Mono Amps

kwade89 · January 2005

i thought you were being a smartass on sayin the carstereo cookbook..
*i will check out that book*
what do you mean by doing it for the cool factor?

kwade89 · January 2005

I'm gonna read a *BOOK* just for yall, lol

swerve · January 2005

I mean for All the FINE BREEZIES you WANNA PICKUP IN YO TIGHT **** WHIP CUZ YOU BE BANGIN SON!

-adam "space jesus" moore

kwade89 · January 2005

well hell, i sure hope so... im mean what can i say

kwade89 · January 2005

yall have been trippin me off my **** tanite!

swerve · January 2005

I hope I helped you some. and remember your post count doesn't make your **** larger.

please read that book and look at the links in this thread!
http://clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=254472#post254472

thanks,

-adam "space jesus" moore

kwade89 · January 2005

Im already LARGE enough...haha post count
Oh Yeh, you did help

MacLeod · January 2005

First off, quit double posting.

Second, that amp is cheap because its last years model and SoundDomain is clearing them all out.

swerve · January 2005

Originally posted by MacLeod
First off, quit double posting.

Second, that amp is cheap because its last years model and SoundDomain is clearing them all out.

One of them is a triple post.... unbelievable

-adam

kwade89 · January 2005

my 100.2 Phoenix gold Xeon amp is POUNDING the 2124s... think its crazy? im very impressed!!! For 200 watts

Mjr7531 · January 2005

Originally posted by kwade89
im jk, its iight though freal i am just 15 this is my first car stereo stuff i dont even drive till next month i have like the nicest stereo in my high school and i cant even drive my truck... lol dont that suck

Exuse any snideness, but you really shouldn't be going into this so you can have the "best" stereo. It's all subjective anyways.
Go for a damped car so you can,
A) Get more out of your system.

Not break any disturbance of peace laws
C) Not bug the hell outta people like me, I absolutely hate being behind a guy with his subwoofers going so loud they make me physically ill with all the loudness and such.
Sorry if I stepped on anybodies toes with that one...
Matt

MacLeod · January 2005

Originally posted by Mjr7531
Exuse any snideness, but you really shouldn't be going into this so you can have the "best" stereo. It's all subjective anyways.
Go for a damped car so you can,
A) Get more out of your system.
Not break any disturbance of peace laws
C) Not bug the hell outta people like me, I absolutely hate being behind a guy with his subwoofers going so loud they make me physically ill with all the loudness and such.
Sorry if I stepped on anybodies toes with that one...
Matt

Couldnt agree with you more Mjr.

If its loud enough to vibrate the mirrors of the car next to you then there is a very good chance it sounds like ****.

Keep it simple and build a system that sounds good to you and screw what everybody at your highschool thinks.

I know thats not easy to do and I was guilty of it when I was in HS too. I thought that the louder a stereo was the better it was.

Better yet, go to a good high end stereo shop that has a demo vehicle and see if theyll let you have a listen. Once youve heard a properly tuned stereo, youll never be the same.

kwade89 · January 2005

mine is balanced hi lo and mids! it dont blow every one off the road i got the gain turned down

exalted512 · January 2005

only my friends knew i had a system in high school. my school was ghetto, i never played it loud in the parking lot. i did have the best system in the school though. id venture to say i have one of the best systems in my college now. not the loudest, but def. one of the best sounding.
-Cody

MacLeod · January 2005

Good for you Cody.

Loud dont mean ****!

Anybody can get a 15" sub and a big **** Pyle amp and be loud. It takes skill and experience to build a well tuned SQ system. And they can be listened to all the time whereas how long can you really listen to a loud bass note?

g-man · January 2005

You guys are talking about Watts,Watts and more Watts..If you hook up a system that delivers...lets say....a total output of a 1000W ok..Then you have to remember one thing..1000W=83A..(!).Now you have another problem.Current..! Your dynamo have to work overtime to deliver enough current so that your 1000W system is fully opperational..A good tip is that you look at the fuses on the amp and add all amps together and then you can use this formula to check if you amp CAN deliver what it says..

P=Watts
I=Ampeer
U= Voltage

P=UxI
I=P/U
U=P/I

I.e...fuses are 40 A for one amp and 50 A for the other=90A

I=90
U=12 (voltage of the car)
P= ?

so..P=UxI....12x90=1080W

your system is capable of 1080W of total output power..
IF your car can deliver the juice without melting down the batteries.

Cables are also a signifficant thing here..Allways use "big enough" cables.If they are too small in gauge,the power cable will not be able to deliver what the amps need..result: HOT power cables.! And allways use the same gauge for the + and -.
A battery doesn't have 12V+ and 0V -...12V+ and 12V-..

hope this was usefull.

