DD 9515g Power

[Drummer65 10+ year member]

Just picked up a DD 9515g and unfortunately its a Dual 4 ohm so ill only be feeding it about 1700 watts from my Orion 2500d. Would it be worth buying a bigger amp or another Orion to strap together? I know the sub is rated at 1500 rms but have read they can take 4k daily. Its in a 4 cubic foot box tuned to 34 hz.

Thanks

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[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

That amp should be fine do a 4.5cu ft box plus port tuned to 37htz

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

it will be fine, can't you strap the orions anymore?

 

[wone 10+ year member]

fine, WHAT? that thing will come alive at 3k and up.

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

at least 3kw..

 

[Drummer65 10+ year member]

I only have one Orion at the moment so i would need another to strap them. Just wanted to make sure it was worth the $300-400 for another amp.

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

I'm selling my M3a if you'd be interested in it?

 

[Drummer65 10+ year member]

I was looking to get another Orion but after searching it looks like the amp isn't strappable? the amp does have a master/slave switch on it so i'm a little confused. Since the sub is a dual 4 i was thinking about wiring it down to 2 ohms, then split the 2 + & - wires into 4 and have a pair going to each amp?? Would that not work?

 

[Drummer65 10+ year member]

I was looking to get another Orion but after searching it looks like the amp isn't strappable? the amp does have a master/slave switch on it so i'm a little confused. Since the sub is a dual 4 i was thinking about wiring it down to 2 ohms, then split the 2 + & - wires into 4 and have a pair going to each amp?? Would that not work?

anyone know?

 

[GVP 10+ year member]

My Autotek mx3000.1 will give you over 3k watts @2ohms

 

[ahole-ic]

Keep tweaking the box. Don't just feed it tons of power for daily. DD Subs can get nasty but their tight suspensions make them very picky when it comes to enclosures. Someone who spends lots of time on the box will always been happier than someone who just pours power to a woofer. It's not safe, it's not smart.

 

[CRXBMPN 5,000+ posts]

the orion 2500d is not strappable

if you want to link them look into a maxxonics whatever they are called, where you can link unstrappable amps together.

maxx-link perhaps?

 

[Drummer65 10+ year member]

Okay so I understand the Orion is already internally bridged, but if it's 1 ohm stable by itself why can I not strap two orion's together and run them at 2 ohms? The amp has a master/slave switch. If it's not strappable can I use the maxxlink to strap two together? Two strapped orion's at 2 ohms should produce roughly 3400 watts correct or would it be 5000??

 

[ahole-ic]

Okay so I understand the Orion is already internally bridged, but if it's 1 ohm stable by itself why can I not strap two orion's together and run them at 2 ohms? The amp has a master/slave switch. If it's not strappable can I use the maxxlink to strap two together? Two strapped orion's at 2 ohms should produce roughly 3400 watts correct or would it be 5000??

Can you strap it? Usually internally strapped amps can't be strapped... because they already are, but I'm not sure that's true in every case.

 

[ahole-ic]

Okay so I understand the Orion is already internally bridged, but if it's 1 ohm stable by itself why can I not strap two orion's together and run them at 2 ohms? The amp has a master/slave switch. If it's not strappable can I use the maxxlink to strap two together? Two strapped orion's at 2 ohms should produce roughly 3400 watts correct or would it be 5000??

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