I recently got a new pair of 6x9 speakers for my rears and i noticed that there are 4 wires going to the stock speakers from the monsoon amp. Is there a way to wire the new speakers to the factory monsoon amp? Polk Audio - 6" x 9" 3-Way Coaxial Loudspeakers with Poly-Mica Cones (Pair) - DXi690 these are the speakers that i got will they still work in the rear with the monsoon amp?
how to wire up rear 6x9 speakers to monsoon amp
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simbah
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Yes but they will sound like S#*T, the monsoon amp puts out separate low frequencies to the two 6x9 subwoofers, that would be the lt green/black and dk blue/white wires, and the other frequencies to the smaller 3.5' speakers within the subwoofers,this would be the lt blue- and dk blue + for the right speaker and yellow - and brown + for the left speaker, you could just try the latter wire to your new 6x9 but you will have no lows, or you could hook up these wires to your tweeters on the new speakers and the dk blue/white and lt green/black wires to the woofers( this has been done here before) but I wouldn't recommend it. I would just rather replace with new monsoon speakers if yours are shot or install entirely new and different amp if you are up to it , I did the latter and also replaced the front speakers with Polk 6.5" components also
Infinity9999
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How did you wire them?
papaspanky
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i just want to add a real subwoofer
raylightjr
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I replaced mine with 6x9 subs and seperate tweeters/mids. They sounded great for a while and then I lost the tweeters/mids altogether. The subs still sound great. Any suggestions why the high frequency went out?
raylightjr
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I paid big $’s for the Monsoon upgrade in my ’06 Grand PrixGXP. It was a huge mistake! As I kept blowing speakers all around, I decided toupgrade all the speakers with aftermarket but it was a challenge to find 2 ohmand 3 ohm speakers that would fit. Finally, I did it! I’m a true audiophile andthe sound is HUGE.
The solution is simple. I used Infinity Reference all around;in the dash, the doors, and even in the rear deck. I bought two 9602ix 6”x9”,two 6502ix 6 ½”, three 3002cfx 3 1/2”, and two 075tx 3/4” tweeters. I shopped,bought online, and paid less than $375 for everything.
Everything fit and I kept all the factory harnesses intact.I simply clipped the leads from the crappy paper speakers and connected them directlyto the Infinity’s.
The only challenge was the rear deck but it turned out to befairly simple. I took my Dremel and cut the enclosure part off the X bracketthat held the 3” crappy mid woofers and mounted the Infinity 3002cfx directly tothe arms of the modified X bracket. I had plenty of clearance, since I didn’tmount the 6”x9”s to the plastic, snap-in, speaker bracket like the stock ones.Instead, I literally just dropped the 6”x9” speakers right into the cutout inthe back deck. Then I snapped the factory speaker bracket on top of thespeaker, making a super tight mount without any fasteners. I connected the lowpass to the 9602ix’s and the high pass to the 3002cfx’s.
Done! I know I lost a lot of the frequency response from allof the speakers because of the Monsoon amp/crossover but it was relativelyinexpensive and an easy installation. The sound I have is nearly competition. Ihope this helps everyone trying to do the same.
Also, If anyone wants to purchase the factory speakers Ipulled out, hit me up in a private message. I have them all except the 3” midwoofers that were blown.
The solution is simple. I used Infinity Reference all around;in the dash, the doors, and even in the rear deck. I bought two 9602ix 6”x9”,two 6502ix 6 ½”, three 3002cfx 3 1/2”, and two 075tx 3/4” tweeters. I shopped,bought online, and paid less than $375 for everything.
Everything fit and I kept all the factory harnesses intact.I simply clipped the leads from the crappy paper speakers and connected them directlyto the Infinity’s.
The only challenge was the rear deck but it turned out to befairly simple. I took my Dremel and cut the enclosure part off the X bracketthat held the 3” crappy mid woofers and mounted the Infinity 3002cfx directly tothe arms of the modified X bracket. I had plenty of clearance, since I didn’tmount the 6”x9”s to the plastic, snap-in, speaker bracket like the stock ones.Instead, I literally just dropped the 6”x9” speakers right into the cutout inthe back deck. Then I snapped the factory speaker bracket on top of thespeaker, making a super tight mount without any fasteners. I connected the lowpass to the 9602ix’s and the high pass to the 3002cfx’s.
Done! I know I lost a lot of the frequency response from allof the speakers because of the Monsoon amp/crossover but it was relativelyinexpensive and an easy installation. The sound I have is nearly competition. Ihope this helps everyone trying to do the same.
Also, If anyone wants to purchase the factory speakers Ipulled out, hit me up in a private message. I have them all except the 3” midwoofers that were blown.