Old School Memphis Help

[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

Alright, i recently received my uncle's old system for a present. Its pretty old school, brand new installed about 97ish. Its a custom built box with two memphis 10's sealed. The amp is an HC-400 2 channel amp. The amp is mounted flush *in* the box, only the memphis plate shows. i recently disassembled the thing to take a look inside, and i notice a few things: The gains are turned up ALL the way, and the bassboost in on. Also, the two subs are hooked up where the two positives are on the same terminal, and the two negatives are on the same terminal. Mind you, this was built and installed by the local professionals, Precesion(sp?) Tint & Audio. So...why the hell aren't my subs and amp burnt to hell? And why would they have them wired like that? Any ideas?

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[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

Have you tried looking for a manual for the amp? Could it possibly be bridged?

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

sounds like its bridged at 2ohm... if its a mono amp, that should be perfectly fine (im assuming SVC4)

but my OOOLLLDDDD memphis belle 6 channel amp (channesl 5 and 6 are basically a 2 channel classA\B amp) i have wired at 2ohm bridged, and its working fine.

i dunno mang.