NismoV240 10+ year member
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Hello and thanks in advance for any help. I am a Noob at this car audio stuff, although not completely ignorant. I've been a member here for a while and have done ALOT of reading and find myself adding more questions to my original questions then getting answers for my original questions. So first,
I just picked up a pair of jl audio "10w3v3's, with a ported box for cheap. I had a 12" mtx 4500 series before that I got for $20 with box hooked up to a jl audio 300/2 amp. Now these w3's have there own hook ups for each speaker, so I'm running 150 watts at them max. I've had these less then 24 hours so I haven't had a chance to pop one out to check if they are 2 or 4 ohm or DVC or SVC. I will do this within 24 hours. My questions are this,
1. Should I get a mono block amp, or an upgraded 2 channel. If I go with mono I'll have to wire then in series or in parallel.
2. Which is better series or parallel if I go this route.
3. If I'm running 2 subs off a mono amp is the wattage automatically distributed evenly between both subs? Ie a 600 watt rms will distribute 300 to each sub of wired properly?
4. I think regardless of resistance weather its 2 or 4 ohms the rms rating is 400 for these subs. Should I try to send them less then reccomended to prevent blowing them?
Again thanks for the help. I'm typing on my phone so sorry if there's misspellings and what not. I've tried to research as much as possible but find myself getting deeper and deeper into the chaos. This will be my 12th different sub set-up in this car. I know and understand the basics, but am eager to learn the right way. Again thanks,
Charlie
I just picked up a pair of jl audio "10w3v3's, with a ported box for cheap. I had a 12" mtx 4500 series before that I got for $20 with box hooked up to a jl audio 300/2 amp. Now these w3's have there own hook ups for each speaker, so I'm running 150 watts at them max. I've had these less then 24 hours so I haven't had a chance to pop one out to check if they are 2 or 4 ohm or DVC or SVC. I will do this within 24 hours. My questions are this,
1. Should I get a mono block amp, or an upgraded 2 channel. If I go with mono I'll have to wire then in series or in parallel.
2. Which is better series or parallel if I go this route.
3. If I'm running 2 subs off a mono amp is the wattage automatically distributed evenly between both subs? Ie a 600 watt rms will distribute 300 to each sub of wired properly?
4. I think regardless of resistance weather its 2 or 4 ohms the rms rating is 400 for these subs. Should I try to send them less then reccomended to prevent blowing them?
Again thanks for the help. I'm typing on my phone so sorry if there's misspellings and what not. I've tried to research as much as possible but find myself getting deeper and deeper into the chaos. This will be my 12th different sub set-up in this car. I know and understand the basics, but am eager to learn the right way. Again thanks,
Charlie