terry6405 Unregistered guest | i have a BX1205d hifonics amp and i am about to wire it parallel into 2 2ohm type-r subs (2ohm load rated at 900 watts) will it sound ok i have it on one of those subs now and its pretty loud, but what do you guys think. i know alot of you dont care for hifonics(why is that?)but give me a little feed back also if i were to switch amps (not right now) what should i get? lets just throw of a $400 price range. what do you think? |
Silver Member Username: James_gTN Post Number: 253 Registered: Jul-05 | Are those SVC subs? If they are, you'll be running at 1 ohm. If they are DVC and you parallel all four VCs, you'll be running at 0.5 ohms. I think most people look at Hifonics as a cheap brand that rates their amps well beyond their true output. What I don't like about them is the fact that they were once a top-quality amp manufacturer and their amps were known for raw power. The original Zues and Colosus amps were killer. |
Silver Member Username: James_gTN Post Number: 254 Registered: Jul-05 | Oops. Zeus. |
terry6405 Unregistered guest | they are DVC but in the instrustions for the subs it shows how to use the jumper cables to wire them parrallel into an amp at 2 ohms any suggestions on a different amp if i chose to get one |
Silver Member Username: James_gTN Post Number: 256 Registered: Jul-05 | Jumper cables? How exactly does it tell you to wire them? For a 2 ohm load on a single channel with those subs, they have to be wired in series/parallel and not just parallel. |
Silver Member Username: Robert_dMIA, FL USA Post Number: 149 Registered: Sep-05 | only way u can wire your subs are into 0.5 ohm 2 ohm 8 ohm in your case your stuck with 2 ohm i would return your amp and get a bx1600.1 which is 1100 rms at 2 ohms which will still probily underpower your subs a little or return your subs and get 4 ohm dvc which you can wire into 1 ohm 4 ohm |
Silver Member Username: Robert_dMIA, FL USA Post Number: 150 Registered: Sep-05 | oh i ddint read the 400$ but you can get a pretty good variety of amps kicker 1200.1 re 1200.1 orion 1200.1 ppi 1000.1 but again you need 4 ohm dvc =( |
New member Username: Redbone15367Mo U.S.A. Post Number: 3 Registered: Sep-05 | That amp should run them just fine if it's stable at 2ohm in stereo. The newer HiFonics are considerd as sell out's, like the Orion Cobalt's, and newer Punch. I have 2 HiFonics Centurion's, that where made in the U.S.A. They are 1 ohm stable, but I have changed to old school Orion hcca's that are 1/2 ohm. You could try to series the speacker, thats a jumper wire from one vc pos to neg on the other vc then run the pos and neg without the jumper to the amp. Do the same to the other speacker then run it to the amp on the same channel. ( bridged channel of the amp). if they'r 4 ohm, vc's you will have a 4 ohm load, if they'r 2 ohm vc's you will have a 2 ohm load. |
Silver Member Username: James_gTN Post Number: 257 Registered: Jul-05 | It's a mono amp. There's no need or possibility of bridging.... Terry, the method Tony described is series/parallel. That's probably the method your manual describes as well. It's definitely not just parallel wiring. |
Silver Member Username: Rob315Cuse, NY U.S. Post Number: 604 Registered: Jan-05 | id look into around 2000rms @ 2ohm...or even the viper 2500.1 2500rms @ 2ohms. |
Silver Member Username: RovinTrinidad & T... Post Number: 887 Registered: Jul-05 | This way is the easiest to follow http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp |