more power out of a amp
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Topic: more power out of a amp
Posted By: butterbeanmach
Subject: more power out of a amp
Date Posted: April 06, 2005 at 9:08 PM
i have heard that you can hook your sub wires into the amp so both subs are getting the full power of the amp NOT SPLIT UP. I would be greatful if u could tell me how to do this. Thanks
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Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: April 06, 2005 at 9:14 PM
you better tell us what gear you have, then we might be able to answer that ever so vague question you have.
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Posted By: butterbeanmach
Date Posted: April 06, 2005 at 9:24 PM
i have two audiobahn 12" subs in a audiobahn bampass box with a rockford cheater amp
Posted By: butterbeanmach
Date Posted: April 06, 2005 at 9:25 PM
my hu is a pioneer deh-p6700
Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: April 06, 2005 at 9:33 PM
ok, are the subs dual voice coil, single voice coil? how many ohms per coil? what are the ratings on the amp and/or the model number?
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Posted By: butterbeanmach
Date Posted: April 06, 2005 at 9:40 PM
sinlge voice coil and i bought the amp off of a buddy at work he said it puts out about 800 watts he called it a rockford cheater amp the amp itself has nothing on it about watts or anything thats all i know
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: April 06, 2005 at 9:53 PM
butterbeanmach wrote:
i have heard that you can hook your sub wires into the amp so both subs are getting the full power of the amp NOT SPLIT UP. I would be greatful if u could tell me how to do this. Thanks
Nope, that's impossible. If you connect any two loads to any amplifier they will share the amplifier's output, period. It doesn't matter if they are connected in series or parallel, they will share the output (albeit in different ways.) Whoever told you this is either ignorant about electricity, lying to you, or just mistakenly believing a lie someone else told them. Find out the lowest safe impedence load the amplifier will handle and connect your subs so they do not present a lower load than this and you will have the "most" out of any setup. There is no magic to it, it's physics. ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: gladbach
Date Posted: April 06, 2005 at 10:04 PM
this always cracks me up. nothing more amusing than when someone comes into the shop and talks about how they want to "double bang" their amps, and what not...
really, it depends on the amp, and also the quality. sometimes you can take an amp bridged to two ohm, but man, it will fry sooner or later if it even works in the first place.
mmmmmm, crispy. ;)
Posted By: butterbeanmach
Date Posted: April 06, 2005 at 10:04 PM
thanks dyohn i talked to the guy that told me this and he said to hook sub1's neg to ch1's neg on the amp then to hook up sub1's pos to ch2's pos on the amp then to hook sub2's neg to ch2's neg on the amp then to hook up sub2's pos to ch1's pos on the amp would this do anything except confuse me. haha thanks again
Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: April 06, 2005 at 10:18 PM
Doing that would be pretty cool actually, it would definately bang when the amp explodes in your face.. Seriously tho, if we have no model number of your amp then we cannot reccomend anything, your pretty much not going to get a solid answer unless you can get us that info some how. And do you know the model of bandpass box you have? or link to where we can see info on it? I wish we could just give you an answer, but every piece of equipment is designed differently. ------------- 2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.
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