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[miniman5]

Yo all u clever people! ive got these old speakers in my room outa my sterio could i wire em into my mini?

[tom]

No. Not if they are speakers from your HiFi. If they are car speakers, then OK, but Car and HiFi systems work on a different resistance, and are thus incompatible.

I think that HiFi is 4 ohm and Car is 8 ohm, but im not entirely sure.

[miniman5]

GRRR!!!!!! lol el well it was only an idea thx

[philster]

car is four ohm and hifi is 8 ohm (usually) you can run 8 ohm hifi speakers on a car stereo no problem but you can't use car speakers on a household system as they cannot handle 4 ohm. So yes you could use them, there not ideal but will work just save up and buy some proper ones!

[Al*]

You can wire in home stereo speakers without a problem!!! I wired in My giant 4foot by 2 foot home speakers(12'subs, 5' mids, 2' tweets.) into my swift one afternoon.....just cut the wires off the old car speakers and hooked em' up to my monsters. sounded good.....!!! :grin:

Al

[miniman5]

ACE!!!!!! im not sure howto wire extra speakers in ive got th eto on the parsel shelf but what would i do with the wire if i waned 2 speakers on each side?

[miniman5]

ok i got the speakers here! on th eback there's a sticker it ses

Rated impendance 4 OHMS
Rated imput 25W.rms
cross-over frequencies 3.5kHz
frequancey responce 100 hz - 15 khz
speakers BASS 203mm
tweeter 86mm
i hope that helps lol can i use em in my mini??

[miniman5]

Right lads!............. were in busyness i got the speakers outa the box! and here are the picys what do i need to cut and what do i not cut??

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[miniman5]

and another...........

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[tom]

Oops! got it the wrong way round. :tongue:

Anyway. If you can, keep the speakers in the boxes, they are the right capacity for the speakers, and they'll sound ******* if the box is wrong.

As for wiring them up, check the back of your stereo for 4 spare wires in 2 similar pairs of colours, just wire 'em up. its simple. If there's no extra wires, then you'll have to splice the existing speaker wires, just be careful.

Bear in mind that the HiFi speakers may be too powerful for your head-unit amp, and may suck power out of it, causing it to dim/stop working.

[miniman5]

ohh ok ile have a play lol :grin: