Amp and subs

[Gabeduarte74]

First, you guys can make fun of my set up for using a crappy brand but it works for me.

 

My question is this: I have a Pyle power amp "Pyle PLA2378 2-Channel 2,000-Watt Bridgeable Mosfet Amplifier" (rms 1000) and a "Pyle PLPW12D 12-Inch 1600 Watt Dual 4 Ohm Subwoofer" (rms 800) and was wondering if my set up is correct. Right now, I have it bridged to get more power out of the sub. If I were to get a second sub (same sub) should I keep it bridged or should I put one sub per channel? Or should I connect it to the other sub? I'm not sure how the ohms work, I believe my watts are correct and safe with the one sub bridged.

Also, I do not have a capacitor installed. I know generally it's to consume less power and give it to the amp when it's needed, but would it give better sound quality?

[nekkidhillbilly]

is it a dvc 4 ohm ?

[99k1500]

I assume you have a dual 4 ohm and have the terminals wired in parallel so each sub becomes 2 ohm... if you take another identical sub wired in 2 ohm... you then wire that in parallel and achieve a 1 ohm load... supposedly your amp is only 2 ohm stable / per channel and 4 ohm bridged. ( keep in mind that lower resistance is harder on an amplifier - you can always increase resistance, effectively an amplifier with nothing hooked up to it has an infinite resistance and VERY stable Just no sound

 

Your have a few options, including hooking each coil up in series including hooking everything in a series and achieving a 16 ohm load.... Very safe, Low distortion. VERY low power..

 

Most would choose one of the below. to get maximum power out of your setup

• Bridged - With those subs is to wire each sub in series with itself and parallel to each other... This would make each speaker an 8 ohm speaker ( 4 +4 ) and wire it in parallel with the other speaker achieving a 4 ohm load
• Bridged - Wire each coil on each sub in parallel creating a 2 ohm speaker, and then wire the two subs in series with each other (2+2 =4)
• Stereo / Independent - Wire each sub in parallel creating a 2 ohm speaker, then hook each speaker up separately so that the amp sees the 2 ohm load per channel.

 

When you add a second sub will it be in a shared airspace enclosure or a separate box? If it is shared airspace I would definitely WANT to run the amp bridged. Running bridged will ensure that each coil gets the same signal, so that the speakers are not fighting each other, depending on the signal that is sent to them.

 

Since you are just learning - I would probably create an 8 ohm speaker out of my DVC's and then run those in parallel... This would create a stable bridged 4 ohm load

This wold keep one of your buddy's from saying "Hey you are running those in series, we can hook these up in parallel and double your power! In a moment of drunken stupidness you say - Lets go for it, you know what you are doing because your truck sounds great... It works for a bit then: Wow that sounds good lets turn it up more! 1 ohm load, amp gets hot and fries.