Need Some Help Choosing an amp or amps??

[Slick11419 10+ year member]

So I'm upgrading my car audio speakers.. the mids and highs. I'm all set on the Low with a Solo X 12inch subwoofer. Loud as hell.

Im getting 4 Power Acoustik 6.5 mid Bass drivers. Each is rated 300Watts (100) RMS each. So thats 1200Watts total (400RMS).

Im also getting two 5 inch massive tweeters which are rated 500watts (250) RMS each so that's a total of 1000Watts (500RMS).

Total watts for all are 2200Watts (900)RMS. Now do I have to get two amps.. as in one for the Mid Bass drivers and one for the Tweeters? OR can I wired the four speakers and two tweeters with a crossover into one amp??

Please help! Thanks!!

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[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

you can get a 4ch amp for your mids and highs

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

run the rear at 2ohm stereo on the mids...the front chs at 4 ohm stereo on the tweeters

 

[BlactimusCrime 10+ year member]

and forget about "max" ratings. only pay attention to the RMS ratings.

 

[Slick11419 10+ year member]

So one amp would be fine with a crossover?? According to the RMS correct?

 

[Slick11419 10+ year member]

See I'm not to sure how to wire one amp with four speakers plus two tweeters.. I would think you would need two amps no?

 

[BlactimusCrime 10+ year member]

So one amp would be fine with a crossover?? According to the RMS correct?

I think youve got it! Id go for maybe a 100x4 or so. wire ur tweetz on 1 and 2 and wire your 6.5s in parallel, 2 per channel on 3+4

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

buy a 4 channel amp...

run the 4 mids on the rear 2 channels and the tweets on the front 2 channels..

it works trust us kiddo //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[95BlackGA 5,000+ posts]

Wire 2 of the mids together, and put those two on the rear channel, do that with the other set. Then wire each tweet to one of the front channels.

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

the end result is that you will have 2 mids on 1 rear left channel / 2 mids on 1 rear right channel then 1 tweet on front right / 1 tweet on front left...

 

[Slick11419 10+ year member]

I see I see.. you guys are the best. Question now is what amp do you guys think is acceptable? Nothing to pricey and nothing to cheap. I'm getting a total of 900RMS from the tweets and mids, so can i Round that off to 1000RMS??

 

[BlactimusCrime 10+ year member]

wire like this ^^^^

and the total doesnt work like that bc youre wiring speakers together. look for an amp that around 125x4@4ohms. which should give you 125rms to each tweeter and 250@2(typically) for each pair of mids

 

[Slick11419 10+ year member]

ohhhh okayy. I understand.. so time to shop for an amp! Any suggestions?

 

[BlactimusCrime 10+ year member]

ohhhh okayy. I understand.. so time to shop for an amp! Any suggestions?

budget?

 

[Slick11419 10+ year member]

$300 to $350.. give or take