Kenwood setup...opinions

[McCraperson]

hey, how do you thing this setup would be, a kenwood KAC-819

(- Maximum Output Power: 450 Watts <br />- Power Output at 2 Ohms, at 14.4V (100Hz, 0.8% THD): 230 Watts x 1 <br />- Power Output at 4 Ohms, at 14.4V (20Hz - 200Hz, 0.08% THD): 150 Watts x 1)

and two kenwood KFC-W3003 12's

(- Free-Air Resonance: 32Hz <br />- Frequency Response: 25Hz - 800Hz <br />- Heat-Resistant Polyamide Damper <br />- Impedance: 4 ohms <br />- Magnet Weight: 42.3 oz <br />- Power Handling: 600 Watts <br />- Sensitivity: 93dB <br />- Speaker Connectors: Gold-Plated, 2-Way SB-Type <br />- Speaker Displacement (cu ft): 0.141 <br />- Urethane Surround <br />- Vented Voice Coil: 2-Layer

SPEAKER FEATURES <br />- Bumped Yoke <br />- Extended Pole Piece: Vented <br />- One-Piece Cone Design )<br />with stinger 8ga. wiring in a ported box, and how do you think i should connect these subs to that amp? <img src="confused.gif" border="0"> <img src="confused.gif" border="0"> <img src="confused.gif" border="0"> <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

[McCraperson]

bump, HELP ME!!

[mykeys]

Mc, <br /> If the amp isn't stable @ 2ohms bridged you may be stuck with running it in stereo..If they were DVC then you would have something to work with. You best bet would probably be a small mono block probably 250 into 4ohms -500 into 2 ohms.(there are quite a few of these floating about). Just don't exceed 500 watts with 8 awg wire thats about the max for RMS current. Just a thought but a lot of Kenwood stuff as well as Sony, and Pioneer rate their stuff @ max input power on the box..So cut the power in half for a rough RMS power goal..If you do run them in stereo make sure you aren't going to clip the amp or you could cook the subs.

Mike

[McCraperson]

hey man, i'm pretty sure that amp is stable at 2 ohms, it is a mono amp, "specifically for subwoofer use" or so kenwood says, but yeah, and what dod u mean clip the amp? i m still pretty new at this whole car audio thing

[mykeys]

Sorry,, My eyes must have been playing with me when replying to your post. I thought I saw 2x75 in there somewhere. Clipping is when you push your amp too hard and starts to distort the signal to your sub.<br /> IMO that amp is barely big enough to drive one of your subs if it were DVC.

Mike

[Bob Saget]

12/07/01

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