speaker wire from amp to speaker

[WP7456]

Got my polk db570's installed in the rears yesterday, sounds pretty good so far, and my infinity ref. 6812's should come in a few more days for the fronts. I'm hooking my MTX 3202 2 channel amp o the infinity's. It will give them 50 watts rms @ 4 ohms, they can handle up to 60. Anyways I just don't understand how the speaker wire is connecting to the actual speaker. Is it connecting to the harness? Or is the harness not even used? I guess I would attach the wires to the pos/neg terminals sticking out of the back of the speaker, and if that's the case, what can I use to attach them, something like a female spade connector? Also with only the fronts being amped it will probably be pretty imbalanced so will throwing the fader all the way to the rears make it sound better? Thanks

 

[oplitic]

Got my polk db570's installed in the rears yesterday, sounds pretty good so far, and my infinity ref. 6812's should come in a few more days for the fronts. I'm hooking my MTX 3202 2 channel amp o the infinity's. It will give them 50 watts rms @ 4 ohms, they can handle up to 60. Anyways I just don't understand how the speaker wire is connecting to the actual speaker. Is it connecting to the harness? Or is the harness not even used? I guess I would attach the wires to the pos/neg terminals sticking out of the back of the speaker, and if that's the case, what can I use to attach them, something like a female spade connector? Also with only the fronts being amped it will probably be pretty imbalanced so will throwing the fader all the way to the rears make it sound better? Thanks

The speaker wires go to the back of the radio. You can cut them away from the radio and wire them up there, or you can run new wires into the doors. I wouldn't fade them to the rear. If I was only amping the fronts I myself wouldn't even have the backs hooked up. Or I would do them all off the 2 channel. Having only the fronts amped and not the backs to me sounds awful. But everyone has there own opinion.

 

[toypaseo]

Run some nice 16 gauge speaker wire from the amp to the speakers.

I use these pictured below. I buy insulated ones, so that I what I use. I just make sure they are snug on the speaker terminal, so they don't fall off. Color may vary by manufacturer.

 

[WP7456]

Okay cool... now is it safe for the 2 ch. amp to run 4 speakers? I can't say I have heard good things about it, but as long as I could do it safely and it would sound better... I may just try selling the 2 ch. amp and getting something like a kicker zx350.4

 

[toypaseo]

You could run all four speakers off the MTX 3202 amp. It can handle the 2ohm load. Power output would be 100x2 at 2ohms.

Maybe not as clean. You will lose the front to back fader.

 

[oplitic]

If you can I would see about getting a 4 channel. It will still be clean, just maybe not as powerful, putting it down to 2 ohms would be helping that anyways. The front to back fader doesn't really matter. Fade is just a crappy/cheap replacement for time alignment.

 

[WP7456]

yeah.... I'm fairly sure I'm going to try to sell this mtx amp and buy myself a 4 ch. If anybody here wants it, it's rated for 200w x1 but is measured at 272. Thanks for the help guys