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<blockquote data-quote="MegaHurtz" data-source="post: 1811740" data-attributes="member: 557385">In all the SQ competitions that I&#039;ve done, I&#039;ve only done SPL once, so that much doesn&#039;t concern me. Also, it&#039;s 135dB in IASCA //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gifXover right now is at 80hz/18db.I&#039;m not specifically looking to downgrade my power. What I&#039;m looking at is upgrading my amplifiers. Right now I am running a mono amp, so tons of power is no problem. The configuration I am considering is a pair of 3 channel amps, using the 2 lower powered channels on each for a 2 way active front stage, and using the third channel on each for one of the subs. I&#039;m running dual 2 ohm woofers, so that would work out nicely.Another alternative that I was considering was running the 2 3 channel amps, and 2 mono 350w amps. I was thinking I could replace my woofers with a dual 4 ohm model, and I&#039;d get quite a bit of power that way. In that scenario, the third channel on the amps would be unused. You might be thinking just use a pair of 2 channels or a single 4 channel amp instead, but these amps are already in my possession so I wanted to use what I have if possible.Anyway, the other configuration in the 4 amp scenario would be on each sub, run the third channel from one of the amps to one coil, and one of the mono amps to the other coil. That would give me boatloads of power, but to me it seems kinda Macgyver-ish.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MegaHurtz, post: 1811740, member: 557385"] In all the SQ competitions that I've done, I've only done SPL once, so that much doesn't concern me. Also, it's 135dB in IASCA [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] Xover right now is at 80hz/18db. I'm not specifically looking to downgrade my power. What I'm looking at is upgrading my amplifiers. Right now I am running a mono amp, so tons of power is no problem. The configuration I am considering is a pair of 3 channel amps, using the 2 lower powered channels on each for a 2 way active front stage, and using the third channel on each for one of the subs. I'm running dual 2 ohm woofers, so that would work out nicely. Another alternative that I was considering was running the 2 3 channel amps, and 2 mono 350w amps. I was thinking I could replace my woofers with a dual 4 ohm model, and I'd get quite a bit of power that way. In that scenario, the third channel on the amps would be unused. You might be thinking just use a pair of 2 channels or a single 4 channel amp instead, but these amps are already in my possession so I wanted to use what I have if possible. Anyway, the other configuration in the 4 amp scenario would be on each sub, run the third channel from one of the amps to one coil, and one of the mono amps to the other coil. That would give me boatloads of power, but to me it seems kinda Macgyver-ish. [/QUOTE]

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