Rockford Fosgate RFX 9120 CD/MP3 head unit 40W x 4.
I bought JBL EC6.2 6.5" component speakers for the doors. 180 W peak/80 W RMS. Comes with tweeters.
I bought JBL GTO936 3-way 6 x 9 300 W peak/100 W RMS for the rear hatch area.
I want to see how this sounds before/if I am going to add amp(s) + sub(s).
Potential amp would be JL Audio 500/1 and sub(s) would be a 10" W7 or two, when money permits.
I should pull all the existing speaker wires (including speakers and amps) and replace the wires, correct?
What speaker wires should I be getting and at what guage? Part #'s?
Any good news about Monster wire?
****EDIT****
How will it sound with the new head unit and speakers alone? Any guessers? I'm hoping it sounds way better than the old Bose did.
[Modified by black_89_vette, 1:28 AM 3/2/2004]
I bought JBL EC6.2 6.5" component speakers for the doors. 180 W peak/80 W RMS. Comes with tweeters.
I bought JBL GTO936 3-way 6 x 9 300 W peak/100 W RMS for the rear hatch area.
I want to see how this sounds before/if I am going to add amp(s) + sub(s).
Potential amp would be JL Audio 500/1 and sub(s) would be a 10" W7 or two, when money permits.
I should pull all the existing speaker wires (including speakers and amps) and replace the wires, correct?
What speaker wires should I be getting and at what guage? Part #'s?
Any good news about Monster wire?
****EDIT****
How will it sound with the new head unit and speakers alone? Any guessers? I'm hoping it sounds way better than the old Bose did.
[Modified by black_89_vette, 1:28 AM 3/2/2004]
Le Mans Master
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Re: What wires will I need? (black_89_vette)
It will absolutly sound better than the stock Blose.
Add an amp later when you get the money for even better sound.
JMO: using the deck power (no amp) you really don't need anything more than the wire that the speakers come with. You would want to get into the bigger stuff when you start using an amp.
No need to pull out the stock wiring just unplug and leave it there, wont hurt anything.
Add an amp later when you get the money for even better sound.
JMO: using the deck power (no amp) you really don't need anything more than the wire that the speakers come with. You would want to get into the bigger stuff when you start using an amp.
No need to pull out the stock wiring just unplug and leave it there, wont hurt anything.
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Melting Slicks
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Re: What wires will I need? (corvette-pilot)
I thought the general talk around here was that the old speaker wires should be yanked out due to their age and power handling capability.
I definitely will go amp later, just not sure about the sub route ( I like to at least be able to carry golf clubs).
Thanks for your response.
I definitely will go amp later, just not sure about the sub route ( I like to at least be able to carry golf clubs).
Thanks for your response.
Le Mans Master
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From: Hanger 18 Taxachusetts
Re: What wires will I need? (black_89_vette)
If you run new speaker wires the factory wires wont be hooked up so no need to yank them even if they are old. Why do the extra work if you don't need to
