hooking up highs amp

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Topic: hooking up highs amp

Posted By: pitdawg47
Subject: hooking up highs amp
Date Posted: March 20, 2010 at 8:31 PM

Ok i really need help hooking my highs up right..

heres my amp im useing https://soundtoyzaudio.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productid=353

FRONT

alpine componets (6" and tweeter)

REAR

orion colbalt 6x9s SAYS there 3ohms

and have pair of massive tweeters

the 3 ohm 6x9s are thowing me off..

I was going to hook front alpines comp.. to channel 1 and 2 stright + to + and - to - and twist the 6x9 and tweeter wires toghter and run them stright + to + and - to - AND put them ---> 1 6x9 and 1 tweeter on channel 3 and 1 6x9 and 1 tweeter on channel 4 ... is this right or im i way off... please help is there a better way to hook all this up?

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Posted By: nodiggie
Date Posted: March 20, 2010 at 11:40 PM

looks like you are good up till u get to the 6x9 and tweeters. If you run the 6x9 and tweeter in SERIES, you will be ok. Correct me if I'm wrong (somone) but assuming the tweeter that is to powered together with the 6x9 is 4ohm, it would need to be ran in series for 7ohm load. If ran in parallel it would be 1.71ohm?

According to the amp's spec. it is only stable down to 2ohm stereo.

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Kraco

Posted By: pitdawg47
Date Posted: March 21, 2010 at 12:17 AM

how do i run them in series?

Posted By: pitdawg47
Date Posted: March 21, 2010 at 12:24 AM

pitdawg47 wrote:

how do i run them in series?

ok so yea fronts all good.. now for rear .. rember 6x9s are 3ohm and nto sure what ohm massive tweeters are... would i need anthor amp to run tweeters? i would think throwing tehm on the 6x9 channels wouldnt make much diffrence .. but thats why im here asking someone that knows... what yall think?

Posted By: nodiggie
Date Posted: March 21, 2010 at 12:49 AM

6x9 + > - on tweeter + of tweeter > amp - of 6x9 > amp.

Make sure the tweeter has a capacitor, if not and you run full range out to it... POOOF! Time for a new tweeter.

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Kraco

Posted By: pitdawg47
Date Posted: March 21, 2010 at 11:55 AM

i think i need a drawing.. im not getting the picture.. ??

Posted By: nodiggie
Date Posted: March 21, 2010 at 3:48 PM

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Don't concern yourself with the ohms on this drawing. This is how you hook two speakers in series.

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Still learning

Kraco