Amp question

[BBurg247]

So if I have a five channel amp with speakers and a sub running to it does that mean the sub is running through the low channels and not getting what it needs.. I was just told that if I want the sub to get 1000 watts from channel 5 it would have to be dedicated to that channel and not the speakers otherwise it's running though the low output channels and not getting enough power

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[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

A 5 channel amp has a dedicated subwoofer channel. If you are hooked up to it and at it's minimum impedance the amp is giving all it can on that channel. Provided it's set up correctly. If you unhook the other 4 channels it will still give the same amount of power

 

[BBurg247]

That's not what I'm being told now that's where I'm lost.. the amp is channel 1-4 at 120 and channel 5 1000... it's as DD d5.1000..I'm lost he's telling me I need a new amp or 2 rather

 

[BBurg247]

The whole thing is a mess the guy who installed the amp and sub did a hack job and the amp has no rca inputs so he says I can't run an aftermarket head unit with it.. he's got all kinds of rigged t taps and crazy stuff so he says there's no possible way to do it without running complete new amps

 

[giltyler]

Post a few pics

 

[ilikeradios 10+ year member]

Post a few pics

this please

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

I'm also interested in knowing this also. I have hooked up/installed a few 5 ch amps in the past with no issues. It's not any diff than hooking up a 2 ch or 4 ch amp.

Now unless the RCA's were missing on the amp, then yeah, there's a problem.

 

[kcr357 10+ year member]

Lemme guess, he has some gear to sell you?

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

The D series amps have RCA dongles to keep the width down. A few others do the same thing to try to get smaller foot prints. Yes you can run RCAs to them. They plug into the low level input.

D5.1000