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<blockquote data-quote="Geminidj2000" data-source="post: 119249" data-attributes="member: 544656"><p>lol when i got my idmaxes and my hifonics amp i took them to get installed (i didnt have the time) the guy was like I've seen 900 dollar amps that werent good at 1ohm.......... they kept looking at my hifonics amp, like it was crap........... then he was like u need to get 2 of those amp... he was like a guy came in with 1 12'sub and a jbl amp and it was way higher then your 2 subs.... then he was like your voice coils are around 3.7ohms each so your at almost 1ohm now cause we hooked them up at 2 ohms....... I was like what and i felt stupid for not just getting 2 shivas and a jbl 1200 then i thought about it my subs are dual 4ohms....... if u series wired them they would be at 4 ohms total 8 ohms a sub......... I was like dang thses dudes tried to hussle me today i checked the distribution block I specifally told them to hook up 2 4 guage wires and conect them and send them to the amp.... so that i would have to special order 80 amp fuses when they blew..... guess what? only 1 4 guage wire going to amp with a 60 amp fuse.... i couldnt even say anthing after i get my car fixed u best belive im getting my stuff droped to one ohm and another 4 guage wire and ground ran to my hercules 1300 watts can beat my 1500 watts my ***...and the amp is underrated</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geminidj2000, post: 119249, member: 544656"] lol when i got my idmaxes and my hifonics amp i took them to get installed (i didnt have the time) the guy was like I've seen 900 dollar amps that werent good at 1ohm.......... they kept looking at my hifonics amp, like it was crap........... then he was like u need to get 2 of those amp... he was like a guy came in with 1 12'sub and a jbl amp and it was way higher then your 2 subs.... then he was like your voice coils are around 3.7ohms each so your at almost 1ohm now cause we hooked them up at 2 ohms....... I was like what and i felt stupid for not just getting 2 shivas and a jbl 1200 then i thought about it my subs are dual 4ohms....... if u series wired them they would be at 4 ohms total 8 ohms a sub......... I was like dang thses dudes tried to hussle me today i checked the distribution block I specifally told them to hook up 2 4 guage wires and conect them and send them to the amp.... so that i would have to special order 80 amp fuses when they blew..... guess what? only 1 4 guage wire going to amp with a 60 amp fuse.... i couldnt even say anthing after i get my car fixed u best belive im getting my stuff droped to one ohm and another 4 guage wire and ground ran to my hercules 1300 watts can beat my 1500 watts my ***...and the amp is underrated [/QUOTE]
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