I have some q's and any help would be appreciated. so heres what i have for the bass in my car.

Lanzar vibe 1600 watt amp

2 x 400 Watts RMS at 4 Ohms
2 x 800 Watts Max at 4 Ohms
1 x 1600 Watts Max at 4 Ohms Bridged
2 x 650 Watts at 2 Ohms
Electronic Crossover Network
Bass Boost Circuit
Bridgeable at 4 Ohms
2 Ohms Stereo Stable
Tri-Mode Capable
Gold RCA Inputs
Line Outs For Left & Right Channels.
Power & Protection LED Indicators
Advanced Protection Circuitry
Soft Turn On/Off
Remote Control Bass Booster
I know i will not get full effencicy from this amp but how how many watts do you think it will actually put out? I am thinking to run it at 4 ohms briged because i have 2 of these:

Bazooka 12" dual voice coil

RSW1224DVC
Power Handling 350w - 400w *max power wired in parallel*
Power Handling with Liquid Cooling 500w *max power wired in parallel*
Impedance Dual 4 Ohm
Sensitivity 88
Recommended Power 50w - 225w (RMS) per coil


How do you think i should wire this up? Should i go ported or sealed? i am fiberglassing these into the trunk. What guage wire do i need to run from the amp to the subs? is regular speaker wire ok?

Although the amp it 2 ohm stereo stable, would it make sense to run it in 4 ohm briged to not work it as hard. Finally do you think this will sound alright?

From what I have seen of the Pyramid Legacy type stuff you could probably expect maybe 400 watts at the most out of that amp.

2 ohm Stereo and 4 ohm mono would be the same as far as stress on the amp.

Yeah, run it 4 ohms bridged to the two subs to get the most out of your setup. With ported you'll get a louder boomier bass than with a sealed enclosure. I'm not sure if the amp has a subsonic filter - if you're going to go ported you may want to make sure the amp has one. If not you may risk damaging the sub at low frequencies.

From my amp to my subs I think I'm running 12 guage but I'm not entirely sure. It seems to work fine for me.

[ March 18, 2004, 09:32 PM: Message edited by: Muckaluck ]

12 guage is plenty!

subsonic filter ?? is that a low pass crossover?

It's a high pass crossover

yea thats what i meant. THanks dereck!

sealed = tighter more accurate bass
ported = louder more distorted bass

lol i perfer my vented box :D