Re: More on radio replacement...

["stuart" <vr6stu@duesouth.net>]

if you had to bypass the amp then maybe you are not getting enough power to
those speakers now
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Hudson" <hudson@mbay.net>
To: <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: More on radio replacement...


> Does it make sense that that I can get louder sound without distortion
> with the lower powered factory head, tho?  I'd assume that I would just
> get louder sound at lower volume settings, and I just couldn't go to full
> scale volume without blowing something.
>
> Could it be an impededance or level matching issue with the amplifier
> inputs?  Do they make matching transformers for car sterio applications?
> What is the impedance on the factory speakers?  If I bypassed the amp,
could
> I drive the factory speakers directly from the head unit?  I'm reasonably
> happy with the factory speakers, they sound fine with the factory head.
>
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 10:22:20PM -0500, stuart wrote:
> > if you have got a new head unit which probably puts out 30-40 watts per
> > channel plus you have the amp going to the speakers then that is
probably
> > way too much power for the factory speakers to handle; new speakers that
can
> > handle more power would probably sound great
> > stuart
> > 96 jetta glx, sequoia green
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stefan Hudson" <hudson@mbay.net>
> > To: <jettaglx@igtc.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 4:10 PM
> > Subject: More on radio replacement...
> >
> >
> > > Well, after the drive to work today, I'm thinking that the radio
> > > install may not have gone as well as I thought it did.  It turns
> > > out that at higher volumes (enough to get decent sound above the
> > > road noise), there is severe distortion.  This did not happen with
> > > the factory head... I could have it up very loud without getting
> > > significant distortion.
> > >
> > > Anyone know where the problem is?  Is it my head unit, or is it
> > > something with the interface between the new head unit and amp?
> > > Did I damage the amp by having the negative speaker wires connected
> > > initially?
> > >
> > > Thanks, Stefan
> > >
> > >
>
>