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[Arntt 10+ year member]

Im sure this will be easy for most people in here. Im looking at this Viper 1200.1 and it appears to me even though im fairly new that it is made to power only one sub.

http://ikesound.com/product-product_id/2424

I thought that because it says 800x1, 1200x1 etc. that it is for 1 sub. I would need a 2 channel amp for two subs so would this amp run a pair of subs or is it a mono amp?

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[ChuteBoxe515 10+ year member]

that is the number of channels...you can run two 600 watt subs on there, it would be the same thing...

 

[Arntt 10+ year member]

So doesn't that mean it has 1 channel? So I would basically have to bridge them or what?

 

[ChuteBoxe515 10+ year member]

not exactly...what amp and subs are you thinking?

 

[Arntt 10+ year member]

I am getting that amp and two 12" type R's. Don't know if it would work.

 

[ChuteBoxe515 10+ year member]

it would

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

just because there is one channel, does not mean you can only use one speaker.

look at the specifications of your speaker. alpine type R's are usually dual voice coil. (means there are two speaker wire inputs on the sub, ie: FOUR speaker terminals)

so, use this handy little calculator, and put the info in.

http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/rftech/wiringwizard.asp

you will have TWO speakers. and you will have TWO FOUR OHM voice coils each.

wow! that means, you can look at the amp specs, and it says 1200w@1ohm.

awesome! take a look;

this means that the viper1200.1 will be the perfect amp to give each one of them type r's 600w.

if you wanna learn how speakers work - read ALL of this, there are some great pictures and animations to help you understand what exactally a voice coil is, why its a "4ohm" one, and why you need to worry about this.

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/speaker.htm

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[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

That was hawt.

 

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i know im a pimp

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