can this be done

[97CivicBoy]

yeh so i have this 8" self powered bass tube laying around...and i was wondering if i can hook it up to my home stereo...my home stereo is like 10 years old...its not bad but it doesnt put out great bass..i was wonderin if i can hook the tube up to it and if it will be ok to do that...lemme kno how to...thanx

[nonovurbizniz]

You "can" .... but the speaker will blow eventually...

Home recievers put out 8ohms most car audio equipment is at the most 4ohms.

[nonovurbizniz]

You can build a powered subwoofer that plugs into the wall and takes out puts from your stereo... you just put a car amp and a ac to dc converter in the box...

Most home subs are like that anyway... selfpowered seperate units...

[spoogenet]

Originally posted by nonovurbizniz
You "can" .... but the speaker will blow eventually...

Home recievers put out 8ohms most car audio equipment is at the most 4ohms.

If it's self powered then the receiver isn't driving the sub, so the impedance of the receiver/sub shouldn't matter. Besides, if the receiver is spec'd for 8 ohms and the speaker for 4, you need to worry about blowing the receiver not the speaker.

For a self-powered sub check if you have an output on your sub for self-powered. It will be an RCA jack for the sub, a pre-out.

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[97CivicBoy]

wait i'm lost here...so what do i do..i'm bad with electronics...can someone gimme step by step and where to plug it in to my stereo..thanx.

[97CivicBoy]

any one?????

[IALuder]

get some speaker savers then plug those into the speaker and then plug the speaker to your home entertianment center.