SimonH
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I have a 5 channel Cadence Q5000A amp that I currently have running a sub only at the moment.
The way I currently have it running is I have tapped into the rear speaker wire that was going to the original amp that drove the parcel shelf 'subs' (I have unplugged the amp, so they are not doing anything at the moment), and hooked that into the amp speaker level inputs. The amp has a switch that can change between 2, 4 or 5 channel input, at the moment I have it set at 2 channel and it is driving the sub without issue, when I get some time I will be running wires to drive the front and rear speakers as well, my question is, is there any point me tapping into the front speaker wire output from the headunit and running it to the amp? I am under the impression that the signal will be exactly the same as the rear speaker wire I am hooking into. I understand I wont have the option to adjust the fader on the head unit anymore, but that doesn't worry me..
Am I being lazy? should I just run it, or would I be wasting my time and speaker wire running it to the amp and back from the front speakers.
If it makes a difference fronts are Hertz DSK165.3 and the rears are currently stock but I will put some cheap pioneers coax's that I have in the garage (unused).
Additionally, my sub is a cheap kenwood (200wrms) that sounds fairly muddy and doesn't really impress me, what would be a good sub for me if I was to upgrade (on a budget)... I listen to a wide variety of music but favor hard rock/heavy metal and I do like my bass...
The way I currently have it running is I have tapped into the rear speaker wire that was going to the original amp that drove the parcel shelf 'subs' (I have unplugged the amp, so they are not doing anything at the moment), and hooked that into the amp speaker level inputs. The amp has a switch that can change between 2, 4 or 5 channel input, at the moment I have it set at 2 channel and it is driving the sub without issue, when I get some time I will be running wires to drive the front and rear speakers as well, my question is, is there any point me tapping into the front speaker wire output from the headunit and running it to the amp? I am under the impression that the signal will be exactly the same as the rear speaker wire I am hooking into. I understand I wont have the option to adjust the fader on the head unit anymore, but that doesn't worry me..
Am I being lazy? should I just run it, or would I be wasting my time and speaker wire running it to the amp and back from the front speakers.
If it makes a difference fronts are Hertz DSK165.3 and the rears are currently stock but I will put some cheap pioneers coax's that I have in the garage (unused).
Additionally, my sub is a cheap kenwood (200wrms) that sounds fairly muddy and doesn't really impress me, what would be a good sub for me if I was to upgrade (on a budget)... I listen to a wide variety of music but favor hard rock/heavy metal and I do like my bass...