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Old 11-29-2005 | 03:56 PM
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LOL, i meant table rock since that is where jason & i mainly boat.
lets see, u in 68 vette, prolly have a 427, w/ 3 subs... i can take u.
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Old 11-29-2005 | 04:11 PM
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Brian, yea, I will only have one pair of 6x9's if I go with 2 10's.
I don't have a clue as to what I am doing but I have friends who do. I just write the checks & supply the beer.
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Old 11-29-2005 | 06:16 PM
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Jason, I can draw out the wiring for you Friday at the prayer meeting. It makes a lot more sense on paper (r1 * r2 / r1 + r2, just doesn't have the same ring in e-mail )

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Old 11-29-2005 | 10:50 PM
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I went with two JL Audio 10W7s in 1 sealed box with a divider. (Its a big box). http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_subs.php?series_id=5

I have a JL Audio 500/1 for each woofer.
http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_amps.php?amp_id=252

It sounds sick! I don't think you are going to need more than two woofers; or you are going to over-bass your system. I have 10 - 6.5 co-ax speakers (Sony and MB Quart) and I keep the base barely tuned in. The girls do love sitting on the back seat though!!
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Old 11-30-2005 | 07:09 AM
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Jason, I can draw out the wiring for you Friday at the prayer meeting. It makes a lot more sense on paper (r1 * r2 / r1 + r2, just doesn't have the same ring in e-mail )

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OK, it is a deal. I'll even pop for a few rounds.
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Old 11-30-2005 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by JasonSmith
Brian, yea, I will only have one pair of 6x9's if I go with 2 10's.
I don't have a clue as to what I am doing but I have friends who do. I just write the checks & supply the beer.
I still need some equipment for my boat if you wanna stop by, write some checks & drink some beer.
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Old 11-30-2005 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Gary Anderson
I've wired 3 by using 2 single coil subs and a dual voice coil in the center. This uses a 2 channel amp with low pass filter. The individual VCs should be the same impedence, ie all 4 ohms. You can wire each channel to a single VC speaker then in parallel or series to 1 VC of the dual VC speaker. It depend on if the amp will support the impedence of parallel wiring.
Most unbrideged amps I've seen can run 2 4 ohm speakers in parallel (2 ohms). But bridging usually requires a 4 ohm minimum.
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Yeah. Same here.

Even some of the newer amps that can see a 1 or 2 ohm load and survive still don't LIKE it.

I would try if possible to keep the load to 4ohms on a bridged amp. Even better yet, buy enough amp that it doesn't need to be bridged to do the job.

When you lower the load below 4 ohms you really lose headroom and start adding noise compared to non-bridged.

Plus... bridging adds extra heat to go with those extra watts and extra noise.

I like Gary's idea.
I would do SVC subs on the outside and a DVC sub in the middle. Send a left output to one outboard sub and one of the two center sub VCs and send a right output to the other outboard sub and the other VC of the DVC sub. This would make one 2 or 4 channel amp drive 4 voice coils, two at a time.
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Old 11-30-2005 | 01:47 PM
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By the way... you can go a LONG way on a boat using 6.5s and subs (dialed in well) rather than 6x9s.

I have two pairs of good quality 6.5s plus hidden subs and my cockpit sounds great but it's clean and I didn't have to cut the boat up to do 6x9s.
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Old 11-30-2005 | 06:35 PM
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I have eighteen 6 1/2"~ers (9 pairs) and six 12's running off JL amps (all w/ individual capacitors).

Consider this... Spend the money upfront and enjoy it all summer (without problems), using larger amps, not having them run at 100% for max volume expecations with extra batteries - this will get you thru the "heat" issues of the summer having your sound crisp and tight. Buy top of the line speakers/amps and have an "expert" help you with the wiring (if you're doing it yourself - which I highly do not recommend ).

Enjoy!!!!
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Old 12-01-2005 | 06:10 AM
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Especially when you use 18 6.5s.

Dam, Joe.
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