Stereo load?

[disturbed_cbr 10+ year member]

400 watts X2 is 200 per speaker right??

P.S. This post is just to show my friend the truth!

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[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

noooo...it's 400 per channel. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Bake 10+ year member]

Actually a two channel amp rated at 400watts x 2 should provide 400 watts on each of the two channels. A couple of things to consider are wheather the 400 watt rating is peak power or RMS power. If peak, it will seldom make that much power and will be full of distortion at that level. If RMS, It should make a clean 400 watts continuously at a given load (say 4ohms) per channel. I assume when you say per speaker you are connecting one speaker to each channel. Keep in mind that the load (ohms) determine the output of the amp not how many speakers are connected. If you connect a single 4ohm speaker to each channel or a single 2ohm speaker to each channel your output power will change significantly. You could connect several speakers to each channel and if done correctly your amp would see the same load as if only one 4ohm speaker were connected. In this case the power per channel at a given load would be divided between all speakers connected.

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

400 x 2 would be... 400 for speaker "A" and 400 for speaker "B"

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

yupperz.
the rating is what the total rms will be for the ohm load.

when you hook any speakers up, it'll split the power up according to the speaker's impedence (not including imp rise).

no more crack for you

 

[disturbed_cbr 10+ year member]

Yeah im connecting 1 12" to one channel and 1 12" to the other channel each speakers impedence is 4 ohms. So a 4 ohm stereo load, 400 watts rms. So it is 200 watts per speaker, or 400watts? One person said 200watts per speaker one said 400watts per speaker?? Im thinking 200watts to each speaker??

This is the friend asking this one.

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

what amp is it? lol

 

[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

reread my post now. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif i'm tired and i don't like to think.

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

reread my post now. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif i'm tired and i don't like to think.

lol

 

[disturbed_cbr 10+ year member]

He has a Autotek 50.2 he bought off ebay just like mine he got it for 98 what a *** and he wont trade me!!!! Its 400 wattsX2@1ohm (stereo) so it is 400 watts per speaker then?

 

[disturbed_cbr 10+ year member]

I know how that goes i wasnt thinkin either!!

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

He has a Autotek 50.2 he bought off ebay just like mine he got it for 98 what a *** and he wont trade me!!!! Its 400 wattsX2@1ohm (stereo) so it is 400 watts per speaker then?

yup if it says it does 400X2@1ohm then it does 400 to speaker A and 400 to speaker B //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

but to get that wattage you would have to have both woofers wierd to 1 ohm. or if your runing one woofer make sure to bridge it at 1ohm stereo and

 

[disturbed_cbr 10+ year member]

Yeah hes gonna run his @ 1 ohm stereo im running mine at 1 ohm mono @800 watts too my 2 12's a little more bumpage never hurt anyone right??? Im thinking hes gonna run 4 12's @ that 1 ohm stereo load i think that is what he wants to do. 4 DVC 12's wired at 2 ohms a piece, it should slam im sure after all its in a blazer so it doesnt take much....