Lets say I have a 1 chnnel amp, with the following RMS ratings..and want to run a single sub. dual 2 ohm
4 ohms: 500 watts x 1 chan. 2 ohms: 1000 watts x 1 chan. 1 ohms: 1500 watts x 1 chan
now they are two pair of speaker terminal on the amp, (+,-), (+,-) like wise two pairs on the sub for each voice coil
If I connect one voice coil to one speaker terminal, and like wise the other voice coil to the other speaker terminal, I would get 1500 watts RMS at 1 ohm load, am I correct?
A few questons, just to understand: 1 What RMS would I get if I connect a 1 ohm load to one pair of speaker terminal on the amp? 2What RMS would I get if I connect a 2 ohm load to one pair of speaker terminal on the amp? 3 What RMS would I get if I connect a 4 ohm load to one pair of speaker terminal on the amp?
What I am trying to determine is how the power is distributed from the 2 pairs of speaker terminals on the amp.
Please keep in mind the amp is not bridgable.
I would look at bridgable amps another day ..lol..
The amp is "bridged" internally. They give you two sets of terminals as a convenience. This way you don't have to wrap the speaker wires together and what not. If you want a one ohm load, then yes you can run each voice coil to each set of inputs because when doing this the inputs like I said, will be internally bridge.
actually monoblock amps aren't bridged at all. they don't have two channels (even internally) to bridge. bridging implies inverting one channel in a push-pull type of setup. head units use an internal bridging model to get their 8-12 watts per channel from the internal amplification circuit without the use of a transformer. That's why head units can't do lower than a 4 ohm load per channel. Mono amps are simply a single amplifier channel (one pos, one neg.)
If your amp is: 4 ohms: 500 watts x 1 chan. 2 ohms: 1000 watts x 1 chan. 1 ohms: 1500 watts x 1 chan
this tells me that: *the amp has an unregulated, or very loosely regulated power supply. *the amp is either output regulated below 2 ohms, or the power supply isn't sufficient to redouble power output going from 2 to 1 ohm loads, which means it's a cheap amplifier, or uses cheap internals.
He said a single FI Q. What ohm is the Q, dual 2 or dual 1? If it is a dual 2 then yes, the SAZ-1000d @ 1 ohm would be a great choice for an amplifier.