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whgarrettwhgarrett Posts: 574
edited May 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
I have an old MB Quart 12" pwd304 DVC 4ohm subwoofer

Its a very musical sub from what i've been told.

I want to know the optimal way to wire it to amp. High Sound Quality not High SPL

I don't have an amp yet.

Should I get a 2 channel amp and hook each voice coil to a channel?

Or maybe wire in series creating an 8ohm load and get a super beefy amp.

I heard that bridging amps introduces distortion and so does running loads less than 4ohm.

Appreciate any help. Thanks.
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    If you only need an amp ro power the sub, i would.look.for an amp that is rated.close to the speaker rating for ohms and watts (rms watts)

    I'm no expert, but did stay at a holiday inn last night
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  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    You really need to check out the car clubs and car stereo forums. I got the best help there.
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    STAYSEA wrote:
    You really need to check out the car clubs and car stereo forums. I got the best help there.
    Suprising we don't have more car audio threads here
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    Upon further review..one.and.two was too complex for.me
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  • whgarrettwhgarrett Posts: 574
    Thanks for the replies friends. 81, you're a hoot. :D
  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    81 wrote:
    STAYSEA wrote:
    You really need to check out the car clubs and car stereo forums. I got the best help there.
    Suprising we don't have more car audio threads here


    This is because car audio forums already exist.

    :fp: :fp:
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    STAYSEA wrote:
    81 wrote:
    STAYSEA wrote:
    You really need to check out the car clubs and car stereo forums. I got the best help there.
    Suprising we don't have more car audio threads here


    This is because car audio forums already exist.

    :fp: :fp:
    We dicuss lots.of shit here, but never car audio #thisisamusicwebsite
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  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    Yes, we just play tunes here... Mostly
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    STAYSEA wrote:
    Yes, we just play tunes here... Mostly
    I gots a alpine.pdx 5 for sale if anyone is interested
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  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    I sold my Nakamichi ezzz . On a car audio forum.
    I threw my box away. It was custom for only my car and the car is gone.
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  • whgarrettwhgarrett Posts: 574
    I decided to buy a rockford t600-2 amplifier. It's a two channel amp. I will just hook up each voice coil to a separate channel. The installer at the stereo shop said that would be fine.

    It will take a while to scrounge up the money for that amp though.

    Right now I'm waiting for an old Clarion amp to get delivered to me. It's for the front speakers. It is NIB but from 2003. Hoping it works out.

    I have always wanted a decent stereo system in my car. I spent alot of money on my wife's car, but then we got divorced. I barely even got to enjoy it.

    Any other car audio enthusiasts?
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    whgarrett wrote:
    It will take a while to scrounge up the money for that amp though.


    http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_889 ... 600-2.html

    not sure where you are shopping, but i bought my sub from these people...they have a solid rep
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    I have a 4 channel Kenwood amp that I have...a pair of 4" Boston mids, and a pair of tweeters...willing to trade for some PJ stuff.
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  • whgarrettwhgarrett Posts: 574
    RCKNDY, How about Mike McCready's personal backstage pass to Vedder's solo ITW tour? :D
  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    whgarrett wrote:
    RCKNDY, How about Mike McCready's personal backstage pass to Vedder's solo ITW tour? :D


    Is this trade worth 400 dollars of audio gear?

    Stay in the car zone.

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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    whgarrett wrote:
    RCKNDY, How about Mike McCready's personal backstage pass to Vedder's solo ITW tour? :D

    :|
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

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  • whgarrettwhgarrett Posts: 574
    Is that a no deal? Not Interested?

    Do I have to sweeten the pot?

    Give me something more than :|
  • Dr. DelightDr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    RKCNDY wrote:
    whgarrett wrote:
    RCKNDY, How about Mike McCready's personal backstage pass to Vedder's solo ITW tour? :D

    :|
    :lol:
    I guess thats a No
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    I stand alone without beliefs
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    whgarrett wrote:
    Is that a no deal? Not Interested?

    Do I have to sweeten the pot?

    Give me something more than :|

    posters and popcorn are the way to her heart. or an airline ticket to chicago in july :lol:
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    the downside to a stereo....

    you put on a good album and you tend to crank it a little too much. :fp:
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  • whgarrettwhgarrett Posts: 574
    Interested in a press photo of the band signed by all five members. circa '03.

    Press photo of Shadow in all their glory. Teased bangs and all.
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    81 wrote:
    the downside to a stereo....

    you put on a good album and you tend to crank it a little too much. :fp:

    yeah, one of the channels on the amp was completely re-built. I may or may not have been listening to my music a little loud.
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    RKCNDY wrote:
    81 wrote:
    the downside to a stereo....

    you put on a good album and you tend to crank it a little too much. :fp:

    yeah, one of the channels on the amp was completely re-built. I may or may not have been listening to my music a little loud.

    :lol::lol::lol:

    my amp seems to known when to turn itself off. :lol: :fp:
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    think my cd player is crapping....

    now...do i upgrade the stereo....or just rip the cd's to the ipod.
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  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    81 wrote:
    think my cd player is crapping....

    now...do i upgrade the stereo....or just rip the cd's to the ipod.
    Just buy a new car
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    LloydXmas wrote:
    81 wrote:
    think my cd player is crapping....

    now...do i upgrade the stereo....or just rip the cd's to the ipod.
    Just buy a new car

    that wouldn't solve the problem. :lol:
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    how easy is it to add an auxiliary port to a factory stereo?
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    RKCNDY wrote:
    how easy is it to add an auxiliary port to a factory stereo?

    what?

    unless you have a port, you ain't adding one. :lol: your only option is to get one of those FM transmitter thing a ma jigs
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  • Dr. DelightDr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    RKCNDY wrote:
    how easy is it to add an auxiliary port to a factory stereo?
    Buy a new head unit.
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    Dr. Delight wrote:
    RKCNDY wrote:
    how easy is it to add an auxiliary port to a factory stereo?
    Buy a new head unit.
    Sounds dirty.
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