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T_Unit616
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So I bought a 4-channel amp. And I believe my CD player is only two channel. Which means, I can only run two subs off it right? Because when I put the third in, it moves up and down a little bit. So do I need to get a 4-channel CD player? Also, what Frequeny should I have all the channels on (All, Hi or Lo)?
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dipends on what u are running out of them, if u want.. front rear and sub, u DO need a 3 chan to have all of them powered correctly.
But there are some ways around it.2013 Toyota Prius
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eloplayspolo wrote: »dipends on what u are running out of them, if u want.. front rear and sub, u DO need a 3 chan to have all of them powered correctly.
But there are some ways around it.
I am running 2 600 watt subs, and 1 100 watt sub off of a 1600 watt amp. Front rear and sub? Not quite sure. Could you maybe elaborate on that? Also on a way around it.... -
Well, it's a POS CD player my sisters BF got when it was my sisters car. So I kept it. Here is a link to it: http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-Durabrand-Car-CD-Player-AM-FM-Receiver-DB1200
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It doesn't have anything to do with the number of preouts on the deck. Music is two channel, so you don't need a deck that'll do 5.1 or anything fancy. It depends more on your amplifier -- does it have seperate gains for each channel? If not then you might consider not mixing two different subs or perhaps buying a second amp for the odd one out of the bunch. It might actually sound better with the odd one not even in the mix.
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First off, get rid of the 100 watt sub. Run the matched pair.
2nd, you can buy a Y splitter to split the outputs of the cd player from 2 to 4.polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
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I've tried mixing subs and it never seems to add any good to it (aside from adding a little bit of spl that isn't needed to begin with).
If you really really want to run all three, do as mac says and get yourself a splitter. You'll have to play with the gains (the level knob as in the picture you sent me) to calibrate it. This would probably be best done with an spl meter that can be had at Radioshack for $40? Trust me, spl meters are handy if you want to do any sort of level calibration.
Depends at what end you want to put the Y cable but if you want to go on the amp side of things you can just use two of these. It's probably easier to do it that way rather than run another set of rca's from the headunit.
I don't know what's a good starting palce for the high and low pass filters (the knobs labelled hpf / lpf) since I have no idea what your subs are or the rest of your gear and probably don't have any experience with them anyways so you'll have to play around with that yourself and see what sounds best to you.
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Ok, so if I get rid of the 100 watt sub, then I can just use what I have and run the 2 10's. Thanks guys.
