How would you amp this Equalizer?

[briwayjones]

It's a 5.1 channel equalizer that's made to go from the equalizer directly to the speakers. So how would you amp the signal?

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[Exploderpilot]

it's not made to go straight to the speakers. the whole back panel is rca outputs. it's made to go to several amps, it just has a high output voltage, which allows for lower gain settings on the amps....

 

[sjr033]

I think you might be confused. You need the put an amp between this eq and the speakers. What make you think that it is made to go from the eq directly to the speakers?

 

[sjr033]

Thanks exploderpilot, you must just be a faster typer than me.

 

[briwayjones]

I think you might be confused. You need the put an amp between this eq and the speakers. What make you think that it is made to go from the eq directly to the speakers?

The way the description was worded confused me. So I would basically have to hook it to two amps, one amp for the front speakers and one for the rear speakers to get 5.1?

 

[sjr033]

Well you would need 1 amp for the fronts, 1 amp for the rears, 1 amp for the sub, and 1- amp for the center channel, to get the 5.1. Now you can get a 4ch or 5ch or even a 6ch amp, so that you don't have 4 amps. How much are you looking to spend? Where are you planning to put the center channel speaker at?

 

[briwayjones]

I have a 2 channel amp for my sub and a 4 channel amp for my speakers. Amps don't usually have four seperate inputs for the speaker lines do they? Don't they usually have a front and rear input? I'll have to look at the amp closer. It's not installed yet. I was going to not do anything about the center channel for now. Or since the sub amp is a 2 channel amp I could probably use that one?

 

[Exploderpilot]

with a processor for 5 channel sound, you just have to use a different amp channel for each speaker. but if you use the same amp to power a sub/center channel, you will have to make sure each channel has it's own cutoff frequency, and you don't want the power to that channel to be different than what's going to left and right. the best setup for 5.1, is a dedicated 5 channel amp for front and rear left and right plus center, and then a separate sub amp.

 

[briwayjones]

Ok, I think I have it straight. Some amps have speaker level inputs. Speaker level inputs are four seperate inputs for the speakers correct? My 4 channel amp has speaker level inputs so I can run a speaker to each. I could run the sub off of one channel and the center off of the other channel on my 2 channel amp. Does this sound right?

 

[Exploderpilot]

yes, you could do that. but you don't need to use the speaker level inputs. a four channel amp should have 4 inputs. one left and right for each side. with that EQ, you run four channels from your headunit, (2 sets of rca's) and then it creates the center channel. so a pair of rca's to your two channel, and you run one side as the center channel, and one side as the sub. problem with that is a lot of two channel amps won't have individual cutoff frequencies, so you will have to run full frequency sound to your sub in order for the center channel to work. and you don't want your center channel to get way more wattage than your other full range speakers....

 

[briwayjones]

problem with that is a lot of two channel amps won't have individual cutoff frequencies, so you will have to run full frequency sound to your sub in order for the center channel to work. and you don't want your center channel to get way more wattage than your other full range speakers....

I'll have to see if it has a separate cut offs for each channel. That problem would be solved since the EQ has a individual center channel adjustment though right? I could just adjust it down?

Now is anyone familiar with that brand. Teknique? I'm not looking for super sound from the system but I want decent sound.

 

[sjr033]

Your best bet is run your 4 channel amp for your 4 corners and the 2 channel for your subs. Then when you are ready to add the center channel add another small 2 channel amp for the center. From what I can tell the eq only has a crossover for the sub channel and I have never seen an amp that lets you adjust the crossover for the left/right channel seperatly. One last thought, the ad does NOT say that the eq has a dolby surround processor. So it looks like to me it is just a fancy splitter.