Car subwoofer only has speaker wire connection?

Posted by admin in Car Subwoofer on July 3rd, 2009 | 6 responses

I have an amp with RCA jacks, and I have to send the RCA plugs to the subwoofer, however the subwoofer only has speakerwire connections? the + and the -?

It sounds like your amp is expecting a powered subwoofer, or a separate sub amp. Read the manual for your amp to make sure. If that is the case, you will need a separate amp if you want to use that subwoofer in your existing setup.

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6 Responses to “ Car subwoofer only has speaker wire connection? ”

Dwasifar K says:

July 4, 2009 at 12:11 am

It sounds like your amp is expecting a powered subwoofer, or a separate sub amp. Read the manual for your amp to make sure. If that is the case, you will need a separate amp if you want to use that subwoofer in your existing setup.
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marcus says:

July 4, 2009 at 12:30 am

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KaeZoo says:

July 4, 2009 at 1:08 am

A subwoofer is supposed to have speaker wire connections, because a subwoofer is a speaker. Your amplifier should also have speaker outputs; I’ve never seen a car amplifier that used RCA’s for speaker connections. Check your amp’s owner’s manual for the speaker terminals.
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Reaper-racing says:

July 4, 2009 at 1:50 am

are you talking about running a car sub with a home system and the home amp only has RCA outs to a sub? add details…due to like Kazoo i have no idea what amp could possibly have rca outs to a sub with any car audio devise i have worked with….since 1981
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chris g says:

July 4, 2009 at 2:16 am

those RCA’s are probably for your deck. likefrom deck to amp. if you dont have speaker outputs, then i have no idea why you bought this
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BoB772 says:

July 4, 2009 at 3:02 am

those rca’s arer probably suposed to go to your head unit
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