What high powered amp?
06-05-2003, 09:03 PM
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What high powered amp?
I'm wanting to get a really high powered amp and connecting 2 good 12's to it. I want something with really good Rms power like 400 and up. Also i'd like it to be under $200 if possible.
06-06-2003, 12:59 PM
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This one looks good What do u guys think?
and only $170....that sounds a little low.
06-06-2003, 02:58 PM
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yea firebirdude I did look but those are 1 channel amps. You must have miss read my first post
meaning I want a 2 channel amp. Sorry I didn't quite have that clear.
a high powered amp and connecting 2 good 12's to it
06-06-2003, 04:36 PM
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well, what speakers are you looking at or have? the impedence of the speakers and the impedence the amp can handle is what will determine how to wire things.
2 speakers can be wired to a single channel of an amp by either ways, depending on what ohms you want the amp to see.
Wiring them in series... + of speaker 1 to + of amp, - of speaker 1 to + of speaker 2, - of speaker 2 to - of amp. The amp will see (Ohms of Speaker 1 + Ohms of speaker 2)
Basically with 2 4ohm speakers the amp will see 8 ohms as an example.
Wiring them in Parallel, you connect both speaker +'s to the + terminal of the amp, and both -'s to the - of the amp. THe amp will see (1/what the amp sees=(Ohm 1 * Ohm 2)/(Ohm 1 + Ohm2)
Basically with 2 4ohm speakes the amp will see 2 ohms as an example.
But What speakers are you going to be using? are they single Voice coil, or dual VC? that effects things as well.
2 speakers can be wired to a single channel of an amp by either ways, depending on what ohms you want the amp to see.
Wiring them in series... + of speaker 1 to + of amp, - of speaker 1 to + of speaker 2, - of speaker 2 to - of amp. The amp will see (Ohms of Speaker 1 + Ohms of speaker 2)
Basically with 2 4ohm speakers the amp will see 8 ohms as an example.
Wiring them in Parallel, you connect both speaker +'s to the + terminal of the amp, and both -'s to the - of the amp. THe amp will see (1/what the amp sees=(Ohm 1 * Ohm 2)/(Ohm 1 + Ohm2)
Basically with 2 4ohm speakes the amp will see 2 ohms as an example.
But What speakers are you going to be using? are they single Voice coil, or dual VC? that effects things as well.
06-06-2003, 11:37 PM
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Originally posted by 97FormulaWS-6
well, what speakers are you looking at or have? the impedence of the speakers and the impedence the amp can handle is what will determine how to wire things. But What speakers are you going to be using? are they single Voice coil, or dual VC? that effects things as well.
well, what speakers are you looking at or have? the impedence of the speakers and the impedence the amp can handle is what will determine how to wire things. But What speakers are you going to be using? are they single Voice coil, or dual VC? that effects things as well.
06-07-2003, 12:15 AM
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2 voice coils is better than 1 right? Also....the lower the load(ohms) on the voice coil the better right.
Does this sub seem good or could I get better? I've got some 10's sorta like that and I like it....but I also don't have a lotta power to it so I don't know how hard they hit or how crisp they sound at high volumes
. Those 12's above say:
·2.5" 4-Layer ASV Voice Coil ---- What exactly does that mean?
·Dual 4 Ohm ---- Dual? meaning 2 voice coils???
·2 Ohm or 8 Ohm Operation ---- That depends on how u wire it right?
Does this sub seem good or could I get better? I've got some 10's sorta like that and I like it....but I also don't have a lotta power to it so I don't know how hard they hit or how crisp they sound at high volumes
. Those 12's above say:·2.5" 4-Layer ASV Voice Coil ---- What exactly does that mean?
·Dual 4 Ohm ---- Dual? meaning 2 voice coils???
·2 Ohm or 8 Ohm Operation ---- That depends on how u wire it right?
06-07-2003, 12:46 AM
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It all just depends on what amp you are looking at. personally I think the audiobahns are junk. We used to sell them in our store. We have a pile of them in a corner waiting to be shipped back. They all have bad coils or broken tensel leads. No impedance is better than another. In the past you had to get a dual voice coil speaker if you wanted to use big power. Now companies make single coil speakers that take big power. I say look for a 600.1 Jbl like someone else said. Find two 4 ohm or two dual two ohm speakers and rock. For speakers I would look at image dynamics, Jl audio, treo, mmats, cadence and cutting edge just a name a few.
06-07-2003, 01:17 AM
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Originally posted by bt96ss
For speakers I would look at image dynamics, Jl audio, treo, mmats, cadence and cutting edge just a name a few.
For speakers I would look at image dynamics, Jl audio, treo, mmats, cadence and cutting edge just a name a few.
Back to wanting a powerful amp(preferably 2 channel bcuz I can always bridge it right?) with high RMS power that I can hook up to 2 12's and having a low load.