got an ohm problem

Is the amp capable of driving a 1 ohm load? 

it doesn't  say it does it only says 4ohms 290 and 2 ohms 500 so i was wondering if i did wire to 4 ohms would it only give it 290 rms

zero73188 wrote: it doesn't  say it does it only says 4ohms 290 and 2 ohms 500 so i was wondering if i did wire to 4 ohms would it only give it 290 rms

That sounds like your best option.

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If it were capable of a 1 ohm load, it would have been listed where you found the 4 ohm and 2 ohm rating.  Wiring it at 4 0hms is your only safe option.

If you want to see some of the most spectacular fireworks in your trunk imaginable, then wire two of those amps in series. Basically what I am saying is this: With one woofer, 4-ohms is all you got. That's a 400 watt woofer, the amplifier output at 290W (and being as it IS a Sony amp, keep in mind that is a ILS number) you'll have plenty of power. The amp will be cooler, and run with lower distortion, something that amp can use all the help it can get with. You'll NEVER hear the output difference. :::::EDIT::::: O... M... G...! LOL Even Sony themselves say "Make Believe"! I wonder if they are referring to the 290W RMS output of this specific amplifier! BWAHAHAHAHAH!!! On the top of the page... That, by the way is the UK home page for that amplifier. You'd never read anything like that here!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."