Allen,
Thanks. We will make a silk purse system out of this sow's ear hookup.
Bob
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:09:07 EDT Ajhsys@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 6/15/00 11:52:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> mgbob@juno.com
> writes:
>
> << Question--can one hook up the mono radio to two speakers
> installed in
> the doors? Would it be able to power them? Admittedly, this would
> not
> give great sound, but it would retain the original radio and would
> give
> better sound than from a speaker tucked up inside the under-dash
> panel. >>
>
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>
> Yes, that will work. Make sure the two speakers are connected in
> phase.
> That means, make sure to hook the pos. speaker wire to the pos.
> terminal on
> each speaker. It you connect it to the pos. on one and the neg. on
> the
> other, the speakers will move out of phase and the sound will
> suffer. It's a
> minor point and won't hurt anything if you do it incorrectly, but
> you might
> as well do it right. New speakers will either be marked + and -, or
> one
> terminal will have a red dot indicating pos.
>
> There will be a minor impedance mismatch, but with only two speakers
> it won't
> matter.
>
> Allen Hefner
> SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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