expo5.0
Elite Explorer
- Joined
- October 18, 2001
- Messages
- 7,196
- Reaction score
- 5
- City, State
- Red Wing, MN
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1996 xlt
I don't run rears, and i haven't considered adding them. However, i do run a whole ton more speakers up front than just one set of components. You won't miss the rears at all. Particularly in an explorer where they are actualy closer to your head than the front speakers.
as for the power, that will be plenty of power. For example- my brother runs the focal access 5.25s off of his panasonic 903u hu and they are coupled with two 12"kicker L7s with 650 rms each. they have absolutely no problem keeping up and thats only with like 25 rms.
finally, i don't believe that bridging the amp will make a difference with that amp at all.
I personally run a class A/B amp for my two sets of components at a 2 ohm stereo load and it works beautifully. I even talked to a couple of techs at the factory with respect to doing so with components etc. and they assured me that in their lab they had found that the distortion added in wasn't effectively "bad". I see much more gain from the increased power (and he increase in surface area of the speakers i can power with it) than i see loss due to increased distortion.
as for the power, that will be plenty of power. For example- my brother runs the focal access 5.25s off of his panasonic 903u hu and they are coupled with two 12"kicker L7s with 650 rms each. they have absolutely no problem keeping up and thats only with like 25 rms.
finally, i don't believe that bridging the amp will make a difference with that amp at all.
I personally run a class A/B amp for my two sets of components at a 2 ohm stereo load and it works beautifully. I even talked to a couple of techs at the factory with respect to doing so with components etc. and they assured me that in their lab they had found that the distortion added in wasn't effectively "bad". I see much more gain from the increased power (and he increase in surface area of the speakers i can power with it) than i see loss due to increased distortion.