Diamond D3 400.4

[acold7dusta 10+ year member]

recently i bought a diamond audio D3 400.4 amp.

50 x 4 @ 4

100 x 4 @ 2

200 x 2 @ 4 bridged'

and its 2 ohm stable bridged, but i dk what it puts out.

1) does anybody know what it woud put out @ 2 ohm bridged?

my SLC 265's came in today, and i wanna bridge my amp, but it might be too much power for them.

i do prefer SOME rear fill, so right now i got my 6x9s amped on the lowest gain setting.

2) If i bridge all speakers it will yield a 2 ohm load, right?

what would bring the best results in my situation?

3a) feed them 50 watts per side, and the rear fill off the lowest gain setting, or

3b) say screw rear fill and bridge the amp to just the fronts and watch the gains, or

3c) bridge the amp, and essentially create a 2 channel amp with rears and fronts, which would get about 100 watts per channel, but my fader would be useless? or

3d) power rears off head unit, and fronts off 50 watts (blank rear channels) or bridged @ 200 (using all channels)

using that info and the fact that i hate wasting channels (and my head unit dont do good at all on its internal amp, what would yield the best results

sorry bout all the questions, i tried my best for everyone that has a short reading span, like me, but thanks in advanced

Click to read more...

 

[Rc 415 10+ year member]

sexy amp choice

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

that amp probably can't handle a 2 ohms in bridged mode.

 

[acold7dusta 10+ year member]

good point alpha...now that i think of it, it says 2 ohm min. on each channel, so i guess not. do you think 50 watts will be enough to get these things rockin' or...

 

[jacka 10+ year member]

try it out and see how you like it. it closer to 60 watts x 4. but it'll better than headunit power. if you want more, get a bigger amp, or bridge it and run your rears off the HU, did that with mine.