Running speakers off amp and headunit?

[gmpisawresome]

 I just ordered Morel Maximo 6.5 component speakers as well as a Kenwood kac-304. The amp can out out 50w x 4 @ 4 ohm, and the morel's require 90w rms @ 4 ohm. I have two Rockford r165's in the backseat (its a coupe so its unlikely anyone I care about will be hearing them LOL). My amp can do 150w x 2 @ 4 ohm when bridged though, so my question is would it be wise to run the amp solely for the morels and power the Rockford's off the headunits (ddx9903s) speaker outputs? Can these outputs be bridged as well?

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[youdoofus]

 I just ordered Morel Maximo 6.5 component speakers as well as a Kenwood kac-304. The amp can out out 50w x 4 @ 4 ohm, and the morel's require 90w rms @ 4 ohm. I have two Rockford r165's in the backseat (its a coupe so its unlikely anyone I care about will be hearing them LOL). My amp can do 150w x 2 @ 4 ohm when bridged though, so my question is would it be wise to run the amp solely for the morels and power the Rockford's off the headunits (ddx9903s) speaker outputs? Can these outputs be bridged as well?

run the fronts off the amp bridged and hook the rears up to the deck, not bridged. Fade the rears out entireley and slowly mix them back in if you like, but most good sounding systems run on fronts only

 

[gmpisawresome]

Perfect. I am going to run bigger wire from them straight to the amp to bypass all the factory wiring. Thank you for your help.

 

[gmpisawresome]

run the fronts off the amp bridged and hook the rears up to the deck, not bridged. Fade the rears out entireley and slowly mix them back in if you like, but most good sounding systems run on fronts only

Actually, I do have one more question..... The stated rms for the morels were 90w RMS, but it says that on the rear of the subwoofer. Does this 90w include the tweeter? Just curious about this.

 

[youdoofus]

Actually, I do have one more question..... The stated rms for the morels were 90w RMS, but it says that on the rear of the subwoofer. Does this 90w include the tweeter? Just curious about this.

subwoofer? do you mean the main driver?

 

[gmpisawresome]

subwoofer? do you mean the main driver?

Yeah mid-range I guess. It said that on the back of the speaker.

 

[youdoofus]

Yeah mid-range I guess. It said that on the back of the speaker.

it said subwoofer? ok then LoL anyways, each driver will have its watts maximum and 90 seems a bit low for both

 

[gmpisawresome]

it said subwoofer? ok then LoL anyways, each driver will have its watts maximum and 90 seems a bit low for both

gotcha. You are correct, it said woofer. Realized my computer corrected to subwoofer lol. Thanks for the info, I thought the same thing.