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Subject:Re: Speaker Wire Polarity?
From:The Bus Depot
Date:Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:37:19 -0500

> If you want quality sound break loose for some name brand bookshelf
> speakers. Boze are very good but expensive and there are ten other very
good
> brands

Oh, and I almost forgot.  Most home speakers are not well suited for use
with car stereos.  Car stereos are designed for use with 4 ohm speakers.
Most home speakers are 8 ohms.  Using an 8 ohm speaker on a car stereo will
reduce its perhaps-already-meager power output by an additional 25 to 50%.
If you do want to use home speakers, look for ones that are very sensitive
(around 90 db/1w/1m or higher) and have a 4 ohm nominal impedence.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  (215) 234-VWVW
  www.busdepot.com

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