Can you build a bass guitar cabinet out of car subwoofers and speakers?
Yes. Only problem, is the car audio subs voice coils and surround foam are more laxed than bass amp cabinet speakers. Most bass cabinet speakers have paper surrounds instead of foam, this stiffens the speaker for quicker response time and better sound within a larger area. The voice coil is also tighter wound to do the same type of response. Your car speaker has foam to extend the speaker cone farther to help it produce a larger tone within a smaller enclosed space. The voice coil is more laxed to help it do the same thing. So if you use the car speakers, you will have bass sound, but sloppy. If you use the speakers designed for use in the cabinet, you will have a more accurrate sounding cabinet. Also, keep in mind that the ohm loads for the car speakers are very different than the speakers that are in the bass cabinet. The car speakers will have a lower ohm impedance. This will cause the amp to run harder to push them, causing the amp to run hotter, causing the amp to shut down when it gets too hot, or maybe even blow an internal fuse. If you do decide to run the car speakers, you will need to bring the ohm load up. To do this, you have to wire the speakers in "series". Take one speaker wire, hook one side to the negative of one speaker, and the other side of the wire goes to the positive of the opposite speaker. The you will have one positive and one negative hook up left on one of each speaker. Hook those up to the cabinet output jack. If you are running more than two speakers, then you have to hook up all the speakers in the same manner, then to the output jack of the cabinet, and then the amp. Hope this helps out.
I have an old Crate G120C XL Guitar Amp with speakers disconnected?
I'd take it in to a good local guitar or pro audio shop and let them reconnect the speakers. That is a 60 w/ch twin 12" amp and runs in stereo because if the chorus feature, and it really needs to be connected back correctly. I can tell you for sure that the speaker wires came down out of the amplifier assembly, and when you can't see them, that's another reason to have a pro look at it and do it right.
Can I use my bass guitar amp as additional speakers for my DVD player?
When I first started playing the bass I was in dire need of more power... So a friend and I decided to unscrew the amp, remove the central console and start figuring out where to connect these massive speakers that we had... So after a couple of tries making contact here and there we found a couple of 2cm ( 0.787401575 inches ) long metal thingies and connect the speakers coax cables to them and it worked... It actually sounded louder, it was a 50W amp and with the "upgrades" I was able to play at parties, so it does work. Of course dismounting your amp sounds discouraging, but I never had any trouble, it's not that tricky and there aren't any things that are going to come undone if you unscrew your amp, of course you have to be careful not to yank any cable or anything. And putting it back together it's easy as well, of course having to repeat the whole operation may be a hassle. The amp didn't seemed to have suffered any damage, and I squeezed out every watt that poor little amp had to offer XD. Pertaining the DVD player, I don't know precisely but I think it's just a matter of pluging cables here and there. I don't have much experience with new amps. Good luck.
Can a simple speaker be modified into a guitar amp?
One can’t use a simple speaker as a guitar amp, as it has no amp in it. Attempting to use a general purpose speaker in a guitar amp is not a good idea. While the physical size of one might be no problem, they just aren’t tough enough to hold up - even when one may be specified for the same wattage. And you can’t modify it to make it stronger.Over the first years of my adventures with guitar amps, I tried and fried some cheap available speakers, without a single success; radio speakers, light sound system speakers, car speakers, stereo system speakers, that kind of thing. The parts referred to as coil magnets, voice coils, and cones are just too flimsy: The magnet may slam the coil around, the coil may smack the cone so hard it will tear it, and, coils may burn out, often with a bbzzzzzzzzzzt and a puff of nasty smoke. By the way, some amps will then go down, under power with no speaker load. Way ‘not good! Yes, it is still possible sometimes - if you only barely turn the amp up, like to “1”. But how many players can limit themselves to “1”…?Not much point to pursue the fine points beyond wattage, like impedance, peak power handling capability, frequency response range, etc. By the time it all lines up, you’re looking for a guitar amp speaker. Good news is that there are relatively inexpensive replacement guitar amp speakers available. Even better is that getting the real thing also gives you tone options, which is a common reason for “upgrading” a stock amp’s speaker(s). If, per my very first sentence, you have neither a suitable speaker nor an amp, you can get a functional small guitar amp with a speaker in it for around $25 USD from a local seller or a pawn shop. They’re snarly little things, but everybody starts that way.You can, of course, go sideways. Skip the guitar amp and find something else that you can plug into, like a computer. Or find a mad scientist… One for fun:
How do I fix speakers that make a static sound only when there is no audio output?
