RE: More on radio replacement...

[Marc Gallagher <mgallagher@Langan.com>]

they run at 1 ohm.  that's the difference from "typical" set-ups.

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Inverarity [mailto:inver1@pacbell.net]
Sent: 11 January, 2001 3:43 PM
To: jettaglx@igtc.com
Subject: Re: More on radio replacement...


I believe that the factory impedance of the speakers is 2 ohms. Could be
part of your problem.

CJI
99 A3 GLX w/Stage III Neuspeed/ND suspension

> From: Stefan Hudson <hudson@mbay.net>
> Reply-To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:48:34 -0800
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>