Anyone else running car subs in the casa?

SuperchargedLT1

I've been running an old JL Audio 12 W6 in my home stereo for years. The system is tri-amped, and sounds pretty good. I'm using an old Pioneer 2 channel receiver (100X2) to give the JL 200 watts.

Meeks32

What in the world is tri-amping?

BIZILL

have two old jlaudio 12w4d4's and was gonna make a diy sub. i'm sure it would've been great, but i just went with svs, the subwoofer guru's.

Ron Temple

I've got a Cadence XSub enclosure and 350w RMS/4ohm amp. The driver arrived broken, so they sent me another one and told me to keep this one. I'm thinking of putting another 12" driver in it. Talked to PE and got a rec for a fairly nice driver for home and car application. I'm looking for other suggestions.

Sorry about the hi-jack, but it is related

SuperchargedLT1

Meeks32 wrote:

What in the world is tri-amping?

Using three, 2-channel amplifiers to power three sets of speakers, like tweets, mids, and woofers. I guess you could say that my setup isn't a "true" tri-amp setup being 4 of the channels are from one receiver or "amp", but it works on the same principal. I'm not using any passive crossovers, and each speaker is powered by it's own dedicated channel.

maxima

I built a home theater sub for my kid out of an Eclipse titanuim 8" driver. With over 2 1/2" peak to peak excursion, it gets the job done and then some!

BIZILL

supercharged, you got a camaro or impala or corvette or what? never did blow my '94 z-28. good thing as i would have absolutely destroyed my vehicle the way i drive!

MacLeod

Ive got an old JL Audio Microsub box with 2 8W1's in there. I would like to someday use them in a home setup.

SuperchargedLT1

BIZILL wrote:

supercharged, you got a camaro or impala or corvette or what? never did blow my '94 z-28. good thing as i would have absolutely destroyed my vehicle the way i drive!

Hey Bizill,

I've got a '68 Camaro. Do you still have your Camaro?

Check out my site. Left click the picture below:

michael_w

Wouldn't using three two channel amps to power three speakers just be bi-amping? Or are you talking about powering a single pair of 3 way speakers with an amp on each driver...

BobMcG

SuperchargedLT1 wrote:

I guess you could say that my setup isn't a "true" tri-amp setup being 4 of the channels are from one receiver or "amp", but it works on the same principal. I'm not using any passive crossovers, and each speaker is powered by it's own dedicated channel.

michael_w wrote:

Wouldn't using three two channel amps to power three speakers just be bi-amping? Or are you talking about powering a single pair of 3 way speakers with an amp on each driver...

m_w - There really isn't enough clear information to get a real accurate picture of the total system but it sounds as though he has attempted to loosely build the equivalent of a Home Stereo using a Car Stereo approach..... or is that kinda build the equivalent of a CS in his home to use for a HS?

SuperchargedLT1 wrote:

Using three, 2-channel amplifiers to power three sets of speakers, like tweets, mids, and woofers.

Are you sure you aren't confusing the terms speakers and drivers?

Eric W

I've used car subs at home before. With the proper enclosure, amplification and crossover, and in some cases EQ, they can sound excellent and work really nicely.

BobMcG

Eric Wong wrote:

I've used car subs at home before. With the proper enclosure, amplification and crossover, and in some cases EQ, they can sound excellent and work really nicely.

Ok, I wasn't sure if it was just the sub involved from the world of CS or not. I can see where they'd probably do a pretty good job with a good enclosure.

BIZILL

SuperchargedLT1 wrote:

Hey Bizill,

I've got a '68 Camaro. Do you still have your Camaro?

Check out my site. Left click the picture below:

VERY SWEET SITE. but too bad i'm lookin' to rid myself of my '94 z-28 and am in search of a nicely restored '72 chevy blazer.