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Steve Grauman wrote:
> I'm not sure of it, but I firmly believe that the factory VW > deck has some sort of active EQ used with the Monsoon package. Just checking, but when you initially replaced the head unit, did you say you kept the Monsoon speakers AND the Monsoon amplifier? I've read some comments to the effect that the Monsoon speakers have nonstandard impedances and frequency responses -- and that the Monsoon amps were specially designed to deal with the Monsoon speakers -- and that trying to use Monsoon speakers with a non-Monsoon amp (or vice versa) was, therefore, bad news. But if I'm understanding correctly what you said you did, the above speaker impedance issue presumably wouldn't apply to your situation. Rich Wales http://www.richw.org |
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>I don't want to jeopardize the monsoon sound.....that sound is awsome. I
>guess i could find a Factory deck and stick in in with the same brakets, >wiring, etc...It would of been nice to have an mp3 player too! Replace the deck with a factory unit and buy a PhatNoise system. Steve Grauman |
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>I don't want to jeopardize the monsoon sound.....that sound is awsome. I
>guess i could find a Factory deck and stick in in with the same brakets, >wiring, etc...It would of been nice to have an mp3 player too! Replace the deck with a factory unit and buy a PhatNoise system. Steve Grauman |
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>Just checking, but when you initially replaced the head unit, did you
>say you kept the Monsoon speakers AND the Monsoon amplifier? Yea, I replaced the factory deck with an Eclipse unit that MSRP'd for almost $600, but I kept the factory amp and speakers (Monsoon system) till' I could afford to replace it all with the expensive speakers I wanted. The Eclipse has an amazing, competition grade EQ but I could never make the system sound right after the deck swap. Steve Grauman |
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>Just checking, but when you initially replaced the head unit, did you
>say you kept the Monsoon speakers AND the Monsoon amplifier? Yea, I replaced the factory deck with an Eclipse unit that MSRP'd for almost $600, but I kept the factory amp and speakers (Monsoon system) till' I could afford to replace it all with the expensive speakers I wanted. The Eclipse has an amazing, competition grade EQ but I could never make the system sound right after the deck swap. Steve Grauman |
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>Been told that's how it's designed to protect the amp & speakers.
> Amps have built in protection, it usually kicks in when there's a short in the system, but it may also happen when an amp is driven to "clip" which can happen if it's overworked - for instance if it's been forced to drive music at a constant volume beyond it's capacity. Generally speaking, the protection is designed to turn the amp off completely, but I guess it's possible that the Monsoon amp may just be designed to turn itself down rather than off. Steve Grauman |
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>Been told that's how it's designed to protect the amp & speakers.
> Amps have built in protection, it usually kicks in when there's a short in the system, but it may also happen when an amp is driven to "clip" which can happen if it's overworked - for instance if it's been forced to drive music at a constant volume beyond it's capacity. Generally speaking, the protection is designed to turn the amp off completely, but I guess it's possible that the Monsoon amp may just be designed to turn itself down rather than off. Steve Grauman |
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Earlier, I wrote:
> > Just checking, but when you initially replaced the > > head unit, did you say you kept the Monsoon speakers > > AND the Monsoon amplifier? Steve Grauman replied: > Yea, I replaced the factory deck with an Eclipse unit > that MSRP'd for almost $600, but I kept the factory > amp and speakers (Monsoon system) till' I could afford > to replace it all with the expensive speakers I wanted. > The Eclipse has an amazing, competition grade EQ but I > could never make the system sound right after the deck > swap. I had the factory (Monsoon) head unit in my '04 Golf replaced with a Kenwood deck shortly before Christmas. I still have the Monsoon amplifier and speakers. The shop manager, IIRC, said it would be necessary for them to install a 1K-ohm resistor in series with each of the audio output lines from the head unit, in order to deal with the nonstandard impedance of the Monsoon sound system. The fact that he had this done may explain why my current, hybrid system sounds just fine. I've found other online references supporting the concept that the Monsoon speakers have 2-ohm (or even 1-ohm) impedance. Rich Wales http://www.richw.org |
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