Audio in Mk1 Cabrio

[mattley23]

Nice one Adam, you kinda put my mind at reast mate.

I know I might sound a bit nieve but this is the first tinme ove restored a golf before so am after as much advice as poss. So how does this sound like for a set up, please let me know of you would do anything diff:

Alpine 4ox4watt head unit running:
120watt JBL 4x6's in front door cards
120watt JBL (or infinity) 4x6's in rear door cards

Goodmans 400watt 2 channel amp running:
160watt Sony 6x9's in P/shelf
350watt 6.5" base tube in boot.

Let me know what you think and what you would possibly do different. Thanks for your help mate

Matt

[AdamB]

I have been a keen Kewnood fan for about 12 years, and run Kenwood systems in my Cab and my Corrado, so I am probably the wrong person to ask about JBL, Alpine, or Goodman setups. But with what you have there, personally I wouldn't run speakers of that wattage from a head unit. They will be underdriven and sound tinnie. I would use the amp to run the JBL speakers instead. Then a seperate amp for the bass tube, and leave the parcel shelf speakers out until you can buy an amp to run them. I wouldnt have bothered with the rear onesin mine, had there not been a set in there previously.

[mattley23]

Thanks Adam, your feedback is much appreciated.

So basically what your saying is use my 2 channel 400watt amp to power the 2 sets of 120watt JBL 6x4's, then get a 2nd amp to run the base tube?!??!?!

Is it viable then to get a 4-channel amp to run the 160watt 6x9's and the 350 base tub? If so what power would you recommend for the 2nd amp, 800watt?

Matt

[AdamB]

I would use the 2 channel on the base tube and buy a 4 channel for the front and rear speakers. You will have Fader control over the speakers then. You can turn down the gain on the amp (if it really is pushing out 400 watt - I very much doubt claiims like that from a lot of manufacturers) so as not to blow the base tube. For a rough idea of how much power you want the amp to be, just multiply the peak power of the speaker by 2/3. i.e. 4 120 watt speakers = 480 watt total , then choose a 4 channel amp at around 320 watt. I've always found this a good rule of thumb.

[mattley23]

Thanks Adam.

Just bought myself a Kenwood KAC 694S 4 channel 320 watt amp to power the 2 serts of JBL speakers and gonna run my goodmans 400watt amp to my sub. Stilo would like the 6x9's running but hey, what else can I do?

Let you know how it all sounds once i get it all instaled. Any other advice you can give me is appreciated.

Matt