From your description, it seems that the circuitry which detects whether or not there is audio signal coming in is faulty. Many active speaker manufacturers feel the need to implement an auto on/off feature, that you can't even bypass! I'd rather have a simple ON (I want to listen to music, even with 2 minutes of silence in between songs if I so wish) and OFF (I don't want to listen to music). Simples.Sorry, but I don't think there's anything I could recommend to fix this, apart from the usual suspects: electrolytic capacitors gone dry. If you know a bit about soldering and electronics, open up the speaker - POWER CORD DISCONNECTED - and use your nose first. Does anything smell like it's burnt? Do any components, or parts of the circuit board tracks, look charred?Then use you eyes: do any of the electrolytic capacitors (cylindrical-shaped thingies) look bloated, either at the top - it should be flat - or on the sides?If so, then jot down the values written on the side (capacity and voltage rating) and go buy some new ones.You wouldn't believe the high percentage of electronics that fail because of cheap capacitors mounted too close to heat sinks - making them go dry prematurely. Poor design.Hope this helps!
Can i replace my car alarm speaker to be louder? with a high watts but same db? or can i put one more speaker?
You can swap out sirens, just make sure it's a +12V one, and weather proof. Also make sure you wire it correctly, and mount it either facing across, or down, so it doesn't fill up with rain, snow, etc.. Good Luck!
I'm not getting sound to my speaker from my amp. The amp lights up and it's on, everything is brand new so it shouldn't be blown. Any help?
Check different inputs (tuner, CD?) for any sound, listen for even a hiss from a tweeter or a slight "pop" when you turn on/off the amp. If there's no sign of life at all from either speaker, you might try plugging headphones in to see if there's any sound at all that way. There are sometimes multiple speaker jacks on the rear for A/B speakers, make sure if they use bare wire connectors that there are no strands of wire shorting between any of the connections and that bare copper is connecting into the connectors tightly. Wiggling them a little can help find iffy connections there. A tape monitor switch on the front panel, if switched on, will keep any other audio (like tuner, CD) from getting to the amp except as crosstalk, (a very faint musical signal). Check the wires at the speakers as well, and hook up the speakers to any other amp just to confirm that they're not broken. If all this fails, you might actually have a dead amp section (can happen from even a momentary wire shorting at the speaker connecters) even if the amp lights up and CDs act like they're playing. There are sometimes speaker switches on the front for A or B speakers, obviously if it's on the wrong set nothing will come out.You should consider photos of the front/rear panel or model numbers or some such for better advice. Also, if it's brand new, take it back where you bought it, and make them prove that it works and have them replace it if they can't get it to work! Or call the company with proof of purchase to fix it or replace it. Warranties are useful!
Can you use 8 ohm speakers on a 4 ohm stereo system?
Can you use 8 ohm speakers on a 4 ohm stereo system?Yes. The Ohms rating stated on an amplifier is generally the minimum, not maximum.Note that if the power rating of an amplifier is rated at x Watts at 4 Ohms, the maximum output at 8 Ohms can be as little x/2 or one half the rated output at 4 Ohms. IOW, as Ohms go up, maximum SPL (sound pressure level or volume) goes down.This also delineates the problem of an amplifier driving a lower Ohm load: as the Ohms go down, the amplifier tries to deliver MORE power, likely more power than it’s circuitry is rated to handle.Remember that Ohms is a rating of impedance - the AC equivalent of resitance (also remember that audio is essential an AC or alternating current).As Ohms drop, you get closer and closer to a short circuit. As most of us know, putting a short across the source of power (i.e.: a power amplifier). This is going to cause that source to overheat and/or burn if the circuit is not interrupted by a fuse, thermal breaker or other protection device.I know this is more than you asked for. I hope, however, that it gives a broader picture of that the Ohms measurement means.Good luck.
Should I wire speakers in series or parallel for MORE volume?
hi. I am making a small mini guitar amp from a harness kit I bought from Guitar Fuel (MAH5). The circuit is said to handle up to 15 watts at 8 or 16 ohms. The speaker that comes in the kit is a 3.5" 8ohm 5 watt speaker. It has some clipping when playing loud on a clean channel. I'm considering getting two speakers that are 2.5"x4" and are 6watt 8 ohm. Which way should I wire them for the most volume without clipping on the clean channel? Thanks so much!