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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 07:29 PM
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I just installed a product similar to this one

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...2XS22KEDWF3BN9

And I was just wondering if there is any way to make it louder than it is.

It's really quiet and it kinda sucks. I'm dissapointed.

But there HAS to be a way to make it louder. I'd hope it's something a bit on the cheaper side.... but I doubt it.

For instance, would hooking up a car speaker work?????????

ANYTHING PLEASE!!!
 
Old Dec 5, 2010 | 01:21 AM
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pa speaker throws the sound a lot better. I had an amp hooked up to me old pa speaker in my grand am 100 watt pa speaker behind my front grille, it was far from quiet.


Try see if there is a max power stamped anywhere. I think a car speaker would make it quieter. what are you using it for?
 
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Yea ... You could scream out the window alot louder. You must not be from New York.
 
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I'm using it to be a neucene to society. HAHA.

p.s. Yelling is over rated, and its winter time so I'd rather be in my warm car while I say stuff

When you say amp what do you mean??? Is there a special kind or could I run a wire from my sub's amp right to the little speaker????
 
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I ran a speaker amp from a normal car stereo(just make sure the lpf isn't on haha)
 
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SOOOOO I can run a wire from my amp in the back of my blazer right to the little cone for the PA????????????? or where would I connect the wire to?
 
Old Dec 6, 2010 | 09:46 PM
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SOOOOO I can run a wire from my amp in the back of my blazer right to the little cone for the PA????????????? or where would I connect the wire to?
no you can't. The amp you have now is from your stereo. If you hooked up to that amp, all you will do is play your stereo from your PA speaker. You need to get a separate amp just for the PA speaker.
 
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SOOOOO I can run a wire from my amp in the back of my blazer right to the little cone for the PA????????????? or where would I connect the wire to?
in theory, yes. you have to make sure your 'cone' can handle more power so you don't fry it though(mine was 120 watts peak) and you need a free channel on your amp with high-level inputs to run it the same way I had mine ran.

I has the speaker output on the pa(mine was actually a cb radio with pa output) run into the high level input on the amp, and from there I had the amp output run to the pa speaker(the cone)

in my first car
 

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Welllll.... then would't it work if I just set up like, a 6.5" door speaker with it's own amp???? just wondering why would that not work?
 
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Originally Posted by Flip01002003
Welllll.... then would't it work if I just set up like, a 6.5" door speaker with it's own amp???? just wondering why would that not work?
it kind of would, but door speakers are usually do not like moisture and a pa 'cone' speaker will throw the sound a lot farther with less volume
 



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