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Dual Sub Hookup Question
Posted: February 6th, 2007, 7:20 am
by Bling Bling
Just purchased 2 - 10" Infinity Reference subs and box off a local guy for $140 Cdn. I guess they can handle around 500 Watts each. My question is should I run a two channel amp...one channel to each sub or runa mono amp and parallel the subs together? What is the advantage of either hookup? Which is more efficient?
Posted: February 6th, 2007, 3:55 pm
by lowridah313
It all depends are the subs DVCs? Whats the resistance of the voice
coil(s)? Is the amp 2 Ohm stable? Can it be bridged?
Posted: February 6th, 2007, 3:56 pm
by Custommx3
i agree, if your subs/amp can be bridged and run in parallel, they will sound MUCH better IMO.
Posted: February 6th, 2007, 6:14 pm
by m0rpheus666
If the amp can be bridged mono and is 2 ohm stable, running parallel mono will sound hella better because it is pushing the max power that the amp can put out to both speakers. I currently have 2 12" sony xplods hooked up to a 820 SPL amp. it is unfortunately not 2 ohm stable but still is louder than hell. I would recommend pointing the speakers towards the back of the car, this allows the sound to resonate alot better and give you deeper, richer sounding bass.
Posted: February 7th, 2007, 7:12 am
by Bling Bling
I haven't bought an amp for them yet. And I will pull a speaker this weekend to get the resistance for that sub. I figured the general concensus would be run in parallel but wanted to check with the audiophiles out there. 
Posted: February 7th, 2007, 1:13 pm
by m0rpheus666
make sure the amp you buy is 2 ohm mono stable. you will prolly be looking at $200+ for a 2 ohm stable mono amp, unless you get a good deal off ebay.
Posted: March 5th, 2007, 3:55 pm
by Suresperance
i had the exact same speakers in my old car. i had then hooked up to a rockford fosgate 2chanel amp and ran them in paralell i tried both ways and deicded that paralell sounded better. also i had them over a year with no problems so you should be alright with reliablity.
P.S. good snag on those subs best ones ive ever had till i got my dual 12" eclipses