Help a beginner out!

[Dematt]

Hello audioholics. Recently my friend who has been driving me around installed some new subwoofers in his car, and instantly I was hooked. Listening to the music we used to (trap, hip-hop, rap) was never the same with these new subs. I have never been able to experience such an audio paradise, as you can't record the sounds from subs, so YouTube videos do no justice.

But since then, I have wanted to get my own system for my car when its registered. I was researching speakers to listen to music in my house, and also for movies, TV, ect. In the meantime I want something affordable, and easy to transfer over to the car, while using it right now.

I've read about being able to power a car stereo inside your house by making it compatable with 12v psu from a computer, but it strikes me as something that is very unsafe. Ideally I would buy the stereo for my car right now, and hook up just the subs, but that seems like too much work, but easier to transfer. If anybody has information on this specific idea, please let me know.

What I am more likely considering is buying a Yamaha RX-V377 5.1 channel receiver for my home. Paired with Pioneer SP-BS22 bookshelf speakers. Mainly to listen to music in my room (decent acoustics, but I've only ever used my TVs built in speakers). If I had these two products together, would I need anything else to power the speakers or would I be good to go to hook up an AUX cord or USB? Also, once I get some more money would I be able to hook up some Kicker DC122 12" 600 watt subs and listen to my music efficiently? Should I use these products together, or get something else, more bare bones for what I need? I'd just like a pleasant home listening experience, until I can bring the subs to the car.

ANY HELP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

 

[shadyJ]

What you want to do is a bit unusual. I don't have a solution, but I think I would do something like build a box with some drivers, and just hook it up to one amp for home audio and another for the car. I would not try to use an onboard amp for both functions. That will be tedious after awhile though. You will eventually have a sub for the car and a sub for home audio because what you are thinking about is a major PIA, so I would not even try to do what you are thinking. A car does not need the heavy duty subs that a average sized room in your house will. A sub that sounds awesome in a car can sound really weak in the home. Get a couple of these bad boys for the car and get a couple of high excursion 18"s for the house.

 

[slipperybidness]

What you want to do is a bit unusual. I don't have a solution, but I think I would do something like build a box with some drivers, and just hook it up to one amp for home audio and another for the car. I would not try to use an onboard amp for both functions. That will be tedious after awhile though. You will eventually have a sub for the car and a sub for home audio because what you are thinking about is a major PIA, so I would not even try to do what you are thinking. A car does not need the heavy duty subs that a average sized room in your house will. A sub that sounds awesome in a car can sound really weak in the home. Get a couple of these bad boys for the car and get a couple of high excursion 18"s for the house.

+1 on those Infinity subs! I used to have 1 in my 300zx (If I remember, I think I had the 1260, and I think that was an earlier model of this sub).

It was really too much for a small car, and it was also in a large box. I ended up moving down to a Kenwood 10" in a custom box to fit the contour of the zx cargo area.

 

[lsiberian]

A car sub needs to be attached the car well enough that it won't go flying in a wreck. There isn't really a safe intelligent way to move them around. Now you can certainly have an amazing sub in both, but you will want a pro audio amp like the Crown XLS1000 for a sub you plan to use in the home.

For a car I'd probably use a pair of JL Audio 8w7-3s or do an IB.

For home a Dayton Audio Reference HO is what you want.

 

[tyhjaarpa]

I would not try to use car subs on my home. Get powered subs to use at home, dayton for example have really affordable subs to start with.