Quick Silly Q

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

Can I run just one channel of a 2 channel amp?

My friend just wants SOMETHING, since he sold his amp.

It's an a8002t (400w per channel @ 2ohms) connected to a dd9917 (quad 2). And I ALREADY know that it's underpowered.

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[andytb 10+ year member]

yea

 

[andytb 10+ year member]

but who would use that amp on a that sub

 

[patrick1202 10+ year member]

bridge it?? but yes you can

 

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

eh. not stable at 2 ohms bridged

 

[inapontiac 10+ year member]

It's only a silly question if you don't ask it.

 

[Pimpdaddyq 10+ year member]

yea.. why buy high end subs when running low end amps...seems like you or your friend wasted some money and doesn't know what their doing..

Andrew

 

[SeanDub 10+ year member]

^^^^

**** you andrew, I have new system in the mail - check the signature

I just didn't wanna ride around listening to distorted door speakers for a few weeks, so fred was nice enough to offer up his little audiobahn amp for me since I sold my IA 20.1 (which was on the 9917).

complete ****tard

 

[JonJT 10+ year member]

Why don't you run two coils in series to each channel of that amp and just drive the sub with both channels? Thats not going to hurt the sub, as long as you wire it up correctly.

 

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

It would be the same either way, actually.

It's a quad 2. So you could wire two coils together to make 2 four ohms loads = 200W per channel: 400W total.

Or a 2 ohm load on one channel: 400W total.

Probably is better to do it on two channels, however. Less strain on the amp, and I believe that it'll be more efficient at 4 ohms.

Correct me (nicely) if I'm wrong.