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<blockquote data-quote="ex0r" data-source="post: 7377426" data-attributes="member: 634218">Okay, I am a complete newb to the car audio scene, but I got 3 10&quot; subs and a 600watt amp on a trade so I want to put them in my expedition.Here&#039;s the deal:Ive got a 97 expedition, with the mach audio system and 6 disc changer. I am going to keep the stock head unit and disc changer, so this is what I researched to do:Hook up to the rear speakers, an in-line convertor that outputs to low-level RCA and hook that up to my amp. The rest is all easy enough //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gifNow, my question is, what is the best/safest combination to hook the speakers and amp up to get the best out of my system. It&#039;s not anything extravagant or an expensive system at all, but it&#039;s still something I want to check out, and possibly upgrade later on.It is a 600 watt sony xplod amp, model number XM-554ZR (It says 4/3 channel on the amp).The speakers are 10&quot; pioneer speakers. I am not sure of the model. Two of the speakers are the same and look like this one:[ATTACH]26525535[/ATTACH]and the other one is a blue pioneer one, that looks like this one:[ATTACH]26525536[/ATTACH]What is the best way to hook all three up (Or even the two that are the same up), so that I don&#039;t fry the amp, but still get good quality?I don&#039;t understand ohms and all that other stuff when it comes to car audio, so I am not sure how hooking them up in parallel will be as opposed to in series.If somebody could help me out, please do so!Thank you,Ex0r</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ex0r, post: 7377426, member: 634218"] Okay, I am a complete newb to the car audio scene, but I got 3 10" subs and a 600watt amp on a trade so I want to put them in my expedition. Here's the deal: Ive got a 97 expedition, with the mach audio system and 6 disc changer. I am going to keep the stock head unit and disc changer, so this is what I researched to do: Hook up to the rear speakers, an in-line convertor that outputs to low-level RCA and hook that up to my amp. The rest is all easy enough [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] Now, my question is, what is the best/safest combination to hook the speakers and amp up to get the best out of my system. It's not anything extravagant or an expensive system at all, but it's still something I want to check out, and possibly upgrade later on. It is a 600 watt sony xplod amp, model number XM-554ZR (It says 4/3 channel on the amp). The speakers are 10" pioneer speakers. I am not sure of the model. Two of the speakers are the same and look like this one: [ATTACH=CONFIG]26525535[/ATTACH] and the other one is a blue pioneer one, that looks like this one: [ATTACH=CONFIG]26525536[/ATTACH] What is the best way to hook all three up (Or even the two that are the same up), so that I don't fry the amp, but still get good quality? I don't understand ohms and all that other stuff when it comes to car audio, so I am not sure how hooking them up in parallel will be as opposed to in series. If somebody could help me out, please do so! Thank you, Ex0r [/QUOTE]

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