Can i make this amp work w/ these subs?

[pHEnomIC]

So i have 2 jl audio 12w3 d6's....
They are dual voice coil 6's so a total of 4 6ohm coils.

I have this sony amp:
http://www.epinions.com/Sony_XM_SD61...udio_Amplifier
it is 600rms @ 2ohms and 300rms @ 4 ohms...

It runs one sub very well in parallel @ 3 ohms.

I want to get a dual 12'' box and run both off the amp.

Basically my options are:
1.)run one sub in series and one in parallel I (will this work or will one overpower the other?) I will get a net of 2.4 ohms.
2.) only wire up one coil in each sub in parallal (but will i be losing a lot of power here, and is it safe to run them like this?)
3.) wire 2 coils in parallel (1 in each sub) and 2 coils in series with that (1 in each sub) that wil lget me the net of 2.4 ohms but each sub will have mismatched coils... (will this work? or be bad?)
4.) Run all the coils in parallel resulting in 1.5 ohms and everything is happy. But i may kill the amp... what are your suggestions?


Anyone have any other ideas?

[Xavierz28]

I would think that you only have a few options.
1) Run both of the subs voice coils in parrallel and then in series to each other producing a 6 ohm load but you will not really get any power out of your amp.
2) Running everything in parrallel would produce a 1.5 ohm load and that amp will not last.
I do not recomend wirring the subs differnet because they will get an uneven amount of power because current takes the path of the least resistance.
3) Best option is to either buy another amp just like the one you have and run two amps or buy a 1 ohm stable amp. I do not know the rms on the amps but Rockford just came out with a 1000 watt amp that runs stable at 1 ohm. it retails for about 640. You could proablly get it cheaper off ebay. Hope this is helpful.

[archemedes]

I would think that you only have a few options.
1) Run both of the subs voice coils in parrallel and then in series to each other producing a 6 ohm load but you will not really get any power out of your amp.
2) Running everything in parrallel would produce a 1.5 ohm load and that amp will not last.
I do not recomend wirring the subs differnet because they will get an uneven amount of power because current takes the path of the least resistance.
3) Best option is to either buy another amp just like the one you have and run two amps or buy a 1 ohm stable amp. I do not know the rms on the amps but Rockford just came out with a 1000 watt amp that runs stable at 1 ohm. it retails for about 640. You could proablly get it cheaper off ebay. Hope this is helpful.

good advice. Sony amps rarely come close to stated output (they are not CEA compliant for the most part) you can get a decent 1 ohm stable amp for under $200 with no problem (I bet I have a few available)

[pHEnomIC]

Steve, let me know what you got for sale... Idk ... might be curious...


I really dont care about the amp i got now... i might try it at 1.5 ohms and see what happens.

[archemedes]

more than likely if anything gets hurt it will be the sub (you'll get some distortion if it doesn't go into protect)