Comments on: How to hook up amps to 8000 watt car subs? http://www.acoupower.com/car-amps/how-to-hook-up-amps-to-8000-watt-car-subs Subwoofer drivers Sat, 19 May 2012 20:03:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: odinsragess http://www.acoupower.com/car-amps/how-to-hook-up-amps-to-8000-watt-car-subs/comment-page-1#comment-7751 odinsragess Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:14:59 +0000 http://www.acoupower.com/car-amps/how-to-hook-up-amps-to-8000-watt-car-subs#comment-7751 Dont even bother hooking up bogus flea market legacy equipment. Return it or sell it, and get real equipment. None of the products you listed are even 1000 watts, since legacy uses fake power numbers.<br><b>References : </b><br> Dont even bother hooking up bogus flea market legacy equipment. Return it or sell it, and get real equipment. None of the products you listed are even 1000 watts, since legacy uses fake power numbers.
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]]> By: Kris D http://www.acoupower.com/car-amps/how-to-hook-up-amps-to-8000-watt-car-subs/comment-page-1#comment-7750 Kris D Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:59:59 +0000 http://www.acoupower.com/car-amps/how-to-hook-up-amps-to-8000-watt-car-subs#comment-7750 its like bridging together battery's and don't forget the loop wire at the last sub (i think you mean 800w)<br><b>References : </b><br> its like bridging together battery’s and don’t forget the loop wire at the last sub (i think you mean 800w)
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]]> By: N2Audio http://www.acoupower.com/car-amps/how-to-hook-up-amps-to-8000-watt-car-subs/comment-page-1#comment-7749 N2Audio Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:49:59 +0000 http://www.acoupower.com/car-amps/how-to-hook-up-amps-to-8000-watt-car-subs#comment-7749 It would help if you'd just provide a model number. Legacy doesn't make any subwoofers that are even CLOSE to capable of handling 8000w. You can ignore anything that says max power because that number is meaningless. The RMS values are the only power ratings that matter, and with the cheaper companies those are usually inflated as well. Legacy has the 15" steel series that are listed as 4000w max, but their true power capability is probably in the 500-1000w rms range, and I think 1000 would be risking damage. I haven't seen a 15" rated at 8000w. The LW15590 is supposed to be their best sub (it's the highest priced). It is rated at 1200w rms, but with a relatively small 2" voice coil it probably wouldn't last long seeing that much power. W/o knowing more about the subs you have I would assume they are 4 ohm single coil so they can be wired together for a total impedance of 2 ohms on a mono (or bridged 2 ch) amp. Since most 2 channels cannot operate below 4 ohms when bridged I would advise looking for a mono amp that will give you 1000-2000w rms at 2 ohms. How much power you get depends on your budget, and how hard you want to push the subs. If you want them to last I would suggest staying in the 1000-1500w range - 500-750w rms per sub. The Alpine mrp-m1000 would work well, as would the Kicker zx1000.1 or the zx1500.1.<br><b>References : </b><br> It would help if you’d just provide a model number.
Legacy doesn’t make any subwoofers that are even CLOSE to capable of handling 8000w.
You can ignore anything that says max power because that number is meaningless. The RMS values are the only power ratings that matter, and with the cheaper companies those are usually inflated as well.
Legacy has the 15" steel series that are listed as 4000w max, but their true power capability is probably in the 500-1000w rms range, and I think 1000 would be risking damage. I haven’t seen a 15" rated at 8000w. The LW15590 is supposed to be their best sub (it’s the highest priced). It is rated at 1200w rms, but with a relatively small 2" voice coil it probably wouldn’t last long seeing that much power.

W/o knowing more about the subs you have I would assume they are 4 ohm single coil so they can be wired together for a total impedance of 2 ohms on a mono (or bridged 2 ch) amp. Since most 2 channels cannot operate below 4 ohms when bridged I would advise looking for a mono amp that will give you 1000-2000w rms at 2 ohms. How much power you get depends on your budget, and how hard you want to push the subs.
If you want them to last I would suggest staying in the 1000-1500w range - 500-750w rms per sub.
The Alpine mrp-m1000 would work well, as would the Kicker zx1000.1 or the zx1500.1.
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]]> By: ooxj2000 http://www.acoupower.com/car-amps/how-to-hook-up-amps-to-8000-watt-car-subs/comment-page-1#comment-7748 ooxj2000 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:23:59 +0000 http://www.acoupower.com/car-amps/how-to-hook-up-amps-to-8000-watt-car-subs#comment-7748 sorry but legacy is not 8000 watts each lol an if the amps are real 4000 watts your going to blow your subs. if the subs are dvc 4000 watt a pop(prob not) just hook each voice coil to a chan on the amp if they are mono amps it doesnt matter what chan you hook them to. make sure if your running real 4000 watts to do the big 3 in 0 awg an run thick power wire and ground an your prob goin 2 need some batteries an a big alt more like 2 lol<br><b>References : </b><br> sorry but legacy is not 8000 watts each lol an if the amps are real 4000 watts your going to blow your subs. if the subs are dvc 4000 watt a pop(prob not) just hook each voice coil to a chan on the amp if they are mono amps it doesnt matter what chan you hook them to. make sure if your running real 4000 watts to do the big 3 in 0 awg an run thick power wire and ground an your prob goin 2 need some batteries an a big alt more like 2 lol
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