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Ray Corzone
07-29-2005, 12:53 AM
Im a Rook. new to the game. Iv alwase done my own instalation, and have built plenty of systems for my friends. My brother paul sprang a new one on me yesterday that I cant seem to figure. He brought me a 1100w Sony Explode 12'' sub. (lame I Know) and, not one but TWO 250w Sony Explode amps! What the hell right. I tried to hook them both up, but I have never even heard of someone doing this accept on Pimp My Ride. (We're all corn fed roun hera, lol) If someone could help me out, that would be great. You can even make fun of me for not knowing this one!! Remember though I live in a cornfield!! Thanks!!!
SkinnyBoy
07-29-2005, 12:58 AM
you can only do it with monoblock amps, that are externally strappable, or a dual voice coil sub with suitable impedance coils...
Pressurized
08-04-2005, 08:54 AM
Wrong skinnyboy. :rolleyes: You can take two, two channel amps, run each mono, to one coil.
Hell, you could take a four channel and bridge each side to a coil.

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A MONOBLOCK NOR STRAPPABLE.
SkinnyBoy
08-04-2005, 11:19 AM
I didn't say you could only do it with a monoblock...

I was meaning that with a single voice coil sub, you can only do it with two externally bridged monoblocks... otherwise, you need a dual voice coil sub...

you couldn't even work out that thats what I mean??

ofcourse not, you're stupid like everyone else here...
orionxtreme99
08-04-2005, 02:14 PM
AH HA!!! In fact you could take an SVC(single voice coil) woofer and connect as many amplifiers as you want to that one coil. All you need are a whole bunch of pop can size diodes!!! Now thats just stupid I know... but it is possible....
SkinnyBoy
08-04-2005, 02:16 PM
AH HA!!! In fact you could take an SVC(single voice coil) woofer and connect as many amplifiers as you want to that one coil. All you need are a whole bunch of pop can size diodes!!! Now thats just stupid I know... but it is possible....

no its not...

a diode turns AC into DC... use diodes to parallel a bunch of amps, and you'll just be giving it DC...

plus, it wouldn't give you anymore power anyway...

please go away... you're making yourself look VERY stupid...
renegadeejay
08-05-2005, 06:22 PM
Wrong skinnyboy. :rolleyes: You can take two, two channel amps, run each mono, to one coil.
Hell, you could take a four channel and bridge each side to a coil.

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A MONOBLOCK NOR STRAPPABLE.

right on both counts...

monoblock is required for the "mono"..as in not stereo...so not to short the left and right signals together...which is very different from simply bridging a stereo amplifier... although if you were to create a mono input signal to a 2 channel amplifier you could pretty much do the same thing

Rockford Fosgate pioneered the idea of multiple amplifiers wiht their "M" line a few years back...and it does require special circuitry...or to be "strappable" as you call it...
although this makes it REAL easy to use multiple amps on fewer woofers... it is possible with some inginuity and work to do the same with a standard amp

so you're both right....enough bickering

Ray...see the thread below...it explains how to do what you're asking

http://www.caraudioforum.com/vbb3/showthread.php?t=205866
orionxtreme99
08-09-2005, 03:36 PM
no its not...

a diode turns AC into DC... use diodes to parallel a bunch of amps, and you'll just be giving it DC...

plus, it wouldn't give you anymore power anyway...

please go away... you're making yourself look VERY stupid...


Would you like me to explain it to you??? Yes there is a little more involved then just a diode, but I said that as a simplistic answer.

And who are you to be commenting on the amount of knowledge I posses??
SkinnyBoy
08-09-2005, 04:20 PM
Would you like me to explain it to you??? Yes there is a little more involved then just a diode, but I said that as a simplistic answer.

And who are you to be commenting on the amount of knowledge I posses??

yes, please explain it to me dumbass...

because whatever explaination you come up with, its WRONG! lol
fuzzyfoot3789
10-08-2005, 04:34 PM
you can only do it with monoblock amps

I didn't say you could only do it with a monoblock


Explain that DUMBASS!!!!!!!!!!!
SkinnyBoy
10-08-2005, 10:08 PM
Explain that DUMBASS!!!!!!!!!!!

you're a freaking retard....

did you fail to read the "OR" that came after the first statment you stupid $hit...

and I'm still waiting for the dumba$$ orionxtreme99 to explain to us all how a bunch of diodes is going to allow you to parallel a few amps... LOL!!!

oh well... bunch of stupid $hits here, I guess you both fit right in...
BrandonSC
11-16-2005, 05:30 AM
you're a freaking retard....

did you fail to read the "OR" that came after the first statment you stupid $hit...

and I'm still waiting for the dumba$$ orionxtreme99 to explain to us all how a bunch of diodes is going to allow you to parallel a few amps... LOL!!!

oh well... bunch of stupid $hits here, I guess you both fit right in...

I agree with Fuzzyfoot and Orion, your the one who looks like a dumbass. Just because you know many big words does not mean you know car audio.
SkinnyBoy
11-16-2005, 07:55 AM
I agree with Fuzzyfoot and Orion, your the one who looks like a dumbass. Just because you know many big words does not mean you know car audio.

umm... ok then... whatever you say mate... :confused:
SkinnyBoy
11-23-2005, 08:23 AM
yes, please explain it to me dumbass...

because whatever explaination you come up with, its WRONG! lol

You're a dickhole.

oink oink...
beckerhead
11-23-2005, 08:43 AM
no its not...

a diode turns AC into DC... use diodes to parallel a bunch of amps, and you'll just be giving it DC...

plus, it wouldn't give you anymore power anyway...

please go away... you're making yourself look VERY stupid...
Just out of curiosity, why would a full wave rectifying setup not work. I am actually unsure of the answer, but I dont see why it wouldn't work. Anyhow, don't just start bashing me cuz I am questioning you. I really dont know. I remember learning it at some point, but have let that slip away. I know that it still only produces DC, but why couln't you add more power using one of these for each amp on the output so that power does not come back in the output?
SkinnyBoy
11-23-2005, 08:45 AM
Just out of curiosity, why would a full wave rectifying setup no work. I am actually unsure of the answer, but I dont see why it wouldn't work. Anyhow, don't just start bashing me cuz I am questioning you. I really dont know. I remember learning it at some point, but have let that slip away.

rectifying the AC coming out of the amp using a full wave bridge rectifier isn't actually going to do anything... :confused: lol