robster94gt
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Hey all,
I've seen a lot of topics on the MACH 460, but haven't seen anything about retaining the stock speakers with aftermarket amps.
Here's my situation- I recently installed a Kenwood Excelon head unit using the Metra harness to maintain the stock amps and speakers.
The other day, I started the car, no sound from the stereo. I swapped the stock deck back in and there was still no sound - If I turned the volume up to 100%, I could hear very quiet sound coming out. I think the front amp might be dead, but not sure. I took it out and opened, but didn't see anything obviously wrong. I don't want to order a used unit of ebay and have the same problem or the same thing happen again later.
So I'm hoping to add aftermarket amps, and somehow connect them to the existing speaker wires in the car, reusing the stock speakers, as they are setup.
I was thinking about it, and think that I would need a 4 channel amp to power the 4 full range speakers, and a sub amp using the sub outputs on the headunit to power the larger 'subwoofers' in MACH setup. I was also looking at a Kenwood Excelon 5 channel amp, and wondering if I would be able to use that - 4 channels for the 4 speakers, and one sub channel to power the 4 subs.
Is any of the above possible? would I be able to reuse some or all of the stock wiring to do it?
Thanks for your help,
Rob
I've seen a lot of topics on the MACH 460, but haven't seen anything about retaining the stock speakers with aftermarket amps.
Here's my situation- I recently installed a Kenwood Excelon head unit using the Metra harness to maintain the stock amps and speakers.
The other day, I started the car, no sound from the stereo. I swapped the stock deck back in and there was still no sound - If I turned the volume up to 100%, I could hear very quiet sound coming out. I think the front amp might be dead, but not sure. I took it out and opened, but didn't see anything obviously wrong. I don't want to order a used unit of ebay and have the same problem or the same thing happen again later.
So I'm hoping to add aftermarket amps, and somehow connect them to the existing speaker wires in the car, reusing the stock speakers, as they are setup.
I was thinking about it, and think that I would need a 4 channel amp to power the 4 full range speakers, and a sub amp using the sub outputs on the headunit to power the larger 'subwoofers' in MACH setup. I was also looking at a Kenwood Excelon 5 channel amp, and wondering if I would be able to use that - 4 channels for the 4 speakers, and one sub channel to power the 4 subs.
Is any of the above possible? would I be able to reuse some or all of the stock wiring to do it?
Thanks for your help,
Rob