Rewire a 3 channel LCR internally to use as a sound bar

[Bigblu2u]

Hi everyone.
I have a Pinnacle QP9 3 channel LCD that I would like to rewire to use it as a single center channel. There are 6 woofers and 3 tweeters, and not sure if I would need to switch out the crossovers or use just 1 of the 3. Or is there a way to connect the existing 3 sets of terminals and maintain a 4 to 8 ohm load. The receiver is an Onkyo TxRz 830, in a 7.2.4 system. My current speaker is a James Audio custom built center channel
Thanks!

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Curious as to the purpose. I can’t imagine the soundbar souls give better performance than a James audio CC. Especially after the headache of rewiring it. What is the James model?

 

[Bigblu2u]

Curious as to the purpose. I can’t imagine the soundbar souls give better performance than a James audio CC. Especially after the headache of rewiring it. What is the James model?

It was a custom made 7' long center that I traded for. PL39-AL. Turned out, all the drivers were within 44"'s, so I cut it down to fit under my TV. I just wanted to rewire the Pinnacle to make it a single channel, use all 9 speakers, and see how it sounds. Something to do during quarantine. Thanks for responding

 

[Pogre]

Hey, how do you like the speakers? There have been 4 James Audio speakers for sale on Craigslist out here for $350 for a long time now. They look like competent speakers, but I have no experience with their stuff.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

It was a custom made 7' long center that I traded for. PL39-AL. Turned out, all the drivers were within 44"'s, so I cut it down to fit under my TV. I just wanted to rewire the Pinnacle to make it a single channel, use all 9 speakers, and see how it sounds. Something to do during quarantine. Thanks for responding

Guess you need something to do lol! I’ve been trying to get to some of my audio projects but my wife keeps moving stuff to the top of my list. Ugh...

FWIW, I’m not sure if what you want to do will be successful. Not knowing the speaker load as is would make it impossible to know what kind of load it would present to the amp, and you might be asking for trouble. OTOH, maybe you DO know all that stuff and you should proceed and get it off the list. Lol.
I honestly just think it will cause more problems than it solves. Even if the load isn’t that great, you might end up with lobing issues and timbre mismatch. More-so, I just don’t think the pinnacle will have near the dynamic range, or the sound quality. Maybe go to parts express and get some parts and make it a BT speaker or something? I just don’t think it’s a useful speaker except for a science experiment.

 

[Bigblu2u]

Hey, how do you like the speakers? There have been 4 James Audio speakers for sale on Craigslist out here for $350 for a long time now. They look like competent speakers, but I have no experience with their stuff.

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I have had 2 James Audio center channels, and they have been phenomenal.

 

[Bigblu2u]

Guess you need something to do lol! I’ve been trying to get to some of my audio projects but my wife keeps moving stuff to the top of my list. Ugh...

FWIW, I’m not sure if what you want to do will be successful. Not knowing the speaker load as is would make it impossible to know what kind of load it would present to the amp, and you might be asking for trouble. OTOH, maybe you DO know all that stuff and you should proceed and get it off the list. Lol.
I honestly just think it will cause more problems than it solves. Even if the load isn’t that great, you might end up with lobing issues and timbre mismatch. More-so, I just don’t think the pinnacle will have near the dynamic range, or the sound quality. Maybe go to parts express and get some parts and make it a BT speaker or something? I just don’t think it’s a useful speaker except for a science experiment.

 

[Bigblu2u]

Guess you need something to do lol! I’ve been trying to get to some of my audio projects but my wife keeps moving stuff to the top of my list. Ugh...

FWIW, I’m not sure if what you want to do will be successful. Not knowing the speaker load as is would make it impossible to know what kind of load it would present to the amp, and you might be asking for trouble. OTOH, maybe you DO know all that stuff and you should proceed and get it off the list. Lol.
I honestly just think it will cause more problems than it solves. Even if the load isn’t that great, you might end up with lobing issues and timbre mismatch. More-so, I just don’t think the pinnacle will have near the dynamic range, or the sound quality. Maybe go to parts express and get some parts and make it a BT speaker or something? I just don’t think it’s a useful speaker except for a science experiment.

I have a Sherwood Newcastle AM-9080 5 channel amp that I am currently using 2 channels for my rear heights. I thought about y-ing the RCA outside to the amp, but that would definitely create a love effect. Maybe I should leave things be, and use the Pinnacle in another room.
FYI, I do love parts Express. My 2 subs are a couple of 8 ohm 12" drivers that blow papers off coffee table 10' away.

 

[Bigblu2u]

I have a Sherwood Newcastle AM-9080 5 channel amp that I am currently using 2 channels for my rear heights. I thought about y-ing the RCA outside to the amp, but that would definitely create a love effect. Maybe I should leave things be, and use the Pinnacle in another room.
FYI, I do love parts Express. My 2 subs are a couple of 8 ohm 12" drivers that blow papers off coffee table 10' away.

Spell check: lobe, not love

 

[Bigblu2u]

Spell check: lobe, not love

Outputs, not outside

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Lol. My spellcheck decoder ring figured it out. Lol