Any particular reason that it has to be a plate amp?
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=248-745
Behringer EP1500....1400w RMS @ 4ohms bridged for $75 less than the sale price on that 1000w plate amp ($150 less than regular price). Plus it's more powerful than that plate amp.
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=248-745
Behringer EP1500....1400w RMS @ 4ohms bridged for $75 less than the sale price on that 1000w plate amp ($150 less than regular price). Plus it's more powerful than that plate amp.
JimJ
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Tangled Up in Blue
What are you running for 80Hz and up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
Oh yeah...I'm not extremely computer savvy...but I believe most soundcard outputs are 1/8" mini jacks. So then you'd just need a mini-jack to RCA wire, and then connect that to the inputs of the amplifier.
Something like this, then connect the inputs on the amplifier to these outputs via regular ole RCA.
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That is my next question hahaha..
What should i run for 80hz and up and what should i power it with?
Thanks for showing me that other option. It looks better than the plate amp i was looking at. I really appreciate it.
I know nothing about hooking it up to computers either. That is why I have so many noob questions.
That would be awesome if all i needed was the one cable and some speaker wire.
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Also, the mag 12 is dual 2 ohm vc's. So i think with that amp I would have to do a combination of series and parallel wiring. That is perfectly fine.
I just wanted to get that out there in case anyone finds any better amps and was wondering what the vc config was on the mags.
JimJ
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Tangled Up in Blue
What kind of a budget are you dealing with here? That's basically going to determine the best route to go //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
skeptikal
Premium Member
Hold the wheel and drive
If you are only hooking up 1 mag then you wouldnt need to do a combination of series / parallel... it would just be series.
DVC 2 ohm = 4 ohms in series....
that amp does 1400 rms @ 4 ohms... which would be great for your mag...
DVC 2 ohm = 4 ohms in series....
that amp does 1400 rms @ 4 ohms... which would be great for your mag...
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oops...I think i was looking at the wrong wiring diagram.
As for budget. I am looking to spend no more than a couple hundred on the amp and a couple hundred on the speakers.
joetama
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The British Ear
Sounds like we need a bit more info to help you make a choice on what else to get.... Btw what's your thoughts on those Mag 12's....
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Well all I have now is my computer, a mag 12 (dvc 2 ohms), and I will most likely pick up that amp squeaky suggested above. I will then get that audio jack to rca outputs and that should hook up to the amp. Then I think I will just need to wire the amp to the sub like a normal car audio one.
What I need now are a couple of full range speakers possible and an amp to power them. Also, i will need to figure out how to hook the speaker amp up to my computer. Not sure how that will work. I don't know much at all about home audio speakers. So I am open to any suggestions. I am hoping to get 2 full range speakers for around 200 and an amp for 150-200 range. Just anywhere close to that price range would be nice.
As for enclosures I will either build them myself or get someone to build them for me. It all depends on if I have the time to do it myself or not. If anyone wants to build an enclosure for me in exchange for some type of deal let me know. I would be willing to work something out.
I hope that is all the info you need.
joetama
5,000+ posts
The British Ear
The JBL Northridge E series has some decent speakers that are pretty inexpensive around the $200 buck mark other wise you could try to look on eBay for stuff, or build your own. But keeping the price around $200 can get hard especially if you build your own. Ascendant Audio has some good Home Audio stuff out now if you are interested in building your own and the R&D department for GG Audio (LOL inside joke) is currently designing and testing a Home Theater main that will be close to the $250 ish mark. Now this part is going to get complicated. If you run out of your computer directly you only have 2 channels Left and Right, so if you "Y" both channels together for a sub then you pollute the Left Right separation for the highs and now have a mono system. Or you could only Y one channel and run the risk of some low end being in stereo and only getting one channel. Plus using that amp you are going to need some sort of Active Crossover to reduce the high end. You are prolly going to need to get some type of pre-amp or active cross over system do to this up right before all is said and done. The best way to think of how to do a system is linearly from point A to point B. So, you are driving the system with your computer, which has 2 outputs L&R. They will run into your high amp for your left and right. Easy no problem there, but now you want to hook up the sub. You hook the left and right together since you only have one sub and one sub amp (which you would still do even if you had more than one sub) and now you have a problem. By simply Ying them together you now crossed the L&R together, so you can’t do that unless you are happy with mono-stereo (mono out of 2 speakers). So, you could use a splitter, an active cross-over, or a pre-amp to solve this problem. If you used the Splitter you would still need to get something to cross over the frequency for the sub, and the splitter would have to be 2 channels. With the active cross-over you would need a 2 channel unit, then y the 2 outputs together for the input of the sub amp. Or you could find a decent but cheap receiver with a pre-out for the sub use that to drive the sub amp and use the amp in the receiver to drive the main stereo channels. I don’t know if this helps but I think it makes it easier if you look at the whole system and try to figure out the best and cheapest way to make it work…
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Wow...I am pretty sure I followed all of that. So would you suggest getting a cheap reciever or doing all of the stuff you said? I have no idea how much all these xovers will be and splitters I may need. This home theater stuff is much more complicated than car audio.
joetama
5,000+ posts
The British Ear
If it was me I would get the reciever just because it's easier and if you wanted to hook it to a tv or dvd player and expand the system it would be lots easier.
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Ok I will do that. Know of any cheap recievers? Or where to get them? Also, the reciever will power the speakers right? Thanks for all your help.
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