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Genesisfactor · 03-03-2006, 04:33 PM

seriously, if you shop around, you should be able to get some wicked deals dirt cheap. I know i did. You can't use home theatre (or computer) equipment in the car because they're tuned for different environments. A house has a decently consistent sturcture (in terms of materials) and a nice, neat architecture (usually a rectnagular one) that is predictable and can be fixed. The speakers in a home theatre are 8 ohm (usually). Cars are different. You have variable materials, a complex, road and wind noise, yoru engine, a confuined space with a complex interior structure, and you're not exactly in the best of seating situatirions in your car. Because of that, they usually need a hell of alot more power, are 2-4 ohm, and are engineeered to try and overcome most of these problems. Beyond htat, they're made to acutally work with a car.

My dad used computer speakers in his car once when the stocks rotted. I've heard better sounds come out of a pair of earbuds on a 50% sale at the dollar store. To put it in persoective, there were really good stereo speakers back in the day when they were on a desk.

There are bose speakers with built in amps, but built in amps aren't everything. Just use the equipment that's meant to be used in the case of speakers and car audio. It doesn't matter where the sound sources from, in terms of head unit or computer, but it does matter from what the sound emits from. Its as simple as that.

03-03-2006, 04:33 PM	#13
Genesisfactor FLAC Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NY Vehicle: 89 Volvo 740 GL Posts: 1,124 My Photos: ()	seriously, if you shop around, you should be able to get some wicked deals dirt cheap. I know i did. You can't use home theatre (or computer) equipment in the car because they're tuned for different environments. A house has a decently consistent sturcture (in terms of materials) and a nice, neat architecture (usually a rectnagular one) that is predictable and can be fixed. The speakers in a home theatre are 8 ohm (usually). Cars are different. You have variable materials, a complex, road and wind noise, yoru engine, a confuined space with a complex interior structure, and you're not exactly in the best of seating situatirions in your car. Because of that, they usually need a hell of alot more power, are 2-4 ohm, and are engineeered to try and overcome most of these problems. Beyond htat, they're made to acutally work with a car. My dad used computer speakers in his car once when the stocks rotted. I've heard better sounds come out of a pair of earbuds on a 50% sale at the dollar store. To put it in persoective, there were really good stereo speakers back in the day when they were on a desk. There are bose speakers with built in amps, but built in amps aren't everything. Just use the equipment that's meant to be used in the case of speakers and car audio. It doesn't matter where the sound sources from, in terms of head unit or computer, but it does matter from what the sound emits from. Its as simple as that. __________________ Carputer Progress: Here we go again... THE GF THEME Genesis has speed Genesis has class Genesis sent money before your a__;) Join the fight against carputters. EMAIL ME!