I have 2 Pioneer subwoofers that are 800 Watts @ 150 watt RMS 4 Ohm and a Pioneer 760 Watt amp @ 190 RMS X 2 Bridged 4 Ohm. I want to run my amp bridged, but I am concerned about the extra 40 watt RMS my subs would recieve. My question is, if I go ahead and hook things up this way and adjust my amps gain downward some, will it be okay?
Should I have enough headroom to run the 190 watts RMS?
You will be just fine...Remember your gain isnt a power/volume dial it is just to set your voltageinput the same as the preout voltage or as close as you can. Set it up so they arent clipping and you will be just fine..go for it
thats fine... most quality speakers can handle more.. lol i have a jl 15 w3 and it says to handle 400 watts i think.. im putting 1000 lol but i dont beat on my stuff so i am very careful
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personal experience had those with one of those amps per sub run single channel bridged, running 2ohms at 380rms. on 1 sub.
my friend had 2 12 in pioneers same as yours im guessing and 2 760 watt pioneer amps in a ported box and ran them hard and didnt begin to distort and was pretty loud and hit good considering.
dont be scared run the piss out of them you'll be happy
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2465 lbs without me
141 hp @ 6300 (ran out of rpms)
123 ft lbs @ 5200
running lean on stock ECU
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blow them up and buy some better subs
They should be fine....if they distort or clip, turn them down!
Thanks guys.. I went around town for a little bit with them bridged and they seem to be doing just fine.
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i prefer to have more power then needed.
This way the amp isnt working as hard either. At least thats what I always thought.
you just make sure your giving your sub unclipped power. By setting the gain correctly.
