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bberman1

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Posted: December 03, 2002 at 7:17 PM / IP Logged

Sorry wasn’t thinking correctly St. Dark is correct. If you bridge it the load will be cut in half giving you a 1 ohm load. The best way to get the most out of your amp would be a 4ohm load. Thanks St. Dark for catching my error.

65Kegzar

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Posted: December 04, 2002 at 9:50 PM / IP Logged

Ok, I am very green with this whole electricity, load, stuff. Let me replay what I just read. I am going to use the speakers at I want to put into my integra. I have 3qty JL 12W6's. Now unless I am incorrect if I wire the subs in parallel that should drop the resistance to 2ohms, correct? Assuming I am right on that, as long as I get an amp that is "mono" and 2ohm stable that should work like a charm, no? Now on the other side, I was looking a getting a BD1500 to push these three subs. What is the pro's opinion on that?

bberman1

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Posted: December 04, 2002 at 10:45 PM / IP Logged

No if you had 3 6 ohm w6’s you would get either a 1 ohm load if you wired them parallel http://www.audiobahninc.com/tech/parallel-parallel-dual-6.gif or 4 ohms if you wired them in series- parallel http://www.audiobahninc.com/tech/series-parallel-dual-6.gif The BD1500 puts out 750 Watts X 1 @ 4 Ohms and 1500 Watts X 1 @ 2 Ohms Since you can only get a 1 or 4 ohm load out of your subs if you got the BD1500 you would only be able to run it in 4ohms getting 750 watts. Might want to look @ the JL 1000/1 which will put out 1000 watts @ 4 ohms. http://www.jlaudio.com/amps/10001.html it’s a very good amp and defiantly worth the money. If you get this amp use the Series-Parallel configuration listed above. Hope this helps

65Kegzar

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Posted: December 05, 2002 at 4:19 AM / IP Logged

Thanks for the advices. What do you think. Will this get me to where the amp will see a 1ohm load? If I use the 1ohm/parallel wiring configuration and get a two channel amp and bridge it. What do you think of that and what kind of amp would you use then?

65Kegzar

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Posted: December 05, 2002 at 4:35 AM / IP Logged

I just looked and I found this I dont know if there are any other manufactures out there that have something similar, if you let me know http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/ezcompare/ezcompare/model_info.asp?visitid=1414512&model=10058954 Thanks for your help, its much appreciated.

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Posted: December 05, 2002 at 4:54 AM / IP Logged

Then there is the Sound Stream Tarantula TR 1760/D, but god only knows what they are wanting for one of those. Image the widow maker model with red neon under and throughout a black car, and red neon coming out of the amp. Hold on a sec, I need to go take care of something. How to get the most power out of my sub - Page 2 -- posted image.

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bberman1

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Posted: December 05, 2002 at 9:23 AM / IP Logged

The Fosgate wont work because if you have a 4 ohm load and then you bridge you end up with a 2 ohm load. I try to stay away from Sound Stream. But like I said before that JL will work well in your setup. Also you might want to look at some of Audiobah’s class D amps. They are all stable at 1 Ohm http://www.audiobahninc.com f

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Posted: December 05, 2002 at 6:34 PM / IP Logged

So if you parallel a DVC 4 ohm sub into 2ohms, then you have a 2 channel amp that's stable down to 2 ohm, then you can't run the sub in the parallel setup because in it's brigded state it will only see it as a 1 ohm load??????

WOW, you learn something new everyday I tell ya

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65Kegzar

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Posted: December 05, 2002 at 8:57 PM / IP Logged

My reasoning for the sound stream amp is they have a Tarantula that is built to put out 1760watts at 4 ohms. But I am curious why the grudge against sound stream. My email address is royweeks@hotmail.com if you choose to voice you opion I would love to hear it. When you are talking about spending that kind of money on an amp you want to get a stellar product.

Thanks again,

Roy

65Kegzar

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Posted: December 05, 2002 at 9:00 PM / IP Logged

My only thought on the JL amp is will it be enough power? I know that amp is nothing to sneeze at but those subs are power hungry and I dont want to clip my amp and blow a speak(I just learned that. hehe). You obviously know more than me about this thing so by all means, hit me with it.

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