Can a 1200W 4 channel amplifier support four speakers and sub woofer?
I am looking to hook up two 6×9’s and two 6.5" speakers, as well as a sub woofer to a 1200watt amplifier. I want to get the most potential out of my speakers and I think the 4x 50W amp in my headunit isn’t good enough.
The 6×9’s have an RMS of 200w
The 6.5"s have an RMS of 100w
The Sub has an RMS of 250w
Would the amplifier be ok?
The HU is 14-22w rms per channel. They’re generally powerful enough to drive the average speaker "okay", but far from their best.
You can do what you want to do. A 1200w peak 4 ch I’m going to guess is about 75×4 at 4 ohms and around 100×4 at 2 ohms.
What you would want to do is run the left 6×9 and 6.5 on ch 1 with the rt 6×9 and 6.5 on ch 2. Engage the HPF at around 60hz. That will have the amp running at 2 ohms stereo on those two channels which is a standard capability of any multi channel amp.
Each speaker should see around 50w rms.
Bridge ch’s 3 and 4 to run the sub. It will get around 200w rms.
I’m only guessing on power, but I shouldn’t be too far off one way or the other.
You would need a 5 channel amplifier. JL AUDIO makes one.
A four channel will run to 4 speakers.
I would suggest either the JL 5-channel
Or a 4 channel and a monoblock amp for the sub.
Keep in mind that you will need a distribution block, another ground wire, remote wire, power wire, and RCAs. However they can all be wired in the trunk and wont require any runs up the the engine or behind the dash.
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Been there, done that.
The HU is 14-22w rms per channel. They’re generally powerful enough to drive the average speaker "okay", but far from their best.
You can do what you want to do. A 1200w peak 4 ch I’m going to guess is about 75×4 at 4 ohms and around 100×4 at 2 ohms.
What you would want to do is run the left 6×9 and 6.5 on ch 1 with the rt 6×9 and 6.5 on ch 2. Engage the HPF at around 60hz. That will have the amp running at 2 ohms stereo on those two channels which is a standard capability of any multi channel amp.
Each speaker should see around 50w rms.
Bridge ch’s 3 and 4 to run the sub. It will get around 200w rms.
I’m only guessing on power, but I shouldn’t be too far off one way or the other.
References :
I wouldn’t do It man they say you can use a 5 channel amp to hook up a whole system but from my experience hook up your components with a 4 channel and your sub with a monoblock as for ur question I would prob say no because it would prob but to much strain on your amp.
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