Featured Help with bridging my amp, is it possible? FA-4400 + Coustic CF1044

SilverDelgado

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Hey everyone, I'm new to car audio systems and I bought a First Austria FA-4400 amplifier
1 × 14 Watts channel 1 at 4 Ohm
2 × 13 Watts channel 1 + 2 at 4 Ohm
4 × 13 Watts channel 1 up to 4 at 4 Ohm

I was also given Coustic CF1044
Diameter (inch)
10
Max Power(W.)
800
RMS Power(W.)
400
Number of Coils
2
Impedance Z-Nom(Ohm)
4

The thing is, i think my amplifier is not good enough for this subwoofer as it lacks the power to move it, may be bridging the solution?
Can you guys help me and tell me how to bridge at 4 Ohms if it is possible?

I am running an Android Radio as well.

The ground is good, I have used 8 AWG wire in all the setup including the subwoofer to amplifier connections.

Even when I turn the gain(front) in the amplifier to the max, it won't give decent loud bass. It is like it's all time in low volume.

Is bridging an option with this amplifier? How to do so?
 

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That First Austria amp is as bottom of the barrel as it gets, and I mean no offense with that. It uses a pair of old school head unit chip-amp IC’s and puts out maybe 10 watts per channel at absolute max volume. Other than a novelty, not worth using.

The MA M1889i should power that Coustic 10 okay. I doubt it does rated power, although I would expect it to do at least a couple hundred watts. It’s rated at 400 RMS at 4 ohm and 800 at 2 ohm, but I’m skeptical being one of the cheaper class AB monoblocks. That said, I have owned a couple MA amps they did good enough.

I would not buy that model MA amp unless it was extremely cheap. But it should power that 10 fine.
 
That First Austria amp is as bottom of the barrel as it gets, and I mean no offense with that. It uses a pair of old school head unit chip-amp IC’s and puts out maybe 10 watts per channel at absolute max volume. Other than a novelty, not worth using.

The MA M1889i should power that Coustic 10 okay. I doubt it does rated power, although I would expect it to do at least a couple hundred watts. It’s rated at 400 RMS at 4 ohm and 800 at 2 ohm, but I’m skeptical being one of the cheaper class AB monoblocks. That said, I have owned a couple MA amps they did good enough.

I would not buy that model MA amp unless it was extremely cheap. But it should power that 10 fine.
I bought the subwoofer with the box and amplifier for 50 eur, and the amplifier the m1889i MA was 60, so I think it is a good deal. Once it arrives I will test it all and update
 
You would be better off using your deck power for your speakers. That amp doesn't have the power to make it worth installing. If you are looking for a louder system, there are a few really good 5ch amps for less than $200.




Yeah already figured out that the amp is trash , i just wanted to use it on the subwoofer since i bought it. Thanks for the info, i ended up buying cheap ma audio
 
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