7 Comments

1. 

   well for starters, the connectors probably won’t be compatible, plus your subwoofers will need to be powered by something. you better check your amp can handle it or expect a short-circuit that will inconvenience you bigtime and cause you to howl at the moon like a dog from pure insanity.

   Comment by jivesucka — January 1, 2008 @ 2:15 am

2. 

   you can do it, but you are going to need a power source

   so 1 way, if your Rec. canrun 4 omhs, I dont know how you are going to change it, is hook it up to the B: speakers, again this will only do it right if you rec is high power, a big power supply in the Rec.

   another way to do it, is too hook up another amp for it, like a old Rec or amp laying around and running the pre out to the other rec and out thru he new speakers out put

   Comment by bkbarile — January 2, 2008 @ 4:39 am

3. 

   Both of the previous answers can damage your equipment, especially the first one. The second answer might work O.K, but the amplifiers in receivers are designed full range sound… so it will be sending 20-20K HZ out to your sub, basicilly tryign to make it play every sound (Bad idea).

   The reason home subwoofers are usually powered and car subs have amps that are different the regular car amps is that subwoofers run on amplifers that are very powerful but not efficent (Class D), which means that can put out alot of power but it dosen’t sound very good (not very noticible for the limited sound a subwoofer plays)

   Now, to answer your question. WHat you need to do is buy an AC-DC converter, basicilly it will allow you to hook up your subwoofer’s amplifier to your home current. After that, you just hook it as you would in the car.

   However, one of these guys will probilbly cost you around the same price as a cheap home sub ($100 bucks or so)

   Comment by mitchent86 — January 4, 2008 @ 4:42 pm

4. 

   Go buy a home sub. It is not worth the time, effort or money to do this.

   Comment by Emoisgaymo — January 6, 2008 @ 1:02 pm

5. 

   just go buy a powerd sub your wasting time and money.

   Comment by dddd — January 9, 2008 @ 6:52 pm

6. 

   You need a subwoofer amplifier.
   These are listed by RMS watts, not peak watts, max watts, or some other useless wattage rating commonly used in car audio. So try to find the RMS rating for your sub to decide which amp you need. If the price gets too high & your subs aren’t that good, you’re better off going to Best Buy & buying a home theater sub.

   Dayton SA25 Subwoofer Amplifier $29.00?&Partnumber=300-782
   15 watts RMS into 8 ohms
   25 watts RMS into 4 ohms

   Dayton SA70 Subwoofer Amplifier $39.00 ?&Partnumber=300-784
   45 watts RMS into 8 ohms
   70 watts RMS into 4 ohms

   Dayton SA100 Subwoofer Amplifier $75.00 ?&Partnumber=300-802
   75 watts RMS into 8 ohms
   100 watts RMS into 4 ohms

   Dayton SA240 Subwoofer Amplifier $128.88 ?&Partnumber=300-804
   170 watts RMS into 8 ohms
   240 watts RMS into 4 ohms

   Dayton SA240-B Subwoofer Amplifier w/Bass Boost $128.88?&Partnumber=300-805
   170 watts RMS into 8 ohms
   240 watts RMS into 4 ohms

   Dayton HPSA500 Subwoofer Amplifier $298.80 ?&Partnumber=300-806
   273 watts RMS into 8 ohms
   540 watts RMS into 4 ohms

   Dayton HPSA1000 Subwoofer Amplifier $398.80 ?&Partnumber=300-808
   512 watts RMS into 8 ohms
   1024 watts RMS into 4 ohms

   Comment by Pleppy — January 12, 2008 @ 2:16 pm

7. 

   Back up your car really fast into the wall you want to install your subwoofers. Now open the trunk.
   Problem solved.

   Or you could be a normal human being & just buy a powered subwoofer for your home theater.

   Infinity TSS-SUB4000 powered subwoofer $999.99

   Comment by Bob K — January 15, 2008 @ 2:05 am

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