Newbie Upgrade Questions

[nu8reed]

Right now I've got a single 10" sub powered by a small 2 channel amp. I wanted to upgrade the front door speakers and was wondering if it would be better to buy a mono amp, move that to the sub and use the 2 channel for the speakers or get a 4 channel amp and bridge the rear channels to the sub? Are there any issues bridging a 4 channel amp?

I would rather have one larger amp than two smaller ones for install reasons. I prefer sq over spl and do not need to get too loud.

Also, I have 8 ga power wire right now. If I were to pick up this amp

http://www.cadencestore.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=125&idproduct=383#details

would I need to upgrade to 4 ga?

Thanks for any advise.

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[crow 10+ year member]

Shouldn't have any problems bridging the 4 channel amp.

8 gauge will work for the amp. However, if you are going to tear the car down for an install, it might not be a bad idea to upgrade the power wire to a larger size just to get the flexibility to expand your system later on.

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

you need to list what speakers you are running and what's the specs for your sub.

You could bridge the sub, and get 300w from those 2 channels, and get some good comps, and run about 150w X 2 channels to those. You need to list more info on your current setup.

 

[nu8reed]

Thanks for the replies. I was going to get pioneer rev coaxes and an IDQ 10. With that amp I should get the 2 ohm dvc, correct?