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reinkster 
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I was planning on making my own sub box for my 1991 chevy astro that i am customizing. I was planning on using 3 10inch subs with a one channel amp for each. I already have a layout planned and just wanted some tips from some of the more expirenced builders.
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Uhh. If you wanna lighten ur load a bit use 1/2" MDF and lotsa fiberglass resin on the inside of the box.
Why seperate amps? A single large monoblock would be far less taxing on your cars electrical system, not to mention better suited for running a common enclosure with summed subs... I can think of a few *vicious* 1000+ watt amps for that would run the bejeezus out of a 2.67 ohm load...
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hey thanks! i really wasnt sure what to do with the amplifiers. do you have any suggestions on amps that would be good for this. I'v had a hard time finding any.
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Im planning to make a sub box using 3 10inch subs for my 1991 asto.i have the subs picked out i just need some advice on an amplifier. Also any advice on making the sub box would be nice.
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what's your budget?
what subs do you have?
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I was going to get Blaupunkts pc series 10inchers. im not looking for anything too serious. my budget is undecided.
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You're going to have a time finding a good amp match using three SVC 4 ohm subs.  Wiring will be to 1.34 ohms, so you'd have to use a high current mono amp capable of servicing that load.  With a 200 watt RMS per sub, you'd have to find a very small mono amp that puts out only 600 watts at 1 ohm. 

Consider these variables while you're at the drawing board.  Look for DVC 4 ohm subs that will wire to 2.67 ohms and your selection of amps will be far greater.  Let us know what you decide to go with...and use the woofer wiring help on this site as an aid.

Build the box so that it performs well in the worst case scenario and, in return, it will reward you at all times.
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If he wires 2 subs in series to get an 8-ohm load, and wires the 8-ohm load to the 4-ohm load in parelell to the 3rd sub, wouldn't that result in a 2.67 ohm load.
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Posted: December 10, 2005 at 1:08 PM / IP Logged  

j_darling2007 wrote:
If he wires 2 subs in series to get an 8-ohm load, and wires the 8-ohm load to the 4-ohm load in parelell to the 3rd sub, wouldn't that result in a 2.67 ohm load.

Although the load on the amp would be what you state (8ohm paralleled with 4ohm), the power distribution to the individual subs would be totally whacked out.  This diagram is essentially the hookup you described.  (Note that with parallel connections they are the same whether connected directly to the speaker or directly to the amp, as same polarities are all connected):

tips for speaker box -- posted image.

The amp would be outputting at a 1:2 ratio into the two different loads, into 8 ohms and into 4 ohms.  The speaker on the right (#3) is a 4 ohm load so it would receive twice the power as #1 and #2 combined who together make an 8 ohm load.  You can see the results with this example scenario: 

Say that the amp is rated at 500 watts into 4 ohms.  You determine that it will output approximately 800 watts into a 2.67 ohm load.  Ideally, you would want that 800 watts to be split evenly among the three subs for 267 watts each.

The amp outputs 800 watts because it reads a 2.67 ohm load.  But the power into sub #3 is twice as great as the power that is going into #1 and #2 combined.  That's because 1and 2, as a wired set at 8 ohms, have an impedance that is twice as great as #3's 4 ohm impedance.  So the power distribution with your proposed wiring scheme would be:

  • sub #1 = 133 watts
  • sub #2 = 133 watts
  • sub #3 = 533 watts
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Posted: December 10, 2005 at 1:49 PM / IP Logged  
Ok,  that makes sense.  I kind of thought something like that after I posted after I thought about it a little more.
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