noob help plz...

[puregunpoore06 10+ year member]

hey just started my system and im lookin for help... i got 2 punch stage one subs and power acoustik amp 980 watts... what way should i hook up the subs 2 the amp??? bridge it or what????and how would i do it???

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[VereChronicus 10+ year member]

We need to know if you have S4 or S8 versions. That designates whether the sub has a 4ohm or 8ohm voice coil. The Power Acoustik amplifier will not work well if you have S4 subwoofers. If that is what you have, I suggest you take them back and trade them in for S8 models. Tell the shop that you need "a final impedance of 4ohms with two subwoofers" they'll know to get you the S8 version of those subwoofers. When you get that done, you simply use only the Left + and Right - outputs on your amplifier. The Left + goes to the + on both subwoofers, the Right - goes to the - on both subwoofers. That has your amp bridged to 4ohm mono and your subwoofers will then receive full power from the amplifier when the gain is matched to it's source. Good luck with it. Have any questions along the way, shoot the question up and someone will get you an answer pretty quick.

 

[puregunpoore06 10+ year member]

yea they are the 4 ohm ones... that *****... so it wont even work at all? or what... thanks for the help though... ill go trade em in

 

[puregunpoore06 10+ year member]

alright i have a ?... ive been surfin around and i see that most of the subs are 4 ohms... now why would my amp be best with 2 8 ohm subs???? is it that my amp is weird??? **** im dumb lol

 

[stratusrt01 10+ year member]

Because it will only handle a 4 ohm load bridged. Dual 8 ohm subwoofers wires up to either 16 ohms or 4 ohms. Most people around here have amps that run 2 ohm, so they run dual 4 ohm speakers.

 

[puregunpoore06 10+ year member]

oh ok... well would the amp be able to push two punch 8 ohm stage 2s good????

 

[puregunpoore06 10+ year member]

or would of any of u know what 8 ohm 12 inch speaker would be good for around 100- 200????

 

[Alpineinstaller 10+ year member]

dude youi dont need two 8 ohms speaks, you can run the to you have right now in stereo. Just use one sub to one channel and one sub to the other channel. It will work fine, there is no reason that you HAVE to bridge that amp. You will be fine.

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/word.gif.64b12e39f936af3b4fff38a1c0bd0244.gif I couldn't agree more.