Questions about 4-channel setup

[ryanfreeland 10+ year member]

I'm just entering the world of car audio, so please forgive me if my questions sound really stupid. I've pretty much decided to power all my speakers with an amp instead of just the head unit. I have Alpine Type-S 6x9's in the back and will soon upgrade the 6.5's in the front to either Alpine Type-R's or something comparable. I have a 2000 Honda Prelude, so I'm planning on putting a 1x12 woofer in the back. Two would just be too tight of a fit.

Anyway, I was reading some threads around the forum and saw that the Crescendo 1000C4 has a good rep around here as a 4-channel amp.

Here's my question: Can I power all my speakers with this one amp? I'm assuming each speaker needs it's own output, but bridging 2 channels together would increase the output of the sub.. so with a total of 5 speakers, would I actually need a 4-channel amp for the speakers and a mono amp for the sub?

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[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

Upgrade your front speakers with a pair of nice components, power the rear speakers with the cd player and bridge channels 3 & 4 of the amp for a subwoofer.

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[Mike Hawk 10+ year member]

You'd need a 5 channel to do what you're asking.

However Skull Boy is right, fronts and sub only off a 4 channel FTW. It's what I'm doing as funds allow //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif