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Thread: One sub two amps? |
    
annanymoose Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 02:55 am: |
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I am going to order a RE x x x 12 and am wanting to put 900-1000 RMS into it. I was thinking of getting two Memphis mc500ds and runnig them each into seperate voice coils provideing 500 RMS to each. Would there be any dissadvantages in doing this? I know that it is more expensive but i'm not to worried about that. |
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Silky Johnson Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 04:26 pm: |
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Well... I guess that more surface area would keep them both cooler compaired to one bigger amp. |
annanymoose Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 04:53 pm: |
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Does anybody think that I would be better off by just getting 1 bigger amp rather than the 2 smaller ones? Besides the price differance? |
annanymoose Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 07:11 pm: |
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Some one was telling me that the 2 amps together like that wouldnt actualy total 1000 watts but be down aroud 800. I dont know the reason for that so could someone explain? |
Silver Member Username: Southernrebel
Louisiana
USA
Post Number: 171
Registered: Mar-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 07:56 pm: |
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i wouldnt recommend that unless the amps have to ability to be "strapped".
if one amp puts out more power than the other, or the signals arent exactly the same you could kill your sub....also two 500w amps may draw more current than one 1000w. |
annanymoose Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 09:58 pm: |
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what is strapped? |
Silver Member Username: Southernrebel
Louisiana
USA
Post Number: 173
Registered: Mar-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 10:08 pm: |
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its when you can connect two amps together so they act as one amp.
your best bet is to get one big amp though...amp strapping is usually used to get very high amounts of power. |
Bronze Member Username: Ginuwinepz
Post Number: 14
Registered: Aug-04
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| Posted on Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 01:31 am: |
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would it be possible to strap a 1000 watt sony amp and a kicker 200.2 amp to run one 15" kicker comp? if not, which amp would be better to run it....i own both of them and currently using the sony, but i want to get as much power as possible to my sub without blowing it or sounding like crap. |
Bronze Member Username: Fishy
Tamarac,
FL
USA
Post Number: 48
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 01:36 am: |
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err....... no
You can only strap "identical" amps and only ones designed for it I believe.
-Fishy |
Bronze Member Username: Ginuwinepz
Post Number: 15
Registered: Aug-04
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| Posted on Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 01:46 am: |
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ok, just thought i would ask...do you have any suggestions on which one of those amps would push that sub better? |
Bronze Member Username: Fishy
Tamarac,
FL
USA
Post Number: 51
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 02:28 am: |
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KICKER!!!!!!!!!!
lol, actually the Sony might be louder.
If the 15 is 4 ohm then your gonna get 200 real watts(rms) from the 200.2.
Whats the Sony's model # or whats it output into 4 ohms RMS?
Ya know you could always just hook the 200.2 up and listen.
-Fishy |
