2 subs now

[GoodMike]

ok, so i bought a new sub, alpine type r, and i put it in my qlogic ported band pass box, sounds good. but now i have the audiobahn sub..i put it in the qlogic sealed box that the alpine sub came it...it sounds good too...since the ohms are different i know i dont wanna power them off the same amp, but if i bought a separate amp for the audiobahn sub, could i just split the rca wires and run one set to both amps? if so how much quality would i lose?

 

[davesexplorer]

you could do that... but you'd be running 2 different subs, in two different boxes, with two different amps. Usually that kind of stuff is not associated with quality in any way and I wouldn't reccomend it, but it's your setup.. different strokes for different folks. Best case - it sounds fine, subs mix well, worst case - sounds awful, cancellation, bad bass focus etc. Kind of a gamble.

 

[GoodMike]

ok, maybe ill sell on sub, box and amp on ebay and purchase a bigger amp (im running 700 max watts on a 1600 max audiobahn sub) sound good?

 

[MeDiCX]

You can run both off one amp. The Alpine R sub is probably DVC 4 ohms and Audiobahn SVC 6 ohm. This correct? If so, wire the Apline DVC parallel giving you a 2 ohm load. Then wire it to the Audiobahn parallel, that will give you a 4 ohm load. You can use a 2 channel amp bridged for 4 ohms.

 

[davesexplorer]

the type R can come dual 4 or dual 2

the audiobahns (dont know what model) come in: single 4, dual 4, dual 6, dual 2
no single 6?

 

[GoodMike]

the audiobahn is a dual 6

 

[MeDiCX]

If you wired those two parallel, you'd have just over a 1 ohm load (its like 1.2 ohms). Find you a mono amp stable @ 1 ohm and you'd be set. What amp do you have now? There are many ways to wire subs to match an amps output.

 

[GoodMike]

i have the boss rip496 right now.

 

[MeDiCX]

That amp can be bridged to one channel, 4 ohm stable. What you can do is wire the two coils on each sub parallel then wire the two subs in series. That'll give you a 5 ohm load.

 

[davesexplorer]

Or just run one sub and dont go through the hassle

 

[GoodMike]

sounds good...ordering a bigger amp..