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Hey guys. I need a bit of direction. Picked up a Diamond Micro4v2 from a member here and bought a pair of Hertz 165.3 coax speakers over the holidays. According to the Diamond wiring schematic the input configuration should be;
Left channel input (via y-splitter) to front channels
Right channel input (via y-splitter) to rear channels
But there is an installer over at my home forum that says;
"Use one side of the left Y to the front and one side to the rear. Do the same with the
right side and youll have stereo input. I use journeys stone in
love to test with. The first few seconds of the song the guitar is
only on the left channel and then everything comes in left and right.
If you have the Y connections correct youll get the opening guitar
riff in both speakers, if not only left."
Hopefully my question is simple to answer......
Do I wire according to the Diamond schematic?
Do I wire per the alternate direction?
I'd prefer to have it play in stereo with left / right separation. Unless there is some benefit to the "summed signal" approach. That's what has me scratching my head I guess. Following the Micro4v2 diagram, the left channel input feeds the AMP front channel, and the right channel input feeds the AMP rear channel. In my small mind that would appear to be summed.
In the alternate configuration the channels appear to be kept "separate" at the input stage which would result in stereo. But what the hell do I know........ Otherwise I wouldn't be asking the ???
Maybe I should have phrased this as "what's the best or most commonly used practice".
Last edited by wevsspot; Jan 15, 2019 at 01:08 PM.
Which version of Hertz 165.3 are you running? DSK, DCX, MPX or MLK? Understanding your total system will help guide you in how you should wire the amp etc.
You are over thinking it brother.
To wire in stereo and have a stereo seperation output with the amp bridged for output. Wire the left output of the headunit with a Y splitter to the front amp input and the same for the right hu out to rear amp input. Hope that helps you get to were you want to be.
You are over thinking it brother.
To wire in stereo and have a stereo seperation output with the amp bridged for output. Wire the left output of the headunit with a Y splitter to the front amp input and the same for the right hu out to rear amp input. Hope that helps you get to were you want to be.
Yep, that's where I want to be. I just had to step back and ask myself how stupid can I be???????
Makes complete sense now. Basically I have independent gains for left channel and right channel. Left channel will play through the front AMP output, and right channel will play through the rear AMP output. Clear as day now after I asked the question and read the responses.
For everyone else, sorry that I wasn't clear about the exact Hertz coax speakers. They are the MPX 165.3 coaxials.
I have same amp driving two HCX speakers. Using Sony ax5000 HU. (Used your input on speaker figment)
I did Y wires as shown in DA diagram. When bridging, DA amp has labeled terminals for the speakers. Seemed to me too that left and right channels from HU got joined, but still have front and rear signals from amp going separately to the two speakers. In any case, sounds good and there is sound separation from the speakers.
I did remove the rubber from speaker magnets and used BikeTronics adapters (slanted spacers) for HCX in RG pods.
I'm hoping I won't need to do much in order for the MPX 165.3 to drop right in. The HCX has a little bit deeper mounting depth than the MPX (approx 1/4").
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This always make me scratch my head.to me for it to be stereo you would take front right y it to amp input front and rear channel and same for left .the way he has it is just like Diamond diagram which clearly says mono.anybody want to help me understand better
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