Thread: how much is too much...

fosgate speakers are usually good, i would find something other then a jensen amp though. pioneer makes cheap amps that are extremely nice for the price. audiobahn speakers are never known to be amazing either, i would get the same brand speakers all around since youre buying new.

Originally Posted by trader007

fosgate speakers are usually good, i would find something other then a jensen amp though. pioneer makes cheap amps that are extremely nice for the price. audiobahn speakers are never known to be amazing either, i would get the same brand speakers all around since youre buying new.

already bought everything...installing speakers tomarrow...amp already installed...

Originally Posted by ph7ryan

I am thinking that I will have channels 3 and 4 bridged, and then put the ABC680V's on those...so I have 95 watts to each...

Not possible. Bridging channels 3 and 4 will give you 190 watts into 4 ohms. The amp is not rated for driving a 2-ohm load bridged. Hooking two 4-ohm speakers up to a single output will result in either a 2-ohm or 8-ohm load, depending on how you wire it. You don't want to wire it as 8-ohm, since you wouldn't get much power to the speakers then. Bridging channels 3/4 will also give you just a mono output for your two speakers. It would be better to just run each speaker to one of the 4 outputs on the amp for 75 watts per speaker.

will I have a speaker hum/hiss when I am not playing it that loud

Depends on the quality of your sound card in your computer, and the quality of your grounds.

Hope this helps!
-- Kevin

Originally Posted by kross

Not possible. Bridging channels 3 and 4 will give you 190 watts into 4 ohms. The amp is not rated for driving a 2-ohm load bridged. Hooking two 4-ohm speakers up to a single output will result in either a 2-ohm or 8-ohm load, depending on how you wire it. You don't want to wire it as 8-ohm, since you wouldn't get much power to the speakers then. Bridging channels 3/4 will also give you just a mono output for your two speakers. It would be better to just run each speaker to one of the 4 outputs on the amp for 75 watts per speaker.



Depends on the quality of your sound card in your computer, and the quality of your grounds.

Hope this helps!
-- Kevin

oh yeah....well *****...I know that it would give me a mono output and I was depending on that but it totally slipped my mind that it would change the load...well damn...oh well...I will just make sure that they don't get distorted...

and the sound card is built into the mobo..I bought the compo prebuilt from mo-co-so cause it was cheaper than building...so it has output pins on the mobo to rca outputs that they installed on the case...i guess I'll figure out tomarrow...

edit: the reason I was asking about the hum was...cause have you ever turned speakers up really loud with nothing playing...and they have that specific sound...like a hissing but not very harsh...

I was wondering that if the amp doesn't have a knob, then it will be at full volume all of the time....and then it would have a small signal and you could hear that sound...but if it was meant with a HU, then i guess it would be the same way so I should be fine right...