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[Kaltenberg 10+ year member]

So a guy i work with said he'd give me a deal on subs + amps he used 2 have in his civic.. (2 12" subs, custom box, 2 amps) i think the subs and amps r 500wrms each.. im pretty sure but i need to be sure, since theres 2 amps (one for each sub) i would need 2 pre-outs on the deck i buy correct? Thanks.

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[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

no you would not, you could split it off, or maybe the amps have an rca in and an rca out to go to the othe amp. but no you dont need 2 pre amp outs, but you can never go wrong with more

 

[BassAce 10+ year member]

So a guy i work with said he'd give me a deal on subs + amps he used 2 have in his civic.. (2 12" subs, custom box, 2 amps) i think the subs and amps r 500wrms each.. im pretty sure but i need to be sure, since theres 2 amps (one for each sub) i would need 2 pre-outs on the deck i buy correct? Thanks.

Not necessarily, if the amp has a rca passthrough then you can feed one wire to the trunk and hook all the amps by daisy chaining the rca's.

 

[Kaltenberg 10+ year member]

ok but is the amps dont have a rca in and out then i need 2 preouts? any diagrams that you know of haha im new to amps wiring

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Are they both mono amps?

Might be able to bi-amp a front stage and not need subs if you do it right //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

Easy on the noob Jim //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Kaltenburg; They'll probably have an RCA out. If they don't, he probably wasn't using them correctly. Worst case, you can get an RCA splitter, and split the one preout set that comes from your HU into two.

 

[Kaltenberg 10+ year member]

ok thanks, im not sure if there mono or 2 channel. he told me friday so i forgot already, next time we work 2gether well talk more and ill get details + price. Thanks cybe and others!

 

[Kaltenberg 10+ year member]

ok, i bought a jvc deck today and it came with a harnes with all the wires on it and all, can i take that and best buy can use it to install the deck or do i still need a harness?

 

[zyklonb 10+ year member]

you still need a harness, what came with your unit was not the harness

 

[Kaltenberg 10+ year member]

o that sucks but thanks ill get one from circuit city for 10 bucks