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question about amp power
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:01 pm
by mmmadog
If you bridge an amp like a ms2250 and have 2 subs hooked to it at a 4ohm load how much power is each speaker going to see? 1000 watts that the amp is rated at or 500 each? I say both speakers are going to 1000 watts. I would like to hear your qpinions. Thanks............Matthew
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:06 pm
by dBincognito
Bridged ouput power divided by the number of subs is how much power they will see
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:43 pm
by Bfowler
nope...that would be sweet though
think of this...
if you had an amp that made 1000 watts at 4ohms
and 16 4ohm drivers...
that could be wired in a series/parallel to get back to a final 4ohm load on the amp.....so by your idea...the amp would then have to make 16000 watts!
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:47 pm
by dBincognito
Bfowler wrote:nope...that would be sweet though
think of this...
if you had an amp that made 1000 watts at 4ohms
and 16 4ohm drivers...
that could be wired in a series/parallel to get back to a final 4ohm load on the amp.....so by your idea...the amp would then have to make 16000 watts!
That's not what I said
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:48 pm
by dBincognito
Let's say...output power 1000 watts @ 2 ohm load
2 subs wired to that amp in a 2 ohm load will yield 500 per sub
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:02 pm
by dBincognito
Bfowler
if you had an amp that made 1000 watts at 4ohms
and 16 4ohm drivers...
that could be wired in a series/parallel to get back to a final 4ohm load on the amp.....so by your idea...the amp would then have to make 16000 watts!
In that scenario the speakers would see 62.5 watts per speaker...if the amp was capable of 1000 watts @ 4 ohms
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:32 pm
by Bfowler
whoa, my first comment was towards mmmadog.
i probibly should have spicified that.
we are totally agreeing
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:36 pm
by dBincognito
Bfowler wrote:whoa, my first comment was towards mmmadog.
i probibly should have spicified that.
we are totally agreeing
No worries....you didn't qoute me, so I wasn't sure....I just didn't want there to be any confusion...we cool
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:46 pm
by Bfowler
dBincognito wrote:
No worries....you didn't qoute me,
yeah...probably would have helped.