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2 Amps installed...Sub amp not pushing enough power!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="bbeljefe" data-source="post: 8219327" data-attributes="member: 655960"><p>Okay then now I'm becoming confused. You only have one speaker wire but you ran a 4 channel amp bridged? Then you only bridged it to two channels of the four, because you cannot bridge the bridged channels. And that means you were only getting 500 watts to the sub and it means the coils are wired in series, to an 8Ω load... otherwise the SS amp would have stayed in protect.</p><p></p><p>As for series and parallel, <a href="http://www.bcae1.com/spkrmlti.htm" target="_blank">here</a> is a page that explains the difference and why it makes a difference. I recommend reading it and if you have further questions, I'm happy to answer them. As for what's best for your sub, it doesn't matter to the sub, it matters to the amp. For the SS amp, a 4Ω load was as low as it could handle but since your sub is dual 4Ω, it can only be wired in series to 8Ω or parallel to 2Ω. The monoblock amps you have can both handle a 2Ω load and that's the way your sub has to be wired in order that they produce their 2Ω rated power. And if (I assume this to be the case) your sub's coils are wired in series, they're seeing an 8Ω load and in that case you can take the 4Ω power rating and cut it in half to find out what they were actually sending the sub.</p><p></p><p>Regarding the Kenwood amp, I don't know about that specific amp but I have never experienced a Kenwood amp that impressed me. Most of them have been lackluster at best and that's the basis for my comment. But I could be entirely incorrect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbeljefe, post: 8219327, member: 655960"] Okay then now I'm becoming confused. You only have one speaker wire but you ran a 4 channel amp bridged? Then you only bridged it to two channels of the four, because you cannot bridge the bridged channels. And that means you were only getting 500 watts to the sub and it means the coils are wired in series, to an 8Ω load... otherwise the SS amp would have stayed in protect. As for series and parallel, [URL="http://www.bcae1.com/spkrmlti.htm"]here[/URL] is a page that explains the difference and why it makes a difference. I recommend reading it and if you have further questions, I'm happy to answer them. As for what's best for your sub, it doesn't matter to the sub, it matters to the amp. For the SS amp, a 4Ω load was as low as it could handle but since your sub is dual 4Ω, it can only be wired in series to 8Ω or parallel to 2Ω. The monoblock amps you have can both handle a 2Ω load and that's the way your sub has to be wired in order that they produce their 2Ω rated power. And if (I assume this to be the case) your sub's coils are wired in series, they're seeing an 8Ω load and in that case you can take the 4Ω power rating and cut it in half to find out what they were actually sending the sub. Regarding the Kenwood amp, I don't know about that specific amp but I have never experienced a Kenwood amp that impressed me. Most of them have been lackluster at best and that's the basis for my comment. But I could be entirely incorrect. [/QUOTE]
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