Will this set up work?

drock

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Sorry guys I'm rather new to car audio so I was wondering if someone could help me out and let me know if this would work or if it would fry my subs.

I have a sony xplode 1000w amp, a pioneer 760w amp, and a pair of jl 12w3v2s

I've tried hooking up my subs to both amps and they just don't have the power I'm hoping for so I was wondering if I hooked each amp to one sub if that would get more bang or if it would just end up ruining my subs.

Thanks in advance guys.

 
They are in separate boxes if that matters. The Subs say they are 300w.

The sony xplod says but i don't feel its actually putting out that much power:

RMS Power Output @ 4 Ohms : 185 Watts x 2-Channels

RMS Power Output @ 2 Ohms : 200 Watts x 2-Channels

Bridged Power : 1000 Watts @ 4-Ohms

And the pioneer amp says

125 watts RMS x 2 at 4 ohms (190 watts RMS x 2 at 2 ohms)

380 watts RMS x 1 in bridged mode (4-ohm stable in bridged mode)

 
I haven't tried the xplod in bridged mode yet.
Is it stable at 2 Ohms bridged? If you connected both speakers in parallel with the amp bridged, that would be 500W RMS to both which would be more than enough. Not using bridged means the best you are going to get is 200W RMS into each sub...underpowered as the RMS rating of an amp is always overstated...it's 200W RMS max for very, very brief intervals when the thing is cranked to the max.

 
Do you guys have any suggestions on what amp I should get to perfectly power the subs?
I have an Alpine PDX 1.600 Mono driving 2 JL Audio 10W1v2-8's (300W Max RMS @ 8 Ohms)...they are wired in parallel so basically they get 300W RMS each at 4 Ohms...been workin' for me for over 2 years now. Very nice.

 
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