Sony Xplod Subs

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

jesus end this thread, buy mach5 audio

 

[stevo1988 10+ year member]

i probably will...just need good info first

 

[cotjones 10+ year member]

ohhhh yea we have P1s here, P2s and P3s aswell...i heard that those were really shitty so i stayed away from them all togetherNow that you got me interested on the Mach5s though, how If say I wanted to hook up 12" Mach5 subs at 2ohms (since my amp will do 900W @2ohms RMS) i know if i connect 2 4ohm subs in parallel it will give me 2ohms but the problem is that the amp only has outputs for 2, at 8ohms in order to get 2, id have to hook up 4 in parallel wouldnt i?

also, how well does the Mach5 stack up to the P1s?

no you bridge it, i think ur saying you have a 2 channel amp that can handle a 2ohm load, and you want ur subs to have a 2 ohm load... unless you can get a 4 ohm mach, than you can't get 2 ohms out of 2 of them and yes, you'd have to have 4

 

[stevo1988 10+ year member]

no you bridge it, i think ur saying you have a 2 channel amp that can handle a 2ohm load, and you want ur subs to have a 2 ohm load... unless you can get a 4 ohm mach, than you can't get 2 ohms out of 2 of them and yes, you'd have to have 4

well youre right, my amp is a mono subwoofer amp though but yes that is still what i meant...umm, since the amp only has 1 channel but 2 outputs, how would i get a 2ohm load off of 4 subs

would having 2 8ohm subs hooked to one output create 4ohms?

and having the other 2 on the other ouput another 4ohms?

then in turn put out a load on 2ohms?

at the price of those Mach5 subs i wouldnt see a problem getting 4 of them lol

 

[cotjones 10+ year member]

well youre right, my amp is a mono subwoofer amp though but yes that is still what i meant...umm, since the amp only has 1 channel but 2 outputs, how would i get a 2ohm load off of 4 subs
would having 2 8ohm subs hooked to one output create 4ohms?

and having the other 2 on the other ouput another 4ohms?

then in turn put out a load on 2ohms?

at the price of those Mach5 subs i wouldnt see a problem getting 4 of them lol

you are confusing me... if its a mono amp it only has 1 output (which consists of a negative and positive lead) now it might have 2 terminals for each lead but thats not gunna make a difference, it's just to make bridging easier (if you didn't use one set of the terminals you aren't wasteing power)... bottom line is your amp can take as low as a 2 ohm load... that said 2 8ohm speakers cannot possibly make 2 ohms. (2) 4 ohm speakers can, and (4) 8 ohm speakers can

edit to get the 2 ohm load off of 4 you wire them all in parallel all the positives together and all the negatives together

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

i installed my friends sony subs upside-down.... they said poldX

 

[cotjones 10+ year member]

i installed my friends sony subs upside-down.... they said poldX

thats random but funny lol

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

anyone heard of those explore subs are they any good?

 

[stevo1988 10+ year member]

you are confusing me... if its a mono amp it only has 1 output (which consists of a negative and positive lead) now it might have 2 terminals for each lead but thats not gunna make a difference, it's just to make bridging easier (if you didn't use one set of the terminals you aren't wasteing power)... bottom line is your amp can take as low as a 2 ohm load... that said 2 8ohm speakers cannot possibly make 2 ohms. (2) 4 ohm speakers can, and (4) 8 ohm speakers can
edit to get the 2 ohm load off of 4 you wire them all in parallel all the positives together and all the negatives together

ok that clears that up for me thanks!...i think im going to look into 2 4ohm subs though

aslong as they go in parallel they reduce the resistance (makes sense) havent worked with electricity in a while

1/RT = 1/R1 + 1/R2

= 1/4 + 1/4

= 1/2

RT=2

 

[stevo1988 10+ year member]

anybody know if these Kenwood 12s are any good?

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0926INGFS10084904&catid=20119&logon=&langid=EN#

theyre on sale for $40 off down to 99

sale ends tomorrow and they are in stock (finally) so if these are good subs, im gonna go pick them out now

 

[cotjones 10+ year member]

anybody know if these Kenwood 12s are any good?http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0926INGFS10084904&catid=20119&logon=&langid=EN#

theyre on sale for $40 off down to 99

sale ends tomorrow and they are in stock (finally) so if these are good subs, im gonna go pick them out now

they aren't great but for 40 off... thats not bad, again...way better than the sony's

 

[TeoTorriatte 10+ year member]

they aren't great but for 40 off... thats not bad, again...way better than the sony's

wtf are you talking about... those Kenwood subs may have a lot more throw than the Sony's (11.3mm vs. 6mm), but they are still way overpriced... they have a Qts of 1.088 -- do you realize what that's going to be like when you actually put one in a box?
Keep looking...

 

[djeazie 10+ year member]

I had the Kenwoods their ok buuuut I just bought two 10" Kicker CVRs at CC buy one get one free. Waaaaay better then the Kenwoods! I was out the door with the Kickers for @140.00

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

Xplods go boom boom and make the panties drop.

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

really now