Add amp and sub with premium audio

[alexlab79]

but did you do this on a truck with the alpine setup?

The Kicker hide away sub is trash because it’s a hide away sub, speakers need space to perform. Also, the pillar is not a bad signal at all, if will still give you all that you need. The trick is to refrain from buying a 26 dollar Walmart LOC and get something decent like an LC2i or equivalent. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the way my baby 8s sound, I just wish there was more room under the seats because my 8s are suffocating. I can’t imagine putting two 10s under there and thinking it’s ok on space.

You’re right the volume are critical, but on premium alpine audio, both signals in the pillars are already filtered and equalized directly at the Alpine amp, one feeds the mids, and one feeds the highs in the pillars. Frequencies below 100Hz are heavily attenuated on the mid/high channel in the pillars.

With a quality DSP LOC you can absolutely extract clean, usable signal from that source. It’s not impossible at all, just requires the right gear. And when your amp already includes a built-in LOC, it’s possible to tap directly into the sub signal.

Also, I’ve lifted my rear seats by about 1 to 3 inches(rear to front), which allows my Polk Audio MM subs the breathing room they need to meet spec and perform properly.

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[GMGOLDEN]

Yes but you have to remove plastic panels where the sub is located..

Hi! I took the signal directly from the Alpine amplifier, just below the steering wheel. It’s a bit tricky to access, but it works. I can probably take a picture of the wire I used and send it to you if that helps!


Let me know if you want the photo or more details.

AUDIO-SYSTEM---PREMIUM.pdf

Connector C3 – pins 6 and 17 form a pair for the subwoofer output. It's a mono signal, so you don’t need two pairs.

I tried doing this using a kicker speaker to rca line-out converter. But I can’t get it to work. I only hooked it up the the right side input on the loc though. Do I need to splice the right and left together?