I have 1 shiva and an 880w amp - HELP

[Insomniac119 10+ year member]

I sold my RE SX because I needed the money. I want to put my adire audio shiva 12" in it's place.

The amp that powered the SX is 880watts rms @ 4ohms (two channels). I believe the shiva is 8ohm dual coal, so if I ran it in parrallel it'd be 4 ohms.

How should I wire this thing up? Will the shiva be able to handle all 880 watts without exploding? Should I just give it one channel?

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Run the Shiva in parallel like you said, but when you go to set the gains, use a lower value. 500W should be plenty. 800+ on one is just excessive.

Heck, mine gets loud with ~250W...

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

you said its a two channel. what are your amp specs? you gave us the 880 @ 4 ohm, but what are full amp specs, and what model sub is it?

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

Run the Shiva in parallel like you said, but when you go to set the gains, use a lower value. 500W should be plenty. 800+ on one is just excessive.
Heck, mine gets loud with ~250W...

thats what i was eventually getting too.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

800W @ 4 ohms sounds like the bridged specs.

and what model sub is it?

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[Insomniac119 10+ year member]

you said its a two channel. what are your amp specs? you gave us the 880 @ 4 ohm, but what are full amp specs, and what model sub is it?

Soundstream XTA880.2 - Soundstream Xstream 2 Ch. 880 Watt Amplifier

http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_id=571

No. OF CHANNELS: 2

OUTPUT (watts):RMS @ 4 Ohms 220X2

RMS @ 2 Ohms 440X2

T.H.D.: 0.05%

FREQ. RESPONSE (Hz): 10 - 30k

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO: >96dB

DAMPING FACTOR: >200

INPUT SENSITVITY: 200mv

CROSOVER SLOPES: 12dB

CROSSOVER FREQUENCY: High-Pass(Hz) 30 - 500

Low-Pass(Hz) 30-150

SUBWOFFER EQ: 0 - 18dB

DIMENSIONS (INCHES): 26.8x12.4x3

it doesn't say in the website, but the owner's manual says 4ohm bridged is 880watts.