Well Im a little bit confused...

Why do you have to pay more when going mono amp when the max out put on both are the same?

Also... doesnt bridgeable makes it also a mono amp?

Im confused and a little bit of help before buying an amp

 

Anybody?

 

If you have a chance to purchase a mono block amp by all means do so...you wont be
disappointed

 

I would run my mono block with my one 12 over my 2 channel amp anyday. 2 channel amps aren't as efficient with one sub as they would be with 2 subs.

<b>If you are only running one sub GET a mono block. MUCH MUCH more efficient than a 2 channel.</b> It'll run cooler and you'll get less light dimming with the monoblock. Yes they are like twenty bucks more. But if you go to caraudiodeals.com or someother place i bet you can find a good amp for cheap.

I'm running the Hifonics bxi608 amp. It's 1ohm stable and puts out 600rms watts at 1ohm. It runs really cool even under my seat.

 

 

Thank you kind sir!



To get to the bottom of this, what sub do you want to run? My hifonics amp and sub ran me $202 on ebay with free shipping. The amp is rated at 600rms at 1ohm and my sub is 600rms max. Perfect combo in my opinion and it's matching for more of the bling factor. It also bumps pretty god damn good. There are really good amp/subs out there for stupid cheap prices.

Let me know what you want to do and i'll gladly help you out.

 

Also you want to take in consideration what amp you want to run. there is a sticky post on this forum that tells you how big of an amp you want to run with your stock (in good condition alternator i hope) alternator. take the RMS watts of the amp and divide it by 12.6 and you'll get a number and that number should NEVER be over what your alternator puts out in amps.

 

I have 2 12" kicker L5 and just bought a kicker zx600.1, well... its under powered? thats all I can afford for the amp at the moment... got it on craigslist for $110 so... yeah... how will I or can I make out a good use of the amp? just wire up the subs in 2 ohms?

Thanks...

 

is your amp a monoblock or a 2 channel? what ohms are both subs? and whats the RMS rating of the sub and the amp?

 

what you also wanna take into account is the listed rms in most cases the rms on a bridged amp hooked to one sub is going to be lower than if it was a mono hooked to one sub

 

wow soooo much misinformation being thrown around here. Your decision between a monoblock and a two channel SUB AMP depends solely upon what resistance your subs are showing,

To the original poster your kicker mono amp will be most efficient and safe at a 2 ohm load. This will be easy if you have the dual 2-ohm L5's. You can wire them up to 4 ohm (coils in series) at each sub, and then run them together in parallel for a 2 ohm load. This setup would be OKAY even though you're at HALF the recommended max power. As long as you tune it well and take care of them. Kicker amps are extremely under-rated and your amp probablly left the factory with 700ish real RMS watts into 2 ohms.

If you have the dual 4-ohm subs you might want to think about getting a new amp. Your available resistances are 1 ohm and 4 ohm. At 4 ohm you'd be too low in power and risk blowing the subs. At 1 ohm you won't be able to turn them up super loud before the amp goes into protect mode. I've actually run a zx600.1 at 1 ohm and it ran okay as long as the volume didn't go WAY up. This is risky tho and if the amp doesn't go into protect mode it will fry.

get back to us with which model L5's you have

 

You may want to edit your post, your right, there is misinformation here, but your adding to it.
You do not wire loads in series to drop the load, [impedance] you wire them in parallel.
Wiring DVC 2 ohm speakers to 4 ohms, [VCs in series] and then wiring the speakers in series will get you 8 ohms not 2 ohms.

Lets not confuse the OP any more then he already is. 94

 

Other then the advice audioroach gave... ... and a request for what model of L5s you have, [DVC 2 ohm or 4 ohm] the rest of the info does not mean a lot.

To drive sub bass a mono block sub amp is best, they generally have bigger power supplies and are designed to power subs.

Yes your Kicker amp is way underpowered for a pair of L5 12" subs, no matter what model they are, two 12" L5 would be 1200W continuous and 2400W max, your amp will make 600W RMS into a 2 ohm load, [DVC 2 ohm L5s wired series/parallel] will get you a 2 ohm load but continuous power handling is still 1200W.

The above does not mean you can't use the ZX600.1 to drive the subs, all you need to do is make sure you do not drive the amp into continuous clipping, it is the clipping that will damage the subs, not the fact that the amp is underpowered.

One more thing, never connect a load lower then amps stated min. load, an amp that is not stable below 2 ohms should not be connected to a 1 ohm load. 94

 

chill

 

LMAO, don't get your panties in a knot.
When you start a post by saying...
"wow soooo much misinformation being thrown around here"
you should make sure your not chucking your own, and calling someone who points out the "typo" "arrogant" makes you sound very insecure, so suck it up and move on.94

 

sorry i got mad....your attitude just annoys me.....

 

Pretty sure I said, suck it up and move on. 94

 

I think i smell a huge scent of hostility lol. Quite it ouuttt guys. No need for some sissy la-la arguements.

 

"arguements"?
There are no arguments, he made a mistake, I pointed it out, he didn't like that and called me arrogant, [now edited to "Chill"] along with editing the original post to be correct.

So I see no argument.94