G-man

g-man · January 2005

Originally posted by MacLeod
Mono amps only have one output channel. Hook a single 4 ohm sub to it and itll be working at a 4 ohm load.

Hook a pair of 4 ohm subs to it and itll be operating at a 2 ohm load. Say the amp puts out 500 watts at 2 ohms, its putting out 500 watts thru its single output channel but if you hook 2 subs up to it then it will spilt it equally and each sub will be getting 250. [/QUOTE

..If you have an amp delivering 600W MONO in 4 ohms,and you hook up one (1) sub at 4 ohms it wil deliver 600W.If you hook up two (2) subs at 4 ohms you can connect the two subs in two ways: 1. serial connect them and you will get 8 ohms.Then the amp will deliver HALF of the original output..now 300W TOTAL. (150W each)
2.You can prararell connect them in to 2 ohm and DOUBLE the effect from the amp..now 1200W..(600W each)
With 4 subs at 4 ohm you can hook them up so the total output power of the amp will stil be 600W.

i.e:
sub 1 in serial with sub2=8ohms

sub 3 in serial with sub4=8ohms

sub 1 and 2 in pararell with sub3 and sub 4=4 ohms

G-man

Joelsbass · January 2005

Originally posted by g-man
Your dynamo have to work overtime to deliver enough current so that your 1000W system is fully opperational..

that's why you get a 200a Ohio Generator Alternator

kwade89 · January 2005

2.You can prararell connect them in to 2 ohm and DOUBLE the effect from the amp..now 1200W..(600W each)
With 4 subs at 4 ohm you can hook them up so the total output power of the amp will stil be 600W.

(Quoting G-man)

this is the whole wide explanation i was tryin to get at posting this thread and yall told me i was wrong.. i dunno if g-man is right but if he is then i was right!! that is excatly what i was tryin to understand about what i was told bout mono amps....!!! i ran my friends 4 - 12"in JL w0s with a JL audio 500 mono amp running a 1 ohm load and i know they are runnin more than 125 watts to each sub every single one of them hoes are bumpin! i was told when you lower the ohm load it increases the power of the amp thus givin a full 500 watts to each sub

MacLeod · January 2005

No we never told you you were wrong. You asked how the power was divided. We told you. Regardless of subs, the power is gonna be divded equally.

You asked if you bought a 600 watt amp and hooked up both your subs how much would each sub get.

We told you. And you still dont get it.

If you hooked up 4 subs to a 500 watt amp then they are getting 125 each! If they were getting 200 each then it wouldnt be a 500 watt amp but rather an 800 watt amp.

The power rating on an amp doesnt mean power per sub. It means total power. If you hooked up 500 subs to this amp, regardless of configuration, they would all be getting 1 watt each.

spwuinmk67 · January 2005

Originally posted by MacLeod
If you hooked up 500 subs to this amp, regardless of configuration, they would all be getting 1 watt each.

Where you gonna put em all?!:p

MacLeod · January 2005

Thats why you drive a pickup!!

spwuinmk67 · January 2005

Originally posted by MacLeod
Thats why you drive a pickup!!

Mine's a Ranger though, the bed ain't THAT big...

kwade89 · January 2005

nither is my bed... im sorry to cause everyone to go out of their way for me! thank you for helping me!

Joelsbass · January 2005

Originally posted by spwuinmk67
Mine's a Ranger though, the bed ain't THAT big...

damn fords....

It was funny, i pulled into a gas station to get a pop and parked my 99 Dodge Dakota Sport next to this older Ford Ranger (probably early to mid 90's) and the owner and his Girlfriend were coming out of the store at the same time, he's walking to her side to open her door (glad to see i'm not the only one who still does that) and she looks at me and says 'i like your truck' is it just me or is that kinda an insult to her boyfriend, a ford driver, for her to compliment my dodge?

exalted512 · January 2005

she probably just felt sorry for both of you
-Cody

swerve · January 2005

Originally posted by exalted512
she probably just felt sorry for both of you
-Cody

classic, this wins the thread! post of the day!

-adam:D

Joelsbass · January 2005

Originally posted by swerve
classic, this wins the thread! post of the day!

-adam:D

which just prooves that his comment was worthless

damn chevy's :cool:

swerve · January 2005

Originally posted by Joelsbass
which just prooves that his comment was worthless

damn chevy's :cool:

:eek: :eek: no you didn't.... pp-p--p-p-please say you didn't just insult the great one?

-adam

exalted512 · January 2005

and just to clarify, he was referring to me when he said the great one
-Cody

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