hooking up my system.
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: hooking up my system.
Posted By: hallucin
Subject: hooking up my system.
Date Posted: May 21, 2007 at 11:00 PM
I am not an audio fanatic, so i dont know a whole lot about hooking up systems in cars. I need some advice on how to hook up two of these https://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Kicker-12-CompVR-Subwoofer-CVR12/sem/rpsm/oid/172620/catOid/-13093/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
and this
https://cgi./Legacy-LA2070-2400W-2-1-Ch-Red-Series-MOSFET-Amp-NEW_W0QQitemZ220114625184QQihZ012QQcategoryZ39732QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
would i better off getting a 2k mono amp, then the 2400 2 channel amp? any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Posted By: tdsteele
Date Posted: May 21, 2007 at 11:46 PM
Well first off, those subs aren't going to take 1000 watts a piece, rated at 800 peak, so realistically, cut that at least in half for an actual power handling rating. Second, forget that legacy amp, it's going to do nothing but disappoint you. 
I would say find you a decent mono amp that will put out around 800 rms @ 2 ohms for those subs and wire it as shown above.
Posted By: hallucin
Date Posted: May 22, 2007 at 12:01 AM
so something along the lines of this
https://cgi./A8000V-Audiobahn-800W-RMS-Mono-Blck-Amp-NEW-2007-A8000T_W0QQitemZ220114473615QQihZ012QQcategoryZ64570QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
would be good?
Posted By: hallucin
Date Posted: May 22, 2007 at 12:08 AM
or a kicker ZX750.1 would work just fine? the kicker amp says 750 RMS at 2 ohms x 1
Posted By: zhalverson
Date Posted: May 22, 2007 at 12:44 AM
Forget audiobahn too. Kicker is your best choice so far.
Posted By: hallucin
Date Posted: May 22, 2007 at 12:56 AM
ok thanks for all the help guys. i got the kicker zx750. one last thing. for everyones sake i will use abbreviatons. C2N-(coil 2 negative) C1P-(coil 1 positive) so on and so forth. in my kicker sub manual it says the parallel wiring to produce 1 ohm load is C2N-C1N-Amp C2P-C1P-Amp, this looks different in the picture tdsteele put, his looks like C1N-C2P and C1P-Amp and C2N-Amp. im not sure which way it should be, is steele or my manual incorrect?
Posted By: zhalverson
Date Posted: May 22, 2007 at 1:04 AM
He has his setup wired to give a 2 ohm load. If you wired it like you described you'd end up with a .5 ohm load which that amp isn't going to handle. Running at 2 ohms will be your best option for that equipment. Make sure you put them in a solid enclosure that's of proper design for them and you should be happy with it.
Posted By: hallucin
Date Posted: May 22, 2007 at 1:04 AM
i see what steele had. he had a series/parallel wiring. whats the difference between series/parellel and just parallel if they put out the same ohm load.
Posted By: zhalverson
Date Posted: May 22, 2007 at 1:08 AM
Where did you get that they give the same load? I said in my previous post everything in parallel gives you .5 ohms which is too low for that amp. Wire in series/parallel and you'll get the desired 2 ohm load.
Posted By: hallucin
Date Posted: May 22, 2007 at 1:11 AM
sorry i didnt see your previous post. thank you very much zhalverson,and tdsteele youve been a tremendous help.
Posted By: zhalverson
Date Posted: May 22, 2007 at 1:13 AM
no prob man. should be a good match and setup for ya. like i said make sure you put them in a "proper" enclosure and you should get some good bass out of them. enjoy
Posted By: butcha
Date Posted: May 22, 2007 at 3:03 PM
if ur goin to a retail store to buy a system go to Best Buy get u some alpine type E subs an alpine 450 mono amp and a fosgate 4awg power kit u cant go wrong with that system its all what i call an entry level system not to much but sound good in anything..
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MY FRIENDS CALL ME BUTCHER I FEAR NO WIRES THAT DONT BELONG.......................
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: May 22, 2007 at 10:50 PM
butcha wrote:
if ur goin to a retail store to buy a system go to Best Buy get u some alpine type E subs an alpine 450 mono amp and a fosgate 4awg power kit u cant go wrong with that system its all what i call an entry level system not to much but sound good in anything..
My head hurts. Please kill me, now. ------------- It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: May 23, 2007 at 2:04 PM
haemphyst wrote:
butcha wrote:
if ur goin to a retail store to buy a system go to Best Buy get u some alpine type E subs an alpine 450 mono amp and a fosgate 4awg power kit u cant go wrong with that system its all what i call an entry level system not to much but sound good in anything..
My head hurts. Please kill me, now.
Likewise...I wasn't gonna comment on that...lol was waiting on you
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