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<blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 3188102" data-attributes="member: 561023"><p>Alrighty then.</p><p></p><p>Whew! I had to read your post two or three times through to make sure I understood what you were asking.</p><p></p><p>Proper formatting of your posts would make them immeasureably more simple to comprehend, just to let you know (paragraphs, punctuation, complete sentences, etc)</p><p></p><p>//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wave.gif.002382ce7d7c19757ab945cc69819de1.gif</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the forum.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully your time here will be well-spent. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</p><p></p><p>As to your question. The first thing we need to know is the model number of the amp you have so that we might do a little research into the actual power output capabilities of it. That way we'd be able to give you a much more informed response. I <em>can</em> tell you, unfortunately, that Kingwood is traditionally understood to belong in the same category as Pyle, Pyramid, Boss, etc wherein the wattage claims they make is in no way related to the performance these products actually offer.</p><p></p><p>Having said that I'm going to say I have grave misgivings about whether or not your amp there will come anywhere close to outputting 1kW. Ever.</p><p></p><p>As to your subs ~</p><p></p><p>Subwoofers that have dual voicecoils can be wired in two separate methods when connecting those voicecoils together ~ either in series or in parallel.</p><p></p><p>Dual 6 Ohm subs, by themselves, can be wired to either 12 Ohms or 3 Ohms, respective to the above methods.</p><p></p><p>A pair of them can be wired to a final nominal load of either 6 Ohms or 1.5 Ohm resistance.</p><p></p><p>Well, the level of power you'd need for a pair of 1,000w RMS subs is, obviously, going to be 2,000w. Or thereabouts. Between 1,500 and 2,000w would be just fine, most likely. It will be much easier to source that level of output @ a lower resistance than a higher one so let's concentrate on the 1.5 Ohms.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure your Kingwood amp is <em>not</em> stable lower than 4 Ohms when run in mono bridged mode so doing that is most likely going to be out of the question.</p><p></p><p>The only other out would be to run one sub off of one amp channel - but again, seriously doubting any validity to the wattage specs on that Kingwood, your current amp is likely going to be severely deficient output-wise for the subs you have. They are going to want considerably more power than you can currently feed 'em. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif</p><p></p><p>Edit ~ Whoever told you a vented box will allow for higher power handling over a sealed alignment for the same sub had it backwards. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prowler573, post: 3188102, member: 561023"] Alrighty then. Whew! I had to read your post two or three times through to make sure I understood what you were asking. Proper formatting of your posts would make them immeasureably more simple to comprehend, just to let you know (paragraphs, punctuation, complete sentences, etc) [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wave.gif.002382ce7d7c19757ab945cc69819de1.gif[/IMG] Welcome to the forum. Hopefully your time here will be well-spent. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] As to your question. The first thing we need to know is the model number of the amp you have so that we might do a little research into the actual power output capabilities of it. That way we'd be able to give you a much more informed response. I [I]can[/I] tell you, unfortunately, that Kingwood is traditionally understood to belong in the same category as Pyle, Pyramid, Boss, etc wherein the wattage claims they make is in no way related to the performance these products actually offer. Having said that I'm going to say I have grave misgivings about whether or not your amp there will come anywhere close to outputting 1kW. Ever. As to your subs ~ Subwoofers that have dual voicecoils can be wired in two separate methods when connecting those voicecoils together ~ either in series or in parallel. Dual 6 Ohm subs, by themselves, can be wired to either 12 Ohms or 3 Ohms, respective to the above methods. A pair of them can be wired to a final nominal load of either 6 Ohms or 1.5 Ohm resistance. Well, the level of power you'd need for a pair of 1,000w RMS subs is, obviously, going to be 2,000w. Or thereabouts. Between 1,500 and 2,000w would be just fine, most likely. It will be much easier to source that level of output @ a lower resistance than a higher one so let's concentrate on the 1.5 Ohms. I'm sure your Kingwood amp is [I]not[/I] stable lower than 4 Ohms when run in mono bridged mode so doing that is most likely going to be out of the question. The only other out would be to run one sub off of one amp channel - but again, seriously doubting any validity to the wattage specs on that Kingwood, your current amp is likely going to be severely deficient output-wise for the subs you have. They are going to want considerably more power than you can currently feed 'em. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif[/IMG] Edit ~ Whoever told you a vented box will allow for higher power handling over a sealed alignment for the same sub had it backwards. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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