t-money Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 I always thought running it at lower ohms would make the amp heat up more since its putting out more power...do you think 8 ohms would make it heat up more than, say, at 2? your right but home audio stuff is made to run 8 ohm all day. car audio isnt. i cant be sure that the amp will push 8 ohm or if it will be to much resistance and give out plus not to mention it will reduce the power even more like someone else said on here Quote 2002 ford focus hatch pioneer DEH-P8400bh infinity kappa 6.5 components front and rear XS Power D1200 Shuriken BT-100 audioque 120.4 2 15 inch audioque HDC3 D2 2 audioque 2200d big 3 mechman 220a alt with external regulator 479-418-3056 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Nave Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 your right but home audio stuff is made to run 8 ohm all day. car audio isnt. i cant be sure that the amp will push 8 ohm or if it will be to much resistance and give out plus not to mention it will reduce the power even more like someone else said on here that would be me that said that, and It should be safe, not that much wattage he is running Quote Car 1996 Sable LS 8,000K Bi-Xenon HID's Pioneer Premier DEX-P1R Diamond Audio D351, Diamond Audio D362i, Diamond D3TAK off Kicker ZX200.4 Custom 15" 13w7 motor, 3.5" aluminum coils dual 1 ohm off NV-AM25001 Dynamat Dynaliner Second Skin Damplifier Pro Stock 130A Alternator My Build Truck 1995 Ford F-150 Flareside XLT 10,000K Bi-Xenon HID's, 15,000K Bi-Xenon HID's Kicker KS6502, KS400 off Pioneer Premier PRS-D4100F Truck Build Ref(s) Rogers, Jared, Mikesmith0890, Twigz, DHFHades, BASS14, Solo_X18, mrafrica, camino_1to3, kickerassman [speakerman9000] 5:43 pm: if sony sucks so bad how come my amps still work when i had 3 12s on it [capalass23] 11:27 pm: wow u grand man poopin out babys like hto cakes [KevinniveK] can u have sex later please hes helping me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-money Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 (edited) that would be me that said that, and It should be safe, not that much wattage he is running sorry sable lol. i have never ran car audio amps at 8 ohm is the only reason im worried. its not a common ohm load for this type of thing and it is a sony amp. they arent the best amp. i dont want him to go through all this trouble just to have it not work for more than 30 sec Edited June 26, 2009 by t-money Quote 2002 ford focus hatch pioneer DEH-P8400bh infinity kappa 6.5 components front and rear XS Power D1200 Shuriken BT-100 audioque 120.4 2 15 inch audioque HDC3 D2 2 audioque 2200d big 3 mechman 220a alt with external regulator 479-418-3056 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white4d96 Posted June 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 sorry sable lol. i have never ran car audio amps at 8 ohm is the only reason im worried. its not a common ohm load for this type of thing and it is a sony amp. they arent the best amp. i dont want him to go through all this trouble just to have it not work for more than 30 sec My thoughts are, if I can't find someone locally to buy the amp, I can hook it up to the speakers, and if the amp goes pop, its another Sony sent to hell =P plus it gives me an excuse to buy a real 4-channel. If it does work, then I didn't have to pay anything. Score one for being cheap! Quote Too many projects, too little time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-money Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 My thoughts are, if I can't find someone locally to buy the amp, I can hook it up to the speakers, and if the amp goes pop, its another Sony sent to hell =P plus it gives me an excuse to buy a real 4-channel.If it does work, then I didn't have to pay anything. Score one for being cheap! in that case install away. this will help u http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp Quote 2002 ford focus hatch pioneer DEH-P8400bh infinity kappa 6.5 components front and rear XS Power D1200 Shuriken BT-100 audioque 120.4 2 15 inch audioque HDC3 D2 2 audioque 2200d big 3 mechman 220a alt with external regulator 479-418-3056 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Honestly, I'd wire it to 2 ohms per channel and thrash the hell out of it. It's rated to 2 ohms, yeah it'll get a bit hot but you'll get way more power out of it and it'll definitely get those by-9's moving. People talk shit about Sony, I have one of their '800w' 4 channels here, sure the rating is lies but the amp is made in Korea, very well put together and uses perfectly good parts. Nothing wrong with them. Quote 10.x volts fo' life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white4d96 Posted June 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Honestly, I'd wire it to 2 ohms per channel and thrash the hell out of it. It's rated to 2 ohms, yeah it'll get a bit hot but you'll get way more power out of it and it'll definitely get those by-9's moving.People talk shit about Sony, I have one of their '800w' 4 channels here, sure the rating is lies but the amp is made in Korea, very well put together and uses perfectly good parts. Nothing wrong with them. Only problem with that is that my front 5.25's are only rated to 35rms and I really can't replace them right now, even though I want to. Quote Too many projects, too little time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white4d96 Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Well, I sucked it up and did it. Wired each side to 8 ohms and wired the amp with some Fosgate 8 gauge I used when I first got the Sony amp, flipped the high-pass switch and such. at first I thought something was wrong; it was really quiet. Little did I realize that the clipping threshold of the HU amp is not the same as the threshold of the RCA outlets. My gains are now set at 28 (out of 34; I think I can go to 30 but I don't want to test it) and it sounds amazing! Thanks all for the help! =] Quote Too many projects, too little time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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