question about my pyle amp

[LowEnd85 10+ year member]

i have this amp:

http://www.pyleaudio.com/itemdetail.asp?brand=pyle&cat1=Car%20Audio&cat2=Amplifiers&model=PLAD213

if i ran each channel to each voice coil, would it be stable for a 2ohm load? it says its stable for 250x2@2ohms... its only a 350wrms sub. would i be able to do that and not kill the amp, the sub is wired in paralell

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[LowEnd85 10+ year member]

??

 

[ravendarat 10+ year member]

The amp is stable to 2 ohms in stereo. If your sub is a dual 2 ohm sub than yes it will work fine but you would be better to run it in series to a 4 ohm load and bridge the amp. If the sub is dual 4 ohm then you cannot achieve a 2 ohm stereo load so the only safe ways to wire are in stereo 4 or a mono 8 ohm load, both are going to be far less power than desired.

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

Yea you def. want to run mono with a subwoofer(since their is no left and right)

 

[LowEnd85 10+ year member]

ok so right now i got my sub in paralell cuz when i wired it in series it had no bass, no power at ALL. i put it in paralell, and ran it bridged and it slammed. not anymore, lost tons of power and voltage doing that. i just bought a hifonics titan 1ch 500 watt amp, should that be suitable? i also ordered an msx400 from profileaudio, monoblock amp.. was opnly 50 and s&h

 

[ravendarat 10+ year member]

What sub is this you are using, include the impedence of the coils

 

[LowEnd85 10+ year member]

mach5 maw12. 4ohm per coil. rated for 350rms

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

i put it in paralell, and ran it bridged and it slammed. not anymore, lost tons of power and voltage doing that. i just bought a hifonics titan 1ch 500 watt amp, should that be suitable? i also ordered an msx400 from profileaudio, monoblock amp.. was opnly 50 and s&h

you were running that poor pyle at 2 ohms bridged. The fact that it survived is commendable for an amp so commonly referred to as "junk".

With a 20A fuse, realistically you can't expect much more than 200w out of it. It's just not designed to run a big sub.

The Profile's a decent amp, and a great deal for $50, bu the HF would be the best option.