Ordered my Milhouse

[SlimJim1284]

Just ordered my milhouse box from subthump.com. Hope it sounds as good as it looks. Anyway I'm gonna be running two 10 inch MTX 6000's in it. Peak power on them is 500 watts each. Anybody got a sugestion on a amp for them?

[JVT007]

i was wondering that same thing... are u going run in series or paralell? I'll be running in series i think.. what do u audio pros thinK?


btw I have the same subs.

[RSFireDog]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by JVT007:
i was wondering that same thing... are u going run in series or paralell? I'll be running in series i think.. what do u audio pros thinK?


btw I have the same subs.<hr></blockquote>


It sounds like you don't know the difference between series and parallel. That depends on the amp that you choose...

For the other guy that posted before and made the comment about 500 watts peak power each, you want to look at rms power, and impedance, and then you can base an amp decision off of that.

[megabass]

You won't want to run single coil subs in series unless they are the 2ohm versions. The mtx 6000s are rated at 250 watts RMS each. Most subs are underrated so they can probably safely handle 300 watts rms each. If you happen to have the 4ohm versions you should consider running them in parallel. Doing so will result in a 2ohm total impedence. So choose a mono amp that's rated at 400-600 watts at 2ohms.

Now if you wanted to run a 2 channel amp, you can simple run one channel to each sub. Very simple to do so. But you'll need an amp that's rated at 250-300 watts rms per channel at 4ohms. Hope that helps. If you do this, your box will rock without question.

Steve
www.subthump.com

I went to college with mike alstott!!

[ January 27, 2003: Message edited by: megabass ]</p>

[JVT007]

no.. ur right i dont' know a damn thing [img]graemlins/dunce.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/crybaby.gif[/img]

[RSFireDog]

it's all good, there are enough people here to help you. If you want to look for an amp, you generally want to match RMS power. If your speakers are rated at 250 watts rms, then generally speaking you want to get an amp that will push 500 watts rms.

With what megabass said, about the subs being underrated, usually the amps are too, so you are better off just getting an amp with a 500watt rms rating.

Now when you hook up an amp in series or parallel, that depends on the impedance of both your amp and speakers. If you have two 4ohm speakers and hook them up in parallel your amp will see 2ohms, and if you have two 2ohm speakers, hooking them up in series will give you 4ohms at your amp. So generally speaking you will want to hook them up in parallel, assuming your amp can handle the impedance. you don't want to send 1ohm to your amp that is only 2ohm stable, so be careful.

Basically when it comes down to it, look for an amp that is about 500watts rms @ 2ohms (assuming you have the 4 ohm subs, which you more than likely do)

[JVT007]

i think i do have those subs. 2ohms are like ats or something like that.. so with that power rating in mind what amp do u suggest high and low end?

[RSFireDog]

depends on how much you want to spend...you probably want to make sure of the ratings on your speakers too.

[SlimJim1284]

any sugestions?