Can A Home Audio Woofer Be Exchanged And Used Efficiently With A Car Woofer?
i have a blown home audio speaker and plenty of extra car woofers that are the same size would it be possible to successfully exchange the two without damaging anything?
Just about any modern receiver will handle a 4 Ohm load. But the crossover is really what the amplifier circuit "sees" so that doesn't really make much of a difference. What does make a difference is that the lower impedance will throw off the cross over point for the woofer. How the electro-acoustic perimeters of the woofer match the acoustic properties of the enclosure or "box" also makes a big difference. This kind of thing comes up a lot. People seem to think that as long as the woofer size matches the mounting hole they can willy-nilly go throwing any woofer in there and get satisfactory results. Sometimes there is a distinct lack of bass sometimes it is boomy. Sealed enclosures are more forgiving but that is where using an improper woofer will often give weak bass. Ported enclosures will suffer the same thing but are more prone to booming with an improper woofer. Sometimes changing the length of the port tube will improve matters but if you do not have the "TS Perimeters" of the woofer and are unable to do the calculations or do not have software to do it the matter is either guesswork or trial and error. My suggestion is to try it and if it sounds good, use it.
Home audio is generally 8 ohms while car is 4. However, it should work just fine.
References :
Car audio speaker are designed for small area (short throw design) while home audio speakers are design for bigger room (long throw design). Beside that the car is on a DC (direct current) and home on AC (alternating current), also the car is on a 4 OHM load while home are 4 OHM. If you use car speakers and listen to your music at a loud volume you could burn out your amp. Due to the load will change when driven hard and could fall below the 4 ohm load, which home system are not designed for. Hope this will help you out.
References :
Just about any modern receiver will handle a 4 Ohm load. But the crossover is really what the amplifier circuit "sees" so that doesn’t really make much of a difference. What does make a difference is that the lower impedance will throw off the cross over point for the woofer. How the electro-acoustic perimeters of the woofer match the acoustic properties of the enclosure or "box" also makes a big difference. This kind of thing comes up a lot. People seem to think that as long as the woofer size matches the mounting hole they can willy-nilly go throwing any woofer in there and get satisfactory results. Sometimes there is a distinct lack of bass sometimes it is boomy. Sealed enclosures are more forgiving but that is where using an improper woofer will often give weak bass. Ported enclosures will suffer the same thing but are more prone to booming with an improper woofer. Sometimes changing the length of the port tube will improve matters but if you do not have the "TS Perimeters" of the woofer and are unable to do the calculations or do not have software to do it the matter is either guesswork or trial and error. My suggestion is to try it and if it sounds good, use it.
References :