yeah, i know. but companies dont always advertise theyre products' RMS wattage for the sake of making an easy sale. those 6.5" speakers are 125wrms tho (50% of Wmax).daewoomofo wrote:you should ignore the max power on an amp. only look at the RMS power. that 1600 is prolly only like 400 rms. still alot but not any thing like 1600
most of the time those max watts are only reached at 2ohms anyway, which needs a bit of parallel wiring.
those 'mini subs' are 8ohm impedence each, so will definitely need to be wired in parallel (2 per channel) to get 4ohms.
here's one of my ideas:
400w 2-ch amp, on each channel wire a 5" and 6x9 in parallel to get ~3ohm impedence. then put the 2 5"ers in the boot lining, keep the 6x9s in the shelf and low pass it all, running only bass thru those 4 speakers, and trebble through doorspeakers and stock 4x6s. the doors rattle too much with those 5" speakers kicking out bass, and the stock 4x6s cant handle any bass at all (and theyr hi-passed @1.5kHz). ive had a similar set up before, but with bass only coming from the 12" sub, and trebble from evrything else, it sounded clear, but i had no mid bass. with smaller bass drivers this should be solved, and im not after deep/heavy bass either. just tight, responsive bass, which is why the 12" JBL had to go - and ive sold the amp for that now aswell.
forgot to add: those amps are stable down to 2ohms, so ~3ohm impedence should be relatively safe.
