2 amps

[Bigkai9 10+ year member]

Hello,

Can I run a smaller amp off of my larger one instead of running rca's all the way back to the cd player outputs?

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[modskwod 10+ year member]

If your amp has RCA outputs as well as inputs, then yes. If not, then no.

 

[pieper88 10+ year member]

Depends. Is one amp for your speakers and one for subs. Then no I would not because your want to get the sub channel seperate from your rear/front channels

 

[Bigkai9 10+ year member]

I just hooked my stereo in my knew BMW which as you know the battery is in the trunk. I hooked up my sub then a day later found another amp which I would like to throw on my speakers but I dont feel like taking my interior apart again. Any suggestions? HELP

 

[edzy 10+ year member]

if you grabbed a single rca set from the HU that was full range, then used "Y" connecters to split to the 2 amps. Set the Sub amp xovers to 80 and the speaker amps xover to 80 and above, it will work.

If you grabbed a sub out set of rca's.

, then you will need to run another set, or replug them into a full signal set off the hu and proceed as mentioned earlier.

 

[waggsmcgee]

If your amp has RCA outputs as well as inputs, then yes. If not, then no.

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[Sir-Lancelot 10+ year member]

Yea, if your amp has RCA outputs it will be full range and you can run from it to your new amp.

You will not be able to adjust sub levels, fade, and such since they share the same output, but yes it is an option and it will work.

As said above if your amp does not have RCA out, split the signal with Y adapters.

None of this is optimal, but it will work.