mach 460 options
2000 Gt. Stock speakers and system,pioneer DEH-3300UB headunit. Sounds like I have 2 speakers blown,driver front and driver back. What are my options? Should I just replace with stock speakers? Would it be worth the trouble to pull out the stock junk and replace with aftermarket speakers? Im not sure how my car is wired,but heres a few pics.




Your options are going to either be to scrap the whole 460 unit, and use a 4 channel and run aftermarket speakers or replace the blown speakers with factory units.
The mach system is a nightmare to try to add to..
The sub drivers(bottom doors, and rear shelf) are at 6 ohms, and door tweeters are 2 ohm..(up by the mirrors on the doors, and there is I believe 2 in the back in with the drivers on the shelf) to find 6 ohm speakers, well its impossible unless you use factory mach speakers.
So either ditch the entire 460 unit and run new speaker wire and use aftermarket deck power, or a 4 channel amp.
OR just replace with factory units, and live with it..
The mach system is a nightmare to try to add to..
The sub drivers(bottom doors, and rear shelf) are at 6 ohms, and door tweeters are 2 ohm..(up by the mirrors on the doors, and there is I believe 2 in the back in with the drivers on the shelf) to find 6 ohm speakers, well its impossible unless you use factory mach speakers.
So either ditch the entire 460 unit and run new speaker wire and use aftermarket deck power, or a 4 channel amp.
OR just replace with factory units, and live with it..
Your options are going to either be to scrap the whole 460 unit, and use a 4 channel and run aftermarket speakers or replace the blown speakers with factory units.
The mach system is a nightmare to try to add to..
The sub drivers(bottom doors, and rear shelf) are at 6 ohms, and door tweeters are 2 ohm..(up by the mirrors on the doors, and there is I believe 2 in the back in with the drivers on the shelf) to find 6 ohm speakers, well its impossible unless you use factory mach speakers.
So either ditch the entire 460 unit and run new speaker wire and use aftermarket deck power, or a 4 channel amp.
OR just replace with factory units, and live with it..
The mach system is a nightmare to try to add to..
The sub drivers(bottom doors, and rear shelf) are at 6 ohms, and door tweeters are 2 ohm..(up by the mirrors on the doors, and there is I believe 2 in the back in with the drivers on the shelf) to find 6 ohm speakers, well its impossible unless you use factory mach speakers.
So either ditch the entire 460 unit and run new speaker wire and use aftermarket deck power, or a 4 channel amp.
OR just replace with factory units, and live with it..
if he replaces the bottom door speakers (6x8's) and the same kind in the rear, he WILL need a new amp, because of the mid-to-low pass filter for those speakers (most replacement door speakers are made for mid only). also, as mentioned previously, those are 6ohm speakers, most replacements will be 2-4ohms. unless you find that specific replacement, which will not be easy, or cheap, you will need a new amp. or you could ignore my warnings and not do further research and just go ahead and replace them, and then you will have real sh*tty audio quality, but hey, as roush said, it will work, just not well
Last edited by trailor; Oct 19, 2011 at 09:31 AM.
If he runs them off deck power, it would be like a normal set up, just leave the factory tweeters there and hooked to nothing, or put in a set of components, and use a set of crossovers.. but in a component application, higher power is better.
the deck power only runs the door and rear deck "tweeters" (which are not really tweeters, they play mid-to-high, not just high). if he replaces the door and rear "speakers," they will be forced to run off the two rear amps (since thats how they are wired from the factory), which, as i stated earlier, do not run the same filter traditional amps do. but hey, if you want to sacrifice audio quality tremendously, be my guest. there are tons of posts on these forums about people who made that mistake, so please don't just take my word for it. research it yourself
edit: just read your post earlier. i suppose you could rewire them to run off the main amp, but why would you?? now you're splitting power between eight speakers rather than four. once again, i'm pretty sure your audio quality will suffer (but will definitely sound much clearer than if using the two rear amps on traditional 5x7's or 6x8's)
edit: just read your post earlier. i suppose you could rewire them to run off the main amp, but why would you?? now you're splitting power between eight speakers rather than four. once again, i'm pretty sure your audio quality will suffer (but will definitely sound much clearer than if using the two rear amps on traditional 5x7's or 6x8's)
Last edited by trailor; Oct 21, 2011 at 01:00 AM.
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