will be running 2-200w speakers &amp; a 1000w 10 inchpolk audio sub, what would be the best way to wire it? cheers.got this yesterday from you
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If it were me, I would bridge the 4 channels down to 2 channels and connect the "200W" speakers to them. The 10 inch sub should be run off the sub channel (or "5th" channel). I would personally be more concerned with the load of the speakers than their max wattage rating. Are the "200W" speakers 2 or 4 ohm? Is the sub 2 or 4 ohm? Is the sub a SVC or DVC?
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I would recommend 4 gauge for the power wire just in case you decide to change your amplifier you will not have to go back and run over the wires. However this is not a very powerful amplifier and I strongly suggest putting the extra money and buying a better amplifier. What are the 12" subs are you going to use?
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You will need a wiring kit that comes with Power, Ground, RCA, and a switched power line. Obviously you should have speaker wiring as well.
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I would use a powered sub and connect the rca's on your reciever to it. Most 10" powered subs sound great nowadays.
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my sub is starting to get weak for some reason. do you guys know if i can hook up a powered sub to this receiver? im not sure if i can since the sub this came with connects via regular speaker wires (black and red)
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Just as long as your sub and speakers watts/rms all adds up to about 300, you should be good. Bridge the sub to get more oomph. But this can have your speakers with less power. You don't want to overload your amp. IMHO, get a mono amp that will power your sub and leave this 300w amp for your other speakers. It's what I did.
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How many tower speakers do you have? I have this amp running 4 tower 6.5" polk's in bullets. They are hooked up on each channel 1-4. On channel 5 I have a single 12" Kicker Sub. Channel 6 is either broken or just useless on my amp but I don't really need it. I have the same set up but with a 10" kicker and the 4 in boat speakers. So two amps total. For you it would depend I guess on where you want the power focused. If you want it more out of the tower or the boat itself. And whether or not you have a sub to power with it. Possible suggestions: 2 tower speakers and 4 boat speakers. Hook up tower speakers to channels 5 and 6 and the in-boat speakers to channels 1-4 4 tower speakers and 4 boat speakers. Hook up the 4 tower speakers to channels 1-4 and the in-boat speakers wired in parallel to channels 5 and 6 (two speakers to each) Watch the ohms on the speakers and Amp to see if you need to wire them in series for this set up. Google will tell you tons of info about series and parallel wiring.
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This is an old question, but I stumbled across it, and I figured I would answer it for you. The easiest way to get it to 'play' with you bass it to get another controller that detects sound and gives a current based off of that. Other than that, you could try to come up with a circuit that detects the power being sent to your subwoofer, or speakers, and matches the intensity in voltage supplied to the lights. Unfortunately, you can't just wire them directly in- line with the speaker because of two things 1 being that it will degrade the sound quality to the speaker, and 2 being that the voltage supplied to move the speaker is much different than the voltage needed to power the LED's. TL;DR: Get another controller that does it for you. Source: Installing lot's of these in various projects, Installing my own sound system, and being an Electrical Engineer in training.
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I asked Energy customer service about this. They said connect to the LEFT input of the sub only. They were very adamant that it would not degrade the sound. They explained that the Left/Right inputs are there for some (older?) receivers that have split Left/Right outputs for the subwoofer. I was going to by a Y adapter, but they convinced me there was absolutely no need.
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Q: can you use this to power 4 6x9 speakers (150rms each at 4ohm) And how would you wire a high level imput into this amp? (stock head unit because they dont make an aftermarket one)A: You can buy the speaker line to RCA adapter to feed your speaker lines into the amp. I used an Audiocontrol LC6i in my setup but not necessary unless you want to add subwoofer and amps.I have a small amp for my speakers and one amp for this sub. 2ohms is how the shop I went to set it up. The amp I got was like $65 and it works great. I've had both for about 1.5-2 years now
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The sub being used would need to have RCA inputs(how mine us currently setup). I guess you could rig up a splitter off of one of the speaker inputs. Or if your sub has input/output for speaker wire you could do that too.
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Pretty certain you can run your front channel wires through the sub and then into your left and right front speakers. Look at a picture of the back or better yet..buy a nice Denon amp and upgrade the whole system. You will have no regrets
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Hello what is the size of the speaker wire you can recommend that is good to use for this system that could give me the best sound? I will appreciate it very much if you can reply to this question.Thanks...
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run an unpowered signal (Main output/ Aux output, etc) via 1/4" plug or 3-pin balanced "Mic" cable. 1/4 plugs into middle of 3-pin input. DO NOT run a powered signal into unit! It will split low end to main sub speaker, then send rest of signal to onboard power amps (2 passive spkrs can be plugged into unit and used as mains for small room or to power monitors- pretty neat setup, although only 150watts, used correctly the sub can be a self contained power setup.).
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Probably worth buying a more advanced subwoofer.... Thought mine was but unfortunately my RCA connection to my subwoofer did not work so I tried connecting my subwoofer to my two front speakers. Don't know if that is the proper way but that thing is delivering a thumping bass
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Hook it up like you would one amp. Then splice off the wires near the other amp and hook it up. This is a complete no no if you are using high powered amps but since it doesn't draw much power you are safe doing it this way.In response to what Brandon says that's all you need is a RCA splitter and splitters for the power and remote wire and buy another ground wire (DON'T split off the ground those need to be separate). Have fun and good luck!
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Let me add one other thing. Kicker under rates there amps. You will get a bench test card with yours. It will tell you the real power of the amp. Mine is a 1500w, but benched at 1723w. To much power can cause distortion and blow your speakers even if you keep it turned down. Too little and you get bad sound and overdrive your amp. If your subs are rated at 750w @ 2 Ohms and you have two then 1500w is what you want. So keep that in mind. Also remember you want your amp to always do the work for you. So keep the base on your head unit at 0. Then mess around with the EQ on the head unit and the frequency on the amp. Gain can be your enemy if you have really good pre-amps. So you shouldn't have to turn it up a lot. My recommendation if your not experienced is once everything is installed take it to a place that does it all the time and have them fine tune it.