MrSkippyJ

No problem.

You will be running an amp at 4 ohms, shouldn't be a strain on the amp at all. If it is, get a better amp. A good 100x4 amp will run 4 sets of components just fine.

best way to decide it to go out and listen to some. that is also LOTS of power for 4 sets of speakers. If you plan on adding more later down the road then I would say go with that much power and just set your gains low. If you are not going to upgrade later, get something with less power.

4 of what size? 6.5" components?

what do you have in mind for new components? how many are you thinking of?

it's probably going to take people a while to answer you. I mean you gave us so much info to process we have to really sit down and think about what to say.

why dont you get to see how many hours you put in with direct deposit?

that sounds about right. you could have missed the deposit cut off time. if you deposited the check after the cut off time then it is just like you deposited the check today. if it isn't all cleared tomorrow then i would see what's up.

how much were the checks for? what is the cutoff time for deposits?

how else do you hook them up? other than bi amp or active, what you just described is the only way to hook components up. what ever the manual says the impedance is will be what your amp sees. I must not understand your question or something.

awww geez thanks guys, a thread just for me

a sub thats loud and sounds good lol spl mixed with SQ = SQL who wants loud and sounds bad?

wtf is SQL?

get it for the table, then buy a good router.

Like this? sorry a little messy And this would equal a 1 ohm load? Yup, just like that. Well, assuming they are 2 ohm coils. Yep they are dual 2s... But does that way give a good connection for the wires just wondering Yep, just fine.

it is best to check each coil, not the total ohm load. check each coil at the terminals on the sub, withOUT the sub being hooked up to an amp.

That's a hell of a side note what reading did you get for your subs and what are ohm are they rated?

Like this? sorry a little messy And this would equal a 1 ohm load? Yup, just like that. Well, assuming they are 2 ohm coils.

Now that I understand what's going on, I am not sure what's up. My guess is a ground issue somewhere somehow, but that is a bit too technical for me. If Boon chimes in, he might know why it does that. That is more than I understand about how amps work. Sorry about that, I thought you had an entirely different problem. Edit: have you hooked the subs up with the amp OFF, then turned the amp on? Do they still pop?

you can also run one wire from the amp to the bolts on the outside of the box, and on the inside of the box connect 2 wires to each bolt.

Ah. so with your radio off, your DMM shows nothing. But, the subs popped when you tried to hook them to the amp. Right? was the amp powered up when this happened? You said your radio was off, so that means your amp was off since maybe you ran your remote wire from the amp? Right after you popped your subs, you again checked the DMM and it still showed nothing, correct? With the RCAs disconnected, your subs do NOT pop when you hook them to the amp, correct?

nuts and bolts is what I used. works fine for me.

maybe i don't understand your problem. you hooked your subs up to your amp while it was on and they popped. Now your amp shows nothing on the DMM. am I missing something?

He isn't saying it will fix the problem, he is saying it could have caused the problem. Don't hook shit up when it is powered up.

I'm using the whole component set, but they wire into an electric XO...the XO only has one input, and it is at 4ohms...so it only has 1 set of wires from the amp... You should be just fine hooking each set up to it's own channel. It is more power than they are supposed to take, but you can just set the gain lower to compensate. Just be smart with the volume and gain setting and you should have no problems. No need to run more than one set per channel now until you have more speakers.