all 4 speakers hooked up to a 2channel amp?

[xploit2 10+ year member]

can I hook up all my car speaker which is 4 of them and run them off a 2channel amp which puts out 85wattsx2???

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[antler skills 10+ year member]

If the amp is 2 ohm stable, then sure you can. This is how I had my car set up for a while. You will lose fader controls though.

 

[VTEC11 10+ year member]

I also want to do this. Buy a 2 channel 100+ watts/channel RMS amp to run 4 speakers. But the problem is my CDT cl-61's in the front handle the 100wpc and my rears, cl-6x's only handle 40 wpc RMS.

100+ watts/channel 4 channel amps are hard to find and expensive.

Any ideas??

thanks..

 

[urwhatueati8god 10+ year member]

I also want to do this. Buy a 2 channel 100+ watts/channel RMS amp to run 4 speakers. But the problem is my CDT cl-61's in the front handle the 100wpc and my rears, cl-6x's only handle 40 wpc RMS.
100+ watts/channel 4 channel amps are hard to find and expensive.

Any ideas??

thanks..

Buy a 100 W rms X 2 @ 4 ohm amp and a 40 W rms X 2 @ 4 ohm amp. The 40 watt one shouldn't cost too much. It's only rear fill so it's not like you'll need the best amp for them anyways. However if you wanted to go with more of a "name brand" you could go with say an Alpine or a Rockford Fosgate but that would run you over a hundred dollars. Even this cheesy little Lightning Audio would do the trick.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Wire an 8 ohm 10 watt resistor in series with the rear speakers and then parallel that (rear speaker with resistor inline) with the front speakers. It will attenuate the power going to the rear speakers and send a larger portion of the power to the front.

 

[VTEC11 10+ year member]

So that 8ohms is going to add to the 4 ohms of the rear speakers? Giving it a total of 12ohm for the rear speaker??

If so, the total impedance seen by the amplifier will be 3 ohms. Is this correct?

 

[Spy021 10+ year member]

I also want to do this. Buy a 2 channel 100+ watts/channel RMS amp to run 4 speakers. But the problem is my CDT cl-61's in the front handle the 100wpc and my rears, cl-6x's only handle 40 wpc RMS.
100+ watts/channel 4 channel amps are hard to find and expensive.

Any ideas??

thanks..

On their website, they list the CL-6x's power handling to be 80 watts, not 40. I would find it hard to believe that 80 watts is a max power rating?

CDT Coaxials

 

[makemeknowit]

I'm wanting to do the same thing in my little work truck. How exactly does one go about wiring this configuration?

Thanks

 

[limitkid7 5,000+ posts]

F/S.... hifonics zx6400

mint condition.. pics in my gallery

i'll do 205 shipped still has 6 months left on warranty (all paper work including the box it came in, basically you're getting a brand new amp).

comes w/remote bass boost

85x4 4ohms

120x4 2ohms

350x2 4ohm bridged

 

[makemeknowit]

I'm wanting to do the same thing in my little work truck. How exactly does one go about wiring this configuration?
Thanks

Anybody???

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

Anybody???

Just run the positive leads of each speaker (front right + to rear right +) to the positive output on the amplifier. The same for the negative leads. Repeat that for the other side and you're all set.

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[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

So that 8ohms is going to add to the 4 ohms of the rear speakers? Giving it a total of 12ohm for the rear speaker??
If so, the total impedance seen by the amplifier will be 3 ohms. Is this correct?

Correct.

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[makemeknowit]

Just run the positive leads of each speaker (front right + to rear right +) to the positive output on the amplifier. The same for the negative leads. Repeat that for the other side and you're all set.
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Thanks Adam!