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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 07:23 PM
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What Amplifier?

I have two 10inch subs in a sealed box.

500w max
250w nom
4 ohm
What amp should i be looking at?
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Smoke20
I have two 10inch subs in a sealed box.

500w max
250w nom
4 ohm
What amp should i be looking at?
an amp that puts out 500-600W RMS at the impedance you require.... search around, and decide what features you need in the amp, and go from there.

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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 07:40 PM
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hey thanks,
should i be looking at a mono amp and bridge the two?
also bridging two 4 ohm makes my impedance 2 ohm??
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 08:45 PM
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i have a 1200W xplod thats 2 ch if you interested
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 08:50 PM
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You're looking for 500-600wRMS @ 2 ohms... I'd get a 1 channel for this.
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 09:38 PM
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Is this 250w RMS for one, or both subs combined ?

Also, I would look for a Mono Channel Amp. Run the subs in a paralell, ( look on, www.the12volt.com ) for specs and such.
Are the subs single, or duel voice coil ?

If single, do the same thing I am doing. I have both subs in a parellel in the box, running a Mono Amp, at 2ohms output.
Because two 4ohm subs in a parellel need a 2ohm amp.

Sorry, I am still new to car audio.
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 10:55 PM
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The subs are a 10 inch pioneer IMPP with intergrated voice coil cooling system and are 4 ohm.

Also i'm gonna be using my old 4 ch amp to run my front and rear 6"X8" speakers. I know i can split the turn on wire but for the power wire do i have run a complete seperate power. in other words two power cables from the battery?
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 11:30 PM
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I think what people are trying to find out is are the subs single voice coil (SVC) or duel voice coil (DVC).

If they are duel 4 ohm voice coils then you'll need to run at either a 1 ohm (all four coils in parallel) or 4 ohm load (each one of the subs 2 coils in parallel with the two subs in series). Correct me if I'm wrong.

If both single 4 ohm voice coils then you'll want to run them at 2 ohms. There are lots of web sites that will explain how this works, I cant think of any at the moment.

You should decide on a configuration because many amps will have different power ratings at different resistance loads, generally the lower the resistance the higher the power rating.
Old Dec 19, 2006 | 11:03 AM
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Pritty much the same type of set up I am doing for my 1st car.
As for the main power wire, run a wire from the battery, ( with a fuse of course ) to a distrubition block. This will split the main wire, into 2 or more branches, to run to your amps.
Jsut recieved my distrubition block today
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