Sub and Amp, will they work together?

[FwuffyTheBunny]

Hey, I'm in a situation.

I recently bought a 10" kicker CVT subwoofer, and a Sony Xplod 1200W amp off of ebay.

Now, the seller listed the Sub as a 4 ohm, but when I got it, it is a 2 ohm. I was planning on having the amp bridged to the sub, but it says it's stable at 4 ohms in bridged mode.

I can't return the sub to the seller, and I don;t really want the hassle, because it's already payed for, and I already payed border fee's and such.

So my question is, can I still just run the sub from the amp in bridged mode, and just keep it about 3/4 full power? Because the subs max watts is 400, and the amp in 4 ohm bridged mode puts out 500w. So if I bridge it, and don't crank it, should that sort of balance the whole configuration out?

Thanks.

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[BassAce 10+ year member]

I would recommend you wiring the sub to just one channel on the amplifier.

 

[JLJunkieMX107 10+ year member]

or buy another sub and wire it to 4 ohms. although im guessing since you got such a shallow mount sub that you are hard up on space?

 

[FwuffyTheBunny]

Yes, I do have little space, and therefore have no room for another sub to add to it, and run in series with this one.

Now if I just run it out of one channel, it has to be either the left or the right, and then sometimes I might miss some sound from the opposite side, correct? Any way I can connect it to be powered by one channel, but get the sounds from both the left and right?

And also, if I do hook it up to one channel, it says it puts out 250w, anyway I can bump that up? Thanks.

 

[FwuffyTheBunny]

Bump

 

[JLJunkieMX107 10+ year member]

Would not be wise to bridge it and put a 2 ohm load on it. You are correct, running off one channel will lose some sound. No, you cannot bump up the output of one of the channels(unless you upgrade your electrical system which would be cheaper to just buy a new amp). Basically your options are 1) Hook it up to one channel 2) Get another sub 3) Sell/Trade your amp and get a Mono amp 4) Sell/Trade your sub and get a 4 ohm VC. Thats just my 2 cents. Someone correct me if Im wrong