Question About Speaker Installation

[stuntinthe808]

Hey,

I'm a bit of a newbie so bear with me here. I currently have an alpine type-r subwoofer (500W) and it is powered by a rockford fosgate punch P400-2 (400 W bridged at 4 ohms). For my deck i have and alpine CDA-9856 (18 watts). I was thinking about installing some component speakers (i was looking at the type-r component speakers but I might change my mind) which run at about 110 watts. I was wondering if i would be able to install these speakers and power them with my current amp. Im guess I want to know if I hook these speakers up to my amp, will they work to their full potential and what effect will this have on my sub. Thanks for you help in advance!

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[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

Don't wanna say cant do it, but it would be a lot easier with either another amp.

Edit.... run the speakers off the HU and the sub off the amp. you'll be underpowering everything but it will work.

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

ok you won't really be able to run both speakers and amp off that one amp

if the money is there i'd purchase another amp either for the sub or for the mids your choice. if you like the way the sub sounds now get another amp for the comps. if the money isn't there then run them off the deck like what turd's edit said. NOW if you absolutely want to use teh amp for both find out if the amp is "tri-mode" capable. which i'm sure it's not because if it was they would state it. then if it is that's another post. and if you hook up all of it to the amp now and have the lpf set your comps will blow most likely due to the freqs going to them being too low.

 

[blazinb2000 10+ year member]

Yea best bet is either run the speakers off the cd player and continue using the amp for the sub...or buy another amp for your sub and use your current amp to power the speakers.

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

ok you won't really be able to run both speakers and amp off that one ampif the money is there i'd purchase another amp either for the sub or for the mids your choice. if you like the way the sub sounds now get another amp for the comps. if the money isn't there then run them off the deck like what turd's edit said. NOW if you absolutely want to use teh amp for both find out if the amp is "tri-mode" capable. which i'm sure it's not because if it was they would state it. then if it is that's another post. and if you hook up all of it to the amp now and have the lpf set your comps will blow most likely due to the freqs going to them being too low.

No. Don't. Never.

Unless the amp has set channels for lows and highs like some 3 or 5 channel amps, don't ever do that.

You CAN run component speakers off your HU, but they won't be loud.

If you have to run your components off your HU, turn your gain down on your amp so the sound levels are equal.

But if you can spare another $50-100 bucks, you can get a nice used amp off the classified section.

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

nice *** orion amps are being sold on ebay right now for hella cheap!!!!!

i got a orion HP2600 2 channel for 76 shipped, best deal i've ever seen on their so far. And their still selling em. Amp does 100 rms x2 at 4 ohms.