How to connect a car subwoofer to a home amplifier?
Nibal asked:
How would I connect my 12″ car subwoofer to my Kenwood KA-128 home amplifier. It doesn’t have a pre-amp sub output, it has a bunch of the regular inputs, 4 speaker outputs, and 2 system control jacks. I want to hook up the car subwoofer so that it only plays bass, but when connected to one of the speaker outputs it simply acts as a speaker. Is this do-able?
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How would I connect my 12″ car subwoofer to my Kenwood KA-128 home amplifier. It doesn’t have a pre-amp sub output, it has a bunch of the regular inputs, 4 speaker outputs, and 2 system control jacks. I want to hook up the car subwoofer so that it only plays bass, but when connected to one of the speaker outputs it simply acts as a speaker. Is this do-able?
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September 2nd, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Not really. You can try to find an in-line passive crossover, but this is just a bad idea. Or, you can buy a seperate home subwoofer amp. Plus, your kenwood doesnt have enough power for any meaningful bass. Car subs are usually pretty inefficient.
September 3rd, 2009 at 11:50 pm
the only way to hook the subwoofer up is with the speaker inputs.
If your home amplifier doesn’t have a subwoofer output on it, then you’ll need to get a preout or an equalizer to filter out all the frequencies you don’t want going to the subwoofer.
and a subwoofer is just a speaker so it will always act like a speaker. :p
September 5th, 2009 at 5:47 am
Not a good idea but if your that desperate anything is possible what you need is an amp, you could use a car amp. Then you need a 12 volt converter from Radio Shack and plug it in to your amp. Once again not a good idea
Also your House stereo speakers are a different OHM than car speakers