Bridging 2 pioneer amps to 2 premier 10's
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: July 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Topic: Bridging 2 pioneer amps to 2 premier 10's
Posted By: tjstarkes
Subject: Bridging 2 pioneer amps to 2 premier 10's
Date Posted: December 09, 2003 at 10:10 AM
I have 2 pioneer 4 channel 400 watt amps to power 2 700 watt pioneer premier 10 inch subs... I can bridge the amps to produce 4 200 watt signals easy ehough but how can i get 2 400 watt signals.... TJ
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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: December 09, 2003 at 12:57 PM
Not gonna happen, no way, no how. A 4channel amp (generally speaking) is designed to bridge into 3 or 2 channels only, not one.
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Posted By: tjstarkes
Date Posted: December 09, 2003 at 1:23 PM
Any way to bridge the 2 amps over so one channel will put out 400 watts? There has to be a way because i seen systems which 4 amps are powering 2 subs.... Im pretty there you can get a connector of some sort that can bridge them...
Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: December 09, 2003 at 1:36 PM
Yes there are systems that use multiple amps to power 2 subs, without knowing the particulars on your subs and amp (need the info) I will recommend against it. You cannot combine the output of 2 amps into one, the two amps will have different output levels due to different efficiencies, different tolerance levels, different current consumption, heat signature, crossover points......... As you have described things so far, for the vast majority of cases, a 4 channel amp can only bridge to 2 channels, if you have a dvc sub, then 1 of each bridged channels can go to each coil, IF your amp produces 400w x 2 (800w total) and you split it between to voice coils, you still have the same amount of power.
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Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.
Posted By: tjstarkes
Date Posted: December 09, 2003 at 2:26 PM
thats a problem then.... i'll just have to use a amp for the speakers..might be better anyway seems im a metal listener as appose to a god dam techno crap listener.. i'll be be alright anyway... the amp still helps me get some better sound from my speakers...
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