need wiring suggestiond

[johnnygoat 10+ year member]

Ok been a while since I messed with car audio but I need some music in my GTO convertible. I never used any amps back in the day just front and rear channels. I have a speaker in my front dash retro sound R410n dual voice coil that has a left and right channel and in my kick panels some cheap kenwoods that came with the kick panel will probably upgrade later on KFC1665s In the rear I made a box to sit on the hump (remember its a convertible) with JL c2-570x In the convertible top well 2 subs CL-69sub all running to amp Soundstream Picasso Nano PN5.640D here is my question should I run my dash speaker in series or parallel and same with the subs or could some just draw me a diagram of the best way to wire the system Thanks

Retrosound R-410N Single 4"x10" 2-way car speaker with dual voice coils at Crutchfield.com

Kenwood KFC-1665S Sport Series 6-1/2" 2-way speakers at Crutchfield.com

JL Audio C2-570X Evolution™ C2 Series 5" x 7" 2-way car speakers — also fit 6"x8" openings at Crutchfield.com

WoofersEtc.com - CL-69SUB - CDT Audio 6x9" Mid/Subwoofers

Soundstream Picasso Nano PN5.640D Compact 5-channel car amplifier — 60 watts RMS x 4 at 4 ohms + 350 watts RMS x 1 at 2 ohms at Crutchfield.com

Click to read more...

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

normally i would say to maintain fader controls: front dash in parallel with front kick - wired to front channels 1&2 on amp. rear hump in parallel with rear deck - wired to rear channels 3&4 on amp. subs wired parallel - wired to sub channel 5 on amp.

but since the 4x10 speakers demand a different high pass crossover point than the 6.5 or 5x7, it makes more sense to group based on size.

front and rear 4x10, all coils in parallel, wired to channels 1 & 2 on the amp - with HPF around 180Hz. left channel sees 3 coils, right channel sees 3 coils.

front 6.5 and rear 5x7 in parallel, wired to channels 3 & 4 on the amp - with HPF around 80Hz. left channel sees 2 coils, right channel see 2 coils.

subs on sub channel 5 with LPF around 80Hz. sub channel sees 2 coils.

 

[johnnygoat 10+ year member]

Thanks Keep Hope Alive for the response. Still don't really understand a lot of this but have been online researching. Only thing I have only one 4x10. Are you saying I should run that by itself on the front channel and the kick panel and the hump speaker the rear channel in parallel. Also the 5 channel subs should be parallel. Some where else online somebody said Never parallel unlike speakers. A speaker has an impedance curve, not just dc resistance. Whatever voice coil with the least resistance at a given frequency is where the power will go. What is your opinion on this. Thanks for your help