Hello fellow E owners. I am currently in the process of planning to change the speakers. I have the 270 watts system that comes standard with the EX. But i am curious as to whether i need to change the amp too if i get new speakers and a new head unit which i am waiting on right now. Can someone help :?:

[quote:ed40be7b53=" "]Hello fellow E owners. I am currently in the process of planning to change the speakers. I have the 270 watts system that comes standard with the EX. But i am curious as to whether i need to change the amp too if i get new speakers and a new head unit which i am waiting on right now. Can someone help :?:[/quote:ed40be7b53]

If the head unit has line outs (2 front/2 rear) you can keep the amp as-is. If not (that is, it only has speaker level out), you'll need a speaker-to-line-level adapter.*

-brendan

*I used the latter, not because my head unit lacked the line outs, but because my speakerphone required working at speaker level and wiring it post-amp, which would be in the passenger side kick panel, was too difficult.

[quote:fb35aa6fe9="Brendan"]If the head unit has line outs (2 front/2 rear) you can keep the amp as-is. [/quote:fb35aa6fe9]

And Brendan, isn't there a How-To somewhere here (or did I see it on "another" forum) as to the wiring diagram that one would use in order to make the necessary custom RCA-to-Molex? adapters?

In other words, soopa, the factory amplifier has line-level inputs but they aren't standard RCA jacks.

Hope my understanding of the situation is correct.

I just saw your link again in the thread above this one.

http://elementownersclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7724

Well the headunit I am getting will be the Pioneer AVIC-N1. And I am planning on new speakers too. So some help Brendan?

[quote:d3e6e64d33=" "]Well the headunit I am getting will be the Pioneer AVIC-N1. And I am planning on new speakers too. So some help Brendan?[/quote:d3e6e64d33]

Go to the topic list in the Mobile Electronics forum (this one) and read all the threads marked Sticky first...

http://elementownersclub.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=13

...then put together some specific questions and we can discuss.

-brendan

thank you brendan.