component amp. need advice/help

[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

ok i got to thinking about this just now. i think my front stage is messed up big time.

nothing is installed currently or hooked up.

here's the thing; i have a kicker IX406 amp i was gonna use.

i have a pair of XXX 6.5's i was gonna use as midbass and a pair of Usher 9950-20 1" tweeters.

i realized that the tweets only need 10rms so should i just run these off the headunit? problem is, the tweets are reading at 4.7ohms. would this cause a problem with the headunit?

the xxx mids are svc 2ohms. so i'm either stuck with wiring them to .5 or 2 ohms right?

well if that's the case, then i need to ditch this amp, get a 2 channel and figure out how to not overpower my tweets with the headunit.

anybody have any suggestions to help me out? and no, nothing will be for sale until i get this all figured out.

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[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

anyone?

 

[Lowjacker 10+ year member]

If I'm not mistaken, 2 OHM svc's will give you either a 2 ohm load or a 1 ohm load....depending on stereo or mono hookup......i'm pretty sure with svc's hooking both up to one channel simply cuts the ohm load in half.....not 100% sure.....but about 95% sure

now hooking up dvc's at 2 ohm or hooking up 4 svc's would be a .5 ohm load

 

[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

If I'm not mistaken, 2 OHM svc's will give you either a 2 ohm load or a 1 ohm load....depending on stereo or mono hookup......i'm pretty sure with svc's hooking both up to one channel simply cuts the ohm load in half.....not 100% sure.....but about 95% sure
now hooking up dvc's at 2 ohm or hooking up 4 svc's would be a .5 ohm load

see that's what i'm unsure of. i kno 1 dvc 2 ohm sub can be wired to 2 or 4 ohms so i was kinda basing it off that. but i have no clue. if i can get this figured out, then i'll have some goodies up for sale soon.

 

[edison_GTI 10+ year member]

Since you are running the mids in stereo (I hope so) you are loading the amp with 2ohm per channel, two channels. Most amps are 2 ohm per channel stable (including Crossfire CFA series //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif). Are you going to run a passive or active crossover for the midrange signal?

 

[edison_GTI 10+ year member]

Since you are running the mids in stereo (I hope so) you are loading the amp with 2ohm per channel, two channels. Most amps are 2 ohm per channel stable (including Crossfire CFA series //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif). Are you going to run a passive or active crossover for the midrange signal?

Did I miss the question btw?

 

[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

Did I miss the question btw?

so it'll be a 2 ohm load on the amp right?

also, if i run the tweets off the hu, how can i keep from overpowering them?

also, all this will be active, off my 880prs (that i'm about to buy).

and also, i have no midrange. that's why i bought the tweeters, to extend down to try and blend with the xxx mids.

 

[edison_GTI 10+ year member]

If you're going active and you have a Kicker IX406 (55WRMS x 6) I'd run the tweeters with the front channel, mids with rear channels and sub with the last two channels bridged. I don't think 55WRMS will overpower the tweeters, I was actually running my a/d/s/ tweeter with 75WRMS with no problems at all.

 

[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

If you're going active and you have a Kicker IX406 (55WRMS x 6) I'd run the tweeters with the front channel, mids with rear channels and sub with the last two channels bridged. I don't think 55WRMS will overpower the tweeters, I was actually running my a/d/s/ tweeter with 75WRMS with no problems at all.

but could i just run the tweets off the headunit, run the mids of your cfa-302, and my mags off the 20.1 all controlled/processed by an 880prs?

that seems better to me, and someone else can have a nice underrated old school 6 channel amp.

 

[edison_GTI 10+ year member]

but could i just run the tweets off the headunit, run the mids of your cfa-302, and my mags off the 20.1 all controlled/processed by an 880prs?
that seems better to me, and someone else can have a nice underrated old school 6 channel amp.

That's a very good option too, you won't overpower the tweeters by running them off the headunit and you can sell that Kicker amp.

 

[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

thanks for all your help. i got the idea from another thread yesterday and realized i don't need to amp my tweets and i can save space and money.