HELP, Questions about Wiring and Sub
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HELP, Questions about Wiring and Sub
First post here, so if I am missing any details I apologize.
My current setup includes:
Head Unit - JVC KW-NT500HDT
Front Door Speakers - Alpine SPR-60 6.5" Type-R
Rear Door Speakers - Alpine SPS-410 4" Type-S
Amp - Hifonics ZRX1000.4 1000 watt peak power, Class A/B, 2/3/4 channel.
Cadence 2 Farad Capacitor.
I was very limited in speaker options due to weird sizes of Subaru WRX.
My main question is about adding a sub. I have the amp and capacitor already mounted on a custom rack and really do not want to change it. Is it possible to parallel wire the four speakers to channel 1/2 and then bridge channel 3/4 and wire the sub to that?
I am also not sure what type of sub to go with? I am leaning towards an Alpine type R 12" as I know this will fit in the box I have. But I am not sure If I should go with 2 or 4 ohms, and if I should go with single or dual voice coils, also what power level it should be?
Any advice would be extremely appreciated as I am not too knowledgeable when it gets into the fine details of things.
My current setup includes:
Head Unit - JVC KW-NT500HDT
Front Door Speakers - Alpine SPR-60 6.5" Type-R
Rear Door Speakers - Alpine SPS-410 4" Type-S
Amp - Hifonics ZRX1000.4 1000 watt peak power, Class A/B, 2/3/4 channel.
Cadence 2 Farad Capacitor.
I was very limited in speaker options due to weird sizes of Subaru WRX.
My main question is about adding a sub. I have the amp and capacitor already mounted on a custom rack and really do not want to change it. Is it possible to parallel wire the four speakers to channel 1/2 and then bridge channel 3/4 and wire the sub to that?
I am also not sure what type of sub to go with? I am leaning towards an Alpine type R 12" as I know this will fit in the box I have. But I am not sure If I should go with 2 or 4 ohms, and if I should go with single or dual voice coils, also what power level it should be?
Any advice would be extremely appreciated as I am not too knowledgeable when it gets into the fine details of things.
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First post here, so if I am missing any details I apologize.
My current setup includes:
Head Unit - JVC KW-NT500HDT
Front Door Speakers - Alpine SPR-60 6.5" Type-R
Rear Door Speakers - Alpine SPS-410 4" Type-S
Amp - Hifonics ZRX1000.4 1000 watt peak power, Class A/B, 2/3/4 channel.
Cadence 2 Farad Capacitor.
I was very limited in speaker options due to weird sizes of Subaru WRX.
My main question is about adding a sub. I have the amp and capacitor already mounted on a custom rack and really do not want to change it. Is it possible to parallel wire the four speakers to channel 1/2 and then bridge channel 3/4 and wire the sub to that?
I am also not sure what type of sub to go with? I am leaning towards an Alpine type R 12" as I know this will fit in the box I have. But I am not sure If I should go with 2 or 4 ohms, and if I should go with single or dual voice coils, also what power level it should be?
Any advice would be extremely appreciated as I am not too knowledgeable when it gets into the fine details of things.
My current setup includes:
Head Unit - JVC KW-NT500HDT
Front Door Speakers - Alpine SPR-60 6.5" Type-R
Rear Door Speakers - Alpine SPS-410 4" Type-S
Amp - Hifonics ZRX1000.4 1000 watt peak power, Class A/B, 2/3/4 channel.
Cadence 2 Farad Capacitor.
I was very limited in speaker options due to weird sizes of Subaru WRX.
My main question is about adding a sub. I have the amp and capacitor already mounted on a custom rack and really do not want to change it. Is it possible to parallel wire the four speakers to channel 1/2 and then bridge channel 3/4 and wire the sub to that?
I am also not sure what type of sub to go with? I am leaning towards an Alpine type R 12" as I know this will fit in the box I have. But I am not sure If I should go with 2 or 4 ohms, and if I should go with single or dual voice coils, also what power level it should be?
Any advice would be extremely appreciated as I am not too knowledgeable when it gets into the fine details of things.
With regards to sub, if you bridge ch 3/4 then you will have 500 watts rms with a minimum impedance of 4 ohms to run the sub, hence, it could be either a dual 2 ohm wired in series or a single 4 ohm.
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Yes you can run the 4 speakers on ch 1/2. (If it was me I would just run the front speakers and forget about the rears).
With regards to sub, if you bridge ch 3/4 then you will have 500 watts rms with a minimum impedance of 4 ohms to run the sub, hence, it could be either a dual 2 ohm wired in series or a single 4 ohm.
With regards to sub, if you bridge ch 3/4 then you will have 500 watts rms with a minimum impedance of 4 ohms to run the sub, hence, it could be either a dual 2 ohm wired in series or a single 4 ohm.
Thanks you so much for that info, I think I will go ahead and forget the rears, would the HU be able to power them if I went that route?
Also, I think I am going to go with this sub:
Alpine SWR-1223D
Type-R 12" subwoofer with dual 2-ohm voice coils
Alpine SWR-1223D Type-R 12" subwoofer with dual 2-ohm voice coils at Crutchfield.com
Its a really reasonable price I would say?
Does the jumper wire need to be any specific length for wiring it in series? Also, what gauge wire would you recommend using?
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Yeah I think I will go ahead and run the rears off the head unit, might as well use them since I have them.
I have never really tuned a system before, I think I have it running decently now, but once the sub is thrown into the mix It will be over my head, any suggestions?
I have never really tuned a system before, I think I have it running decently now, but once the sub is thrown into the mix It will be over my head, any suggestions?
#6
By the way, how big did you stroke that LT1 out to? I had a camaro 97 camaro with the LT1 6 speed combo, until I bought my GTO (LS2)...was definitely a fun car though!
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Thanks you so much for that info, I think I will go ahead and forget the rears, would the HU be able to power them if I went that route?
Also, I think I am going to go with this sub:
Alpine SWR-1223D
Type-R 12" subwoofer with dual 2-ohm voice coils
Alpine SWR-1223D Type-R 12" subwoofer with dual 2-ohm voice coils at Crutchfield.com
Its a really reasonable price I would say? Yes it's a good price.
Does the jumper wire need to be any specific length for wiring it in series? Not really, keep it as short as you can with a reasonable slack
Also, what gauge wire would you recommend using? 12 should be fine.
Also, I think I am going to go with this sub:
Alpine SWR-1223D
Type-R 12" subwoofer with dual 2-ohm voice coils
Alpine SWR-1223D Type-R 12" subwoofer with dual 2-ohm voice coils at Crutchfield.com
Its a really reasonable price I would say? Yes it's a good price.
Does the jumper wire need to be any specific length for wiring it in series? Not really, keep it as short as you can with a reasonable slack
Also, what gauge wire would you recommend using? 12 should be fine.
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A buddy of mine is hunting for a GTO at the moment. Very nice cars to mod!
Later,
Brad
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