Amplifier/Subwoofer Question

[ptcruzin42]

I am getting two 500 watt rms audiobahn subwoofers, they have dual 4 ohm voice coils. I was wondering if anyone knows what type of amp I need to get to be able to push at least 1000 watts rms into these subs? Does it need to be 1 or 2 channels, 1 ohm or 2 ohm, 4 ohm? Any help would be much appreciated. Not just the questions I asked but anything I might need to know, or a website where I can find it.

[Beacon]

Load depends on how you wire them (parallel, series, channel) and/or whether you want them in mono or stereo.

They have some decent generic info here: http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/le...8NI9w5KrD/car/

I'd say if you're looking to put that much through them you'd probably be better off with one amp per sub.

There's a few folks here pushing that many watts and if memory serves most (if not all) of them ran dual amps for their subs. But they should be able to give you more detailed info.

[IRPT]

ptcruzin42, check out Sound Domains forum,

http://forum.sounddomain.com/

[ptcruzin42]

did a little research and supposedly i can wire the 2 dual 4 ohm subs in parallell to get them to a 1 ohm load and then I can buy a single channel 1200 watt amp that's 1 ohm stable and push the 1000 watts that I need out of it without even stressing the amp....can anyone confirm this?

[JaxPT]

All depends on how you wire em up. series or parallel. if you connect the +/- on one of the 2 voice coils on ecah sub and then run the +/+ and -/- from each sub bridged to the amp, you'll be running a 2 ohm load.

ya might wanna rethink audiobahn, they're stuff isnt all that great. notice how nice and flashy they look...thats to make up for the crappy quality. check out Jl's ,kicker L7's, RF. read, read and read some more, check the forums at www.carsound.com if anyone can advise you on what to get and what to avoid they can. most of the guyson that forum are pros in the competition circut and pro installers

heres a really good diagram on everything you ever wanted to know about wiring subs and the resulting ohm loads http://www.jlaudio.com/tutorials/wiring/index.html

also, when you look into an amp, dont let yourself be dazzled by the rated power and cheap price. you can pretty much use $1 a watt as a guide. quality amps are rated at 12v, cars usually will be running 14v, therefore the quality amps are really under rated. they do it for a few reasons, #1 is competition, The competition classes run 0-300 watts for instance. say you have a JL audio amp rated at 300 watts, in reality that amp will easy push 1000 watts.

on the other hand, say you buy a low quality amp rated at a whoppin 2000 watts MAX power. when they test the amp in the factory they zap it with about 32v, give it a second to fry and say , check it out our amp will max at 2000 watts..what they didnt tell you is it fried a 1/2 second later and in reality it can really handle 100 watts@12v

just some stuff to look out for from experience and save you from wasting your $$

[ptcruzin42]

The first sub i ever bought was a sony xplod, wow it sucked. I bought audiobahns after that, and those subs have been nothing but good to me, they have always been louder than all my friends subs and have put up with everything I have put them through. I've had the same 2 audiobahns for 4 years and they still bump as loud as the day I got them. Also I'm not going for competition, I want something that sounds good (which in my experience audiobahn does) and looks nice in my trunk.
As for amps, I know the cheapness to watts rule lol. I bought an american legacy 1200 watt as my first amp ever.....enough said.

[DBROWN03]

for a good price on audiobahn amps go to www.thezeb.com let have some good deals on amps.. good luck hopefully you can get some pics up when finished.

[ptcruzin42]

pics will surely be on the way around april/may car is in shop currently =)