1 or 2?

[RideLoudAndFast]

Hey, wondering if someone could help me, im geting a sub box that has 2 12" C4 audio subs. each sub Max. Power is 600Watts, total is 1200watts. and they are the exact same subs i had before... i had them runing on this amp Here ... it was a good sound but id like to go bigger if its not that big of a deal.. what i was wondering is, could i do 2 of these amps one to each sub? or would that mess up the sound? or would that not be worth it? or should i just have one amp thats bigger? or should i just stay with one of that amp, cuz its not worth the extra $$ for a little more boom? Any suggestions would be great

Thx,
Ryan

[mx3man83]

Yes you can. All you need to do is put a divider in your box to seperate the two subs.

[BumpNGlow]

what is the impedence of the coils on your subs? THat's the factor whether or not it's worth while to use 2 amps. If you the coils aren't right for 1 amp then it's not going to return any extra output putting 2 amps (and actually the drain will be greater on your car so they may even put out less power)

[seneca]

BumpNglow knows. It's all about how you can wire them together. Post some stats of you subs.

[BumpNGlow]

[quote]Originally posted by seneca:
BumpNglow knows.

[seneca]

Oh no....I can see his head growing! :p

But seriously, it's all about the impedence, and ohms of the amp, and subs. If you can wire them down to 1 ohms in series and daisy chain the amps (MTX is well knowin' for this) You should be pumping!

Can I get a confirmation on that Bump?

[seneca]

Why not just get a larger amp? I mean, sell the one you have and get: http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/MTX1501Djpeg

MTX Audio Thunder1501D (Incase the link is not working)

I'd hope you have a good warrenty on those subs tho! lol

<small>[ April 26, 2004, 04:29 PM: Message edited by: seneca ]</small>

[RideLoudAndFast]

Thx for the info, im thinking ill get the same subs and just go for a bigger amp because i need some extra $$ for my exhaust and alarm... but really it all depends on how much money i get for the breakin that happend... so im basicly waiting for a check from the insurece company and that will deside what i get... but if i have any more questions ill come to one of you guys for help cuz it sounds like u know what ur talking about...(haha if thats ok..)

Thx,
Ryan

[seneca]

Oh...wait a sec! I just re-read your first post! lol When you mean that the max pwr is 600w and the total is 1200w you didn't mean rms! lmao! SOrry dude, I completely read that the wrong way! That amp would blow the **** out of those subs! No matter HOW you wire them So each sub is 600w max, you wouldn't happen to know the RMS power? or how many voice coils there are? etc....

Although that MTX is a killer amp, it would devistate those subs! lol

Tyson

[BumpNGlow]

I konw the older MTX amps used to daisy chain, but I haven't dealt w/ any of the newer stuff (and I know they have been completely redone since I last played w/ them) so I can't verify the daisy chaining.

Post the info on the sub and I'm sure there's an amp out there for you

[RideLoudAndFast]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3093197020 <-- that was the sub box i had... all the info is there...

<small>[ April 27, 2004, 02:42 PM: Message edited by: RideLoudAndFast ]</small>

[lakersfan1]

Originally posted by RideLoudAndFast:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3093197020 <-- that was the sub box i had... all the info is there...

Based on that information, you should be able to wire the subs to either 4 ohms mono or 1 ohm mono. But I bet those subs can't even handle 300 watts RMS a piece. Get an inexpensive stereo amp and bridge it to mono and wire the subs to 4 ohms. I'd say a 100x2 - 150x2 amp bridged should work.

I've installed one of these in someone's car to good effect:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=18796&item=3092772115&rd=1

It's not really worth getting a more expensive amp for those entry level subs.

<small>[ April 27, 2004, 07:39 PM: Message edited by: lakersfan1 ]</small>