MMC6500 and MMC690 Wiring advice?

1hawaii50
1hawaii50 Posts: 26
edited May 2008 in Car Audio & Electronics
I have a set of MMC6500's for the front doors, and a set of MMC690's for the rear deck of my 07 Altima, and was wondering the best way to wire them? My amp is a Kicker ZX650.4 120w x 4 amp. Should I bridge the amp to run the 6500's only and run the rears off of the head unit? Will the base radio/stock head unit be enough to power them? Or should I run the front components off of channels 1/2 and the rears off of 3/4? This amp puts out 325W X 2 bridged, so I don't want to "cook" anything. Any advice is appreciated.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited May 2008
    Head units are a horrible power supply. Youve got a powerhouse amp and it would be a shame to waste it. Run the 6x9's off the rear channels, the 6.5's off the front and adjust the gain to blend in with the front speakers and sit back and enjoy!
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  • 1hawaii50
    1hawaii50 Posts: 26
    edited May 2008
    Forgot to mention that I have a Navone l.o.c. to run patch cables from my head unit to my amp. Here's a stupid question. My amp is a 120 x 4 channel amp, since both sets of speakers utilize a crossover, will each speaker (both the tweeter and the woofer) see 120w to play their respective highs/lows, or will the crossover supply 60w to the woofer, and 60w to the tweeter? If they are only going to get the 60w each, is that enough to drive them decently?

    Thanks for the help.
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  • eloplayspolo
    eloplayspolo Posts: 1,117
    edited May 2008
    60w each and yeah thats plenty of power.
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  • candaddy
    candaddy Posts: 54
    edited May 2008
    It's impossible to say how many watts each speaker will get (mids or tweeters) because it will vary with the incoming signal, but in general, yes it'll be split up in some capacity. A tweeter generally doesn't require as much power as the mids do.

    I've found my Momo's sound better when I use the dual input on the crossover, set the attenuation switch to 0db and then use the amp gains to adjust the mid-tweeter level. To do that I was using a four channel amp and it worked very nicely. When I used only the single input (currently, but not for long), the -3db setting sounded best to me.

    Because you've got the 6X9's, I'd say to do it how MacLeod said and be happy with it. I think you'll like it. The MMC's are not the best sounding speakers I've ever heard, but I think they are really good value for the money (like 80% the sound for 20% the money). I have some issues with my install and once they are resolved, I figure I'm going to be more than stoked with these speakers. I think Polk and Momo did an awesome job with cost/value/appearance.
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  • 1hawaii50
    1hawaii50 Posts: 26
    edited May 2008
    Great advice guys, (and/or girls :)) and thanks, that's just what I needed to know. I'd get a second 4 channel and run each individually, but my wife is going to kill me as it is :p.
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  • candaddy
    candaddy Posts: 54
    edited May 2008
    once she hears it, she might change her mind... :)
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    edited May 2008
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