cheap amp to up speaker volume?

[Mkoll]

My situation. Car radio was stolen awhile ago so I put in computer speakers to replace it. Those broke so I have put in another pair, but they do not get loud enough. So basically I need a cheap amp to boost the volume between my player (1/8" female) to the speakers (1/8" male). Sound quality is not important because I listen to talks and lectures in the car. Enough power is important.

Any recommendations? Looking to spend <$20...<$30 if necessary.

 

[cossix]

Would this work?
https://www.parts-express.com/kinte...source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pla

You'd need a 3.5mm to rca adapter. The only issue is that speaker output is just bare wire. Maybe you could run the bare wire to your car speaker leads and have audio play through your door panel speakers

 

[Mkoll]

Thanks for the recommendation. Ya I've seen a few of those with the speaker wire outputs. I'm not really confident trying to hook them up to the computer speakers. RCA, 1/4", or 1/8" output, male or female, I can work with. It's just the speaker wire that I'm unsure of.

Thanks for the suggestion about using the car speakers as output. I hadn't thought of that! I'll look into that if I can't figure out an "easy" solution.

 

[cossix]

Sure thing! Good luck

 

[ProtegeManiac]

My situation. Car radio was stolen awhile ago so I put in computer speakers to replace it. Those broke so I have put in another pair, but they do not get loud enough. So basically I need a cheap amp to boost the volume between my player (1/8" female) to the speakers (1/8" male). Sound quality is not important because I listen to talks and lectures in the car. Enough power is important.

Any recommendations? Looking to spend <$20...<$30 if necessary.

Would this work?
https://www.parts-express.com/kinte...source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pla

You'd need a 3.5mm to rca adapter. The only issue is that speaker output is just bare wire. Maybe you could run the bare wire to your car speaker leads and have audio play through your door panel speakers

No, those will likely not work. The computer speakers in the car are already powered speakers. You can't even hook them up because the speakers take a low level signal and that amp outputs a high level signal for passive speakers.

The way to make that amp work is to hook them up to the stock speakers on the car. And then maybe they'll be loud enough.

 

[cossix]

No, those will likely not work. The computer speakers in the car are already powered speakers. You can't even hook them up because the speakers take a low level signal and that amp outputs a high level signal for passive speakers.

The way to make that amp work is to hook them up to the stock speakers on the car. And then maybe they'll be loud enough.

That's what I was suggesting, then he could just use the car speakers depending on how much power they draw

 

[ProtegeManiac]

That's what I was suggesting, then he could just use the car speakers depending on how much power they draw

I was making it clearer to the OP that he can't hook these up.

 

[Mkoll]

What could happen if I did?

 

[buke9]

You are not going to use powered computer speakers unless you have a power inverter. You can find them very cheap as the speakers draw very little power the inverter plugs into the cigarette lighter port or whatever it is called now and be had for under $20 and will power the speakers just fine I'm almost positive.

 

[ProtegeManiac]

What could happen if I did?

You can smoke the amp circuit on the computer speakers.

Why not just use a BT speaker?

 

[Mkoll]

The BT speakers I've tried don't output close to enough volume. My car interior is noisier than many.

Do you know of a BT speaker that can output a lot of volume?

 

[ProtegeManiac]

The BT speakers I've tried don't output close to enough volume.
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Do you know of a BT speaker that can output a lot of volume?

UE Boom can be used two at a time. Either playing an identical signal or one as left and the other as right channel.

My car interior is noisier than many.

Coupled with a missing receiver, the $400 for two UE Booms might be better spent towards another car though.

Or you can go with an even more ghetto solution and tape a BT speaker with a similar configuration as the UE Boom and Bose equivalent, ie, two front firing drivers, to the steering wheel, facing you. That way you'll get more out of what power you can squeeze out of them just by using them totally on-axis.

 

[Mkoll]

Thanks for the suggestions.

Judging from this thread, http://www.bassheadspeakers.com/loudest-bluetooth-speakers/, I've got a few options. I'll probably go with one of those.

 

[ProtegeManiac]

Thanks for the suggestions.

Judging from this thread, http://www.bassheadspeakers.com/loudest-bluetooth-speakers/, I've got a few options. I'll probably go with one of those.

If you're listening to talks and lectures avoid the bassiest ones, or use an EQ from your player to trim everything below 100hz.

 

[Mkoll]

Thanka. Yeah I'll definitely be looking into speech EQ settings for my player.