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Gentlemen,

 

I have a Rockford Fosgate P200.2 amp that is 2ohm stable. I plan on replacing the front and rear door speakers with 4 ohm components. My question is if I wire the left and right channels parallel changing the impendance to 2 ohm; Would this be better than using a 400 rms amp with 4 channels and keeping the impendance at 4ohm? Or would it make much difference?

 

My single 12" sub will be on another P300.1 amp.

 

Thanks in advance,

Z71kris Senior Enthusiast

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when you are talking about running parallel left and right, do you mean on two channels or one, because you will lose stereo sound if you do it the way I think you are talking about...If I read that right..

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when you are talking about running parallel left and right, do you mean on two channels or one, because you will lose stereo sound if you do it the way I think you are talking about...If I read that right..

 

 

No, I would run the leftside front and rear parrallel as well as the rightside front and rear. Just like changing a DVC woofer 4 ohm to 2 ohm but do it with the components each side.

 

Since I posted this I have done a litttle more research and it seems I would get the power I need 100rms to power the components with the smaller two channel amp wiring the speakers in 2 ohm in lieu of 4 anyway. What I would lose would be the fader front to back.

 

One more question: Are the stock tweeters wired to the door speakers or tied in somewhere else in the channel?

 

Thanks for you response Kris,

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