Question about 1000W amp and bridging to a 1000W kenwood subwoofer?

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I have a 1000W boss amp and a 1000W kenwood sub 4 ohms. I also want to hook up a 600W max 4 ohm 10" sub, but i want to bridge the 1000W sub to the amp so i get max power out of it, and hook up the 600W to one channel to draw 500W to it. Is that a good idea or should i just hook both up to one channel each, getting 500W per speaker.

doeboy579 · Accepted Answer

best thing to do is run each sub to its own channel. the reason is if you bridge your amp, you have to hook up your 2 4ohms subs together to make 2ohm load if they are single voice coil subs, and they will be sharing 1000watss anyway. now if they are dual voice coil subs and you wire them together they will be at a 1ohm load and i'm pretty sure that a boss 1000 watt amp doesn't run at 1ohm, and will over heat, 

so best bet wire each sub to there own channel on the amp

jaes91 · Answer

When you bridge an amp it puts out the full power of 2 channels combined so you can't do that. If the subs have the same impedence you can mix, but mixing brands/types of subs usually ends up being a bad idea.

Question about 1000W amp and bridging to a 1000W kenwood subwoofer?

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