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Old 01-30-2011, 08:49 AM
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Default Subs and amps help please!

Okay so I just got a sub box with two 12'' speakers, and the speakers are paralleled, how would I run this into an amp since i cant use a RCA jack because I dont have left and right side from the subs, i only have the one positive and negative wire clip in the back of the sub box. Any help would be great, I dont know a whole lot about using amps and running subs.
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Old 01-30-2011, 09:41 AM
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Default Re: Subs and amps help please!

rca goes from headunit to the amp
what it sounds like is that they eather tied boath positives and negatives in to seperate wires. so insteading of haveing 4 you have 2 orthey only have one sub wired up in the box
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Old 01-30-2011, 01:36 PM
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Default Re: Subs and amps help please!

i would say that they setup the subs to be bridged together. rca from the stereo to the amp and then speaker wire from the amp to the subs.
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Old 01-30-2011, 02:26 PM
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Default Re: Subs and amps help please!

The subs are wired together to lower the ohm load.
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Old 01-30-2011, 02:52 PM
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Default Re: Subs and amps help please!

Right, there are two 8 OHM speakers wired together, that will make it 4 OHM. I only have one positive and one negative wire clips coming from the sub box. What I'm wondering is how would I need to go about hooking this up.

-Thank you everyone who replied, I'm beginning to understand this stuff a little better.
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Old 01-30-2011, 04:46 PM
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Get an amp, hook the amp up, and run the positive wire from the sub to the positive input of the amp. And do the same for the negative wire.
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Old 01-30-2011, 07:23 PM
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Okay, so i have been looking at amps, do all of them have just positive and negative outputs? Some that i have seen only have outputs for rca jacks. Now I understand what I need to do, I just need a cheap option for doing it. I dont have a lot of wiggle room for spending at the moment just need something to run my subs into. any suggestions?
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Old 01-30-2011, 07:41 PM
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sony explode amp fro walmart
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Old 01-30-2011, 07:44 PM
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Thanks for all your help guys!
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Old 01-30-2011, 07:52 PM
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if youre on a budget get a used amp from eather a friend or audio sop by you that would be the cheapest
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