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mono amp to crossover to tweeter and mid woofer will it work?

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ok i sold my friend a alpine v12 amp with 2 kickers and i was in need of an amp sp i bought it back not knowing it was mono until reading it will it work for me if im hooking it up to a cross over to power my 6 1/2 and tweeters on each door if i just turn bass over and all that stuff?
any ideas guys?
 



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If your powering 2 different spectrums of frequency, you need 2 amps. If your running in stereo to a 2 way crossover, you will need 4 seperate amp channels. 1 for low-left, 1 for low-right, 1 for high-left, 1 for high-right. Hope this helps.
 






Just to make things clear, you want to know if you can run a set of components?

You could if...

-You don't care if they run in mono
-If the amp can handle the ohm load of the two sides
-Don't care that you will lose the balance from side to side
-...
 






it will work...as in produce sound. will it sound good?? don't know cuz you didn't tell us any information.
 






it will work...as in produce sound. will it sound good?? don't know cuz you didn't tell us any information.
what info do you need? im runnung a seperate amp for my sub a kicker zx 300.1 to a jl w3 ported box now for the components i wanna run a alpine v12 amp i think 300 watts also 2 channel mono all i wanna know is if it would sound good by turning bass boost down and that other switch that blocks the highs and i am also running everything to a 5 channel pre amp
 






ok i sold my friend a alpine v12 amp with 2 kickers and i was in need of an amp sp i bought it back not knowing it was mono until reading it will it work for me if im hooking it up to a cross over to power my 6 1/2 and tweeters on each door if i just turn bass over and all that stuff?
any ideas guys?

What model amp??

What ohm load is the speaker components?

How will it be wired??

I'm not psychic. Theres more to know than just will an amp work with speakers.

what info do you need? im runnung a seperate amp for my sub a kicker zx 300.1 to a jl w3 ported box now for the components i wanna run a alpine v12 amp i think 300 watts also 2 channel mono all i wanna know is if it would sound good by turning bass boost down and that other switch that blocks the highs and i am also running everything to a 5 channel pre amp

Also saying "2 channel mono" is oxymoronic. 2 channels means TWO CHANNELS... MONO as everyone knows means ONE.

Still this doesn't help...but anyways...Will it work...yes. How long - not sure...how it will sound - not sure...Still have no information on anything relevant to the question.
 






The amp is likely a class D mono amp with frequency response only to about 250 hz. So, no, it will not work. If it happens to be a full range amp, it will work. For the record, I've had 9 different V12 amps, they each had different model number. Tell us this, and we can be of more help.
 






ok i found my answer every one i talked to about it says it will work but sound bad so i guess im going to just try and get another amp anybody wanna buy? mrv-100m
 






If I read your original post correctly, you want to run a line output from your head unit to a crossover then amp(s) then speakers, thats the correct signal path. Like I said before, for every frequency range you are dividing (splitting) out of the crossover you need an amp channel to drive that frequency to a given speaker. A three way crossover would handle subs, mids and highs. If you went with a two way crossover you could run your subs then mids but you would have to use resistors in line from the mid speakers to the tweeters to eliminate unwanted frequencies. In either case you need to check the specs on the 6.5" speakers to make sure they will go down to the crossover frequency where the sub frequency tops out. Sorry im not trying to be a jerk but unless I read your post wrong, all those who told you it would work are wrong. What I would suggest is a 3 way stereo crossover with a 4 channel amp for mids and highs and use your current amp for subs. The subs do not have to be in stereo, mono is fine. Hope this helps.
 












If I read your original post correctly, you want to run a line output from your head unit to a crossover then amp(s) then speakers, thats the correct signal path. Like I said before, for every frequency range you are dividing (splitting) out of the crossover you need an amp channel to drive that frequency to a given speaker. A three way crossover would handle subs, mids and highs. If you went with a two way crossover you could run your subs then mids but you would have to use resistors in line from the mid speakers to the tweeters to eliminate unwanted frequencies. In either case you need to check the specs on the 6.5" speakers to make sure they will go down to the crossover frequency where the sub frequency tops out. Sorry im not trying to be a jerk but unless I read your post wrong, all those who told you it would work are wrong. What I would suggest is a 3 way stereo crossover with a 4 channel amp for mids and highs and use your current amp for subs. The subs do not have to be in stereo, mono is fine. Hope this helps.

Thanks but that's not how I'm running my system!
I'm running one connection from amp to crossover witch will split to the mid woofer and tweeter that's on all four doors I'm going to need a 4 channel amp for that but for now I'm just going to go with a 2 channel and connect 2 to each out put i don't know what that's called but that's what I'm doing till i get a 4 channel. I'm connecting both amps to a 5 channel equalizer
 






What model amp??

What ohm load is the speaker components?

How will it be wired??

I'm not psychic. Theres more to know than just will an amp work with speakers.



Also saying "2 channel mono" is oxymoronic. 2 channels means TWO CHANNELS... MONO as everyone knows means ONE.

Still this doesn't help...but anyways...Will it work...yes. How long - not sure...how it will sound - not sure...Still have no information on anything relevant to the question.

ok so why does the amp say mono subwoofer drive and on the back theres 2 channels?
 






The amp should be the last piece of equipment in line befor the speakers. Crossovers and eq's are line level in and out. Signal path should be head unit, eq, crossover, amps, speakers. You cannot push power from an amp through a crossover or eq.
 






Are there 2 inputs RCA? or 2 outputs?
 






The amp should be the last piece of equipment in line befor the speakers. Crossovers and eq's are line level in and out. Signal path should be head unit, eq, crossover, amps, speakers. You cannot push power from an amp through a crossover or eq.

yea i know that headunit to eq
sub eq channel to amp
front eq channel to amp
rear eq channel to amp
amp to crossover(s)
 






2 channels can be either mono or stereo; some mono amps have 2 outputs to push 2 subs, still the sound is mono, hope this makes sense
 






2 channels can be either mono or stereo; some mono amps have 2 outputs to push 2 subs, still the sound is mono, hope this makes sense

ok so that means that my amp has one channel but 2 outputs?
 






Crossovers before amp(s). Just trying to help.
 






yea i know that headunit to eq
sub eq channel to amp
front eq channel to amp
rear eq channel to amp
amp to crossover(s)

What type of crossover?
if it's the kind that comes when you buy a component speaker set, then you are correct, if it is one of the "real" ones, then it goes before the amp
 



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What type of crossover?
if it's the kind that comes when you buy a component speaker set, then you are correct, if it is one of the "real" ones, then it goes before the amp
yea there the ones that come with
im only doing it this way because it says on the crossovers amp/midwoofer/tweeter right now there not even on a amp because they sound crappy vibrating on my door panel since they are gheeto rigged 6 1/2s that dont really fit
 






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