hooking up three mono amps?
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Topic: hooking up three mono amps?
Posted By: fatdaddyjoe
Subject: hooking up three mono amps?
Date Posted: May 06, 2004 at 1:16 AM
hello there i am trying to put together a system and i have a ALPINE CDA-9830 HEAD UNIT AND THREE ALPINE TYPE S 1241D DUAL 4 OHM SUBS ALONG WITH 3 PROFILE CA600M AMPS.........................THE AMP IS 420 X 1 @ 2OHMS I WANT TO RUN 1 AMP TO EACH SUB BUT MY HEAD UNIT ONLY HAS 1 SET OF SUB OUTPUTS SO HOW DO I RUN ALL THREE AMPS ?????? ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED...THANKS IN ADVANCE
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Posted By: speedwayaudio1
Date Posted: May 06, 2004 at 1:32 AM
Get a line driver, then use spliters. I don't know anything about those amps they might have a line out on them for you to add extra amps. if it does then you just run the rca sub out to one amp. Then come out of the line out to the next amp then line out to the last amp.
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Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: May 06, 2004 at 4:20 AM
after looking at the manual for the amp i think your only choice would be to get line drivers or EQ's to split your RCA's into three channels without using y's as to keep the voltage up.
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Posted By: fatdaddyjoe
Date Posted: May 06, 2004 at 8:40 AM
wher can i get them and is there anything special to look for in getting a good one? thanks for the replys
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Posted By: fatdaddyjoe
Date Posted: May 06, 2004 at 9:28 AM
will this visonik vld20 work and then use y plugs? i cant find anything to allow me to turn 1 set of rca into three different sets...............thanks again
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Posted By: fatdaddyjoe
Date Posted: May 06, 2004 at 9:54 AM
https://cgi.ebay.com/dll?ViewItem&item=3094501879&category=14931&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1
will this one work
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Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: May 06, 2004 at 12:24 PM
Get one with 3 line outs so all the amps get the same signal. That one you referred to has 2.
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Posted By: fatdaddyjoe
Date Posted: May 06, 2004 at 11:50 PM
can someone find me one with 2 sets... thanks
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Posted By: speedwayaudio1
Date Posted: May 07, 2004 at 12:12 AM
you would be better off selling those amps and using 1 larger amp to power the 3 subs use a big class d mono block.
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Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: May 07, 2004 at 6:48 PM
bahhhh, the 3 amps will be less efficient, but will probably sound a tad better.
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Posted By: nyguy4u
Date Posted: May 07, 2004 at 8:33 PM
I have 3 sub amps as well.. I have a Audio Control Matrix 6 line driver, ran into a 24xs crossover, then to my amps.
Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: May 08, 2004 at 1:57 AM
yeha i was definately thinking about suggesting the Matrix 6 for his setup... good call on that^^^
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Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: May 08, 2004 at 12:22 PM
You will only need an Audio Control overdrive and some rca splitters. You can run like up to 7 amps off of just one overdrive so three should have plenty of voltage.
Posted By: fatdaddyjoe
Date Posted: May 08, 2004 at 4:57 PM
how would a ma audio hk-1997 amp work it is 1200 x 1 @ 2 ohms it is showing 2.67 ohms for three dual 4 ohms wired together.
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Posted By: fatdaddyjoe
Date Posted: May 08, 2004 at 10:16 PM
will this work
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