speakers?

[VW_Man_87]

CALLING ALL SOUND GURUS!

ok i have 4 speakers hooked up in my ghia and i would like to put another one in stock location of the orig. but sience that one will be mono sound, i would like to have both channels left and right from the stereo to go into it but not mess up the stereo sound going to the other speakers, i would like some help on this please?

TIA
Jeremy

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High end car steros used to have what they called a “center channel” for doing something similar. If it is supported, you could bridge a driver off the front. Five speakers off a four channel deck is possible, but I wouldn't bother if it was low end equipment.

[VW_Man_87]

my head unit is a kenwood, i was thinking about using diodes on the + channels of the speakers to keep them from crossing back into the head unit and makeing all 3 front speakers mono, just the one. will the diodes work?

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Well before the turn of the century I spent a couple of summers installing car stereos. I'm sure a lot has changed since then, I hear cassette decks are no longer common.

Bridging was normally done with R+ & L- or maybe R- & L+ and passive crossovers to keep the amp from seeing too much load. Also it was normally done with the subs (low frequencies).

This was not common, and I don't think diodes will help you here, you need to create an ohm load and frequency range that only the really anal retentive and dogs can tell apart.