Kenwood setup...opinions

[McCraperson 10+ year member]

hey, how do you thing this setup would be, a kenwood KAC-819

(- Maximum Output Power: 450 Watts

- Power Output at 2 Ohms, at 14.4V (100Hz, 0.8% THD): 230 Watts x 1

- Power Output at 4 Ohms, at 14.4V (20Hz - 200Hz, 0.08% THD): 150 Watts x 1)

and two kenwood KFC-W3003 12's

(- Free-Air Resonance: 32Hz

- Frequency Response: 25Hz - 800Hz

- Heat-Resistant Polyamide Damper

- Impedance: 4 ohms

- Magnet Weight: 42.3 oz

- Power Handling: 600 Watts

- Sensitivity: 93dB

- Speaker Connectors: Gold-Plated, 2-Way SB-Type

- Speaker Displacement (cu ft): 0.141

- Urethane Surround

- Vented Voice Coil: 2-Layer

SPEAKER FEATURES

- Bumped Yoke

- Extended Pole Piece: Vented

- One-Piece Cone Design )

with stinger 8ga. wiring in a ported box, and how do you think i should connect these subs to that amp?

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[McCraperson 10+ year member]

bump, HELP ME!!

 

[mykeys 10+ year member]

Mc,

If the amp isn't stable @ 2ohms bridged you may be stuck with running it in stereo..If they were DVC then you would have something to work with. You best bet would probably be a small mono block probably 250 into 4ohms -500 into 2 ohms.(there are quite a few of these floating about). Just don't exceed 500 watts with 8 awg wire thats about the max for RMS current. Just a thought but a lot of Kenwood stuff as well as Sony, and Pioneer rate their stuff @ max input power on the box..So cut the power in half for a rough RMS power goal..If you do run them in stereo make sure you aren't going to clip the amp or you could cook the subs.

Mike

 

[McCraperson 10+ year member]

hey man, i'm pretty sure that amp is stable at 2 ohms, it is a mono amp, "specifically for subwoofer use" or so kenwood says, but yeah, and what dod u mean clip the amp? i m still pretty new at this whole car audio thing

 

[mykeys 10+ year member]

Sorry,, My eyes must have been playing with me when replying to your post. I thought I saw 2x75 in there somewhere. Clipping is when you push your amp too hard and starts to distort the signal to your sub.

IMO that amp is barely big enough to drive one of your subs if it were DVC.

Mike

 

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