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Wiring 2 Audiobahn AW1251T

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Topic: Wiring 2 Audiobahn AW1251T

Posted By: heavyc1987
Subject: Wiring 2 Audiobahn AW1251T
Date Posted: April 03, 2009 at 10:40 PM

Audio experts know tricks to making subs beat harder. If I have 2 Audiobahn AW1251T subs which are 4 ohm dual voice coil... then how would I wire them to get the loudest bass out of them. I've seen ppl take the same set of speakers and hook them up one way and they beat and then hook them up totally different and they beat way harder. How would I achieve this with my subs    let's just say I have a Pioneer 760 2 channel amp.   Can any1 help???

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James aka HeavyC



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Posted By: heavyc1987
Date Posted: April 03, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Lmao   sry. 96 Chevy Camaro RS    have the custom trunk box and I meant 760 watt 2 channel pioneer amp

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James aka HeavyC




Posted By: lil evo
Date Posted: April 03, 2009 at 11:03 PM
You're talkinga about Series vs. Parallel wiring. Wring a dual 4 ohm speaker down to 2 ohms will lower the resistance, but keep in mind that as you lower resistance, the amount of current that you amp will need is going to increase as well. You need to be sure that you've got the appropriate guage power and ground wires, Be sure that the amplfier that you're using is going to be able to handle a low resistance load like that.




Posted By: heavyc1987
Date Posted: April 03, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Yeah   I figured that and it SAYS it will handle a 2 ohm load so I guess I will see. The Wires r no problem... I got a 2 guage kicker wiring kit. So which is the hardest beat and how do I  get it? 

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Posted By: nstaller36695
Date Posted: April 04, 2009 at 2:33 AM

that amp is only 2ohm stereo stable. so u can wire down to 2ohm per sub u just have to wire them 1 per channel. the only way i've kept from blowing those boxes apart is by reinforcing them with fiberglass. also the box fitting the cars has NOTHING to do with the box matching the woofers. check the specs. camaros always pound. and u might want to wire the woofers to 8ohms each and just bridge the amp. make sure you upgrade the factory ground wire at the battery and use a bolt, remove the paint from where you ground  your wires. the kicker amp kit should have came with a distribution block if not you might want to pick one up, i mean you only need 60 or 80 amps of current which a 8ga or 4ga wire would be fine



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Posted By: heavyc1987
Date Posted: April 04, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Ok i got u. But trust when I say that there is no way this box is coming apart off of 2 audiobahn 12's. Especially with only a 760 watt pioneer. But thanks for the info   I also believe that the 8 ohm wiring is going to give up the beating i'm trying to put on these 2 subs. Also the box has 4x4 round port in it so I think the box will be fine   I just need to know which setup is going to pound the hardest. And from what every1 is telling me   the 2ohm setup is the way 2 go.

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James aka HeavyC




Posted By: mattb21
Date Posted: April 04, 2009 at 6:14 PM




Posted By: j.reed
Date Posted: April 04, 2009 at 6:38 PM
2ohm ohm stereo vs a 4 ohm bridge is going to give you the same power either way.

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Posted By: heavyc1987
Date Posted: April 04, 2009 at 7:50 PM
I'm not askin that. I know for a fact... and my amp even says it that a 2 ohm load will get more power from it than a 4ohm load will. But I need 2 know how 2 do it right.

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James aka HeavyC




Posted By: mattb21
Date Posted: April 05, 2009 at 3:35 AM
2 ohm stereo and 4 ohm bridge will give you the same power, therefore giving you an equivalent amount of power.. either way! That is the best you will get out of this amp, point blank pretty much. The only reason I would say use a series / parallel configuration is because the four ohm load will be higher (while still having the same output as a two ohm, single channel load) BUT it will be 'easier' on your amp.

Just my two cents.




Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: April 05, 2009 at 5:05 AM
If a 2 ohm stereo load puts out the same amount of power as a 4 ohm mono load, How is one easier on the amp?




Posted By: heavyc1987
Date Posted: April 05, 2009 at 11:09 AM

That's what I'm tryin to figure out    but on my amp    it has 2 different numbers for the 2 different ohm loads . i.e. my pioneer 760 says

Continuous power(4ohm): 125Wx2

Continuous power(2ohm): 190Wx2

Continuous Power(4ohm) bridged: 380Wx1

So it does make a difference



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James aka HeavyC




Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: April 05, 2009 at 1:48 PM
2 Ohms per channel = 4 ohm mono.  Notice that the power rating is 190 per channel at 2 ohms.  Now notice that the 4 ohm mono rating is exactly the same.  190+ 190 = 380. 




Posted By: heavyc1987
Date Posted: April 05, 2009 at 2:34 PM
I understand that but if I have 2 4 ohm speakers hooked straight to 2 channels then i would be getting less power to each speaker. The only way I can think of to get the best bass is connecting the 2 speakers together and then bridging the amp. I tried this on a cheap 1200 watt pyle chopper series and I fried the amp. I don't know if that was because it was'nt stable or if ur just not supposed to do that. But I do know that while the speakers were hooked together and bridged  I got way more bass out of them than hooking them up normally( one to each channel). So if it is the same... then why did I get more bass from the bridged speakers???

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James aka HeavyC




Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: April 05, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Because you were running the amp into a 2 ohm mono load.  It will not play for long.




Posted By: mattb21
Date Posted: April 05, 2009 at 3:18 PM
i am an idiot wrote:

If a 2 ohm stereo load puts out the same amount of power as a 4 ohm mono load, How is one easier on the amp?


For some reason I really didn't take that into consideration when I posted. I was just thinking ohms..




Posted By: j.reed
Date Posted: April 05, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Easiest way to get more BASS. More power from a good mono block amplifier and an enclosure designed for the subs

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