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<blockquote data-quote="Umbra" data-source="post: 8342513" data-attributes="member: 658055"><p>No, you can't use a monoblock amp for the speakers because monoblock implies one channel. You'll need another two channel (or four - if you have four door speakers) amp to power your door speakers.</p><p></p><p>You can wire the door speakers directly to your head unit, as per the manual. They'll probably receive something like 15W RMS, not the optimistic 50W max described in the specsheet. It'll distort as you get louder, which is bad for the speakers and it'll sound like crap. It'll work fine provided you don't blast it, but aftermarket speakers really need an amp to shine.</p><p></p><p>If you want an amp for the speakers, you'll want to look for one that can provide from 6-65W RMS per channel (I'd shoot for closer to 60, personally) @ 4 ohms. Ohms is a measure of electrical resistance, as it goes down, the power output increases.</p><p></p><p>There are different Type S models. Check to see if they're single voil coil (SVC) or dual voice coil (DVC). SVC subs have two terminals (- +) , DVC subs have four (-+ -+). If you have a multimeter around, set it to ohms and measure one of the coils to confirm they're 4 ohms. Depending on your coil configuration, there's a bunch of different ways to wire up the subs.</p><p></p><p>The type S subs can take 500W RMS - each. That amp can put out 250W RMS @ 2 ohms, so really you'd be better off powering one at half power than two at a quarter power. The amp has one channel, you see two different power ratings that apply depending on what you wire to it. If the combined load it sees is 2 ohms you'll get 250 - at 4 ohms it's 125.</p><p></p><p>Mull these things over. The best thing you can do without spending any more is hook up your speakers to your HU and hook up one sub to the monoblock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbra, post: 8342513, member: 658055"] No, you can't use a monoblock amp for the speakers because monoblock implies one channel. You'll need another two channel (or four - if you have four door speakers) amp to power your door speakers. You can wire the door speakers directly to your head unit, as per the manual. They'll probably receive something like 15W RMS, not the optimistic 50W max described in the specsheet. It'll distort as you get louder, which is bad for the speakers and it'll sound like crap. It'll work fine provided you don't blast it, but aftermarket speakers really need an amp to shine. If you want an amp for the speakers, you'll want to look for one that can provide from 6-65W RMS per channel (I'd shoot for closer to 60, personally) @ 4 ohms. Ohms is a measure of electrical resistance, as it goes down, the power output increases. There are different Type S models. Check to see if they're single voil coil (SVC) or dual voice coil (DVC). SVC subs have two terminals (- +) , DVC subs have four (-+ -+). If you have a multimeter around, set it to ohms and measure one of the coils to confirm they're 4 ohms. Depending on your coil configuration, there's a bunch of different ways to wire up the subs. The type S subs can take 500W RMS - each. That amp can put out 250W RMS @ 2 ohms, so really you'd be better off powering one at half power than two at a quarter power. The amp has one channel, you see two different power ratings that apply depending on what you wire to it. If the combined load it sees is 2 ohms you'll get 250 - at 4 ohms it's 125. Mull these things over. The best thing you can do without spending any more is hook up your speakers to your HU and hook up one sub to the monoblock. [/QUOTE]
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