i have 4 pioneer 12s with a total of 1600rms ... will i under power with this amp or over power
188960
Depends on the models. But you should be ok if everything is hooked up right and you have a good alternator and battery setup. Its 1600 at 1ohm.
188961
What OHM and how many coils does each speaker have. You will have to get a 1 OHM load to get the most power out of this amp. I have never run my amp below 2 OHM so I really can't say if it really puts out full power at 1 OHM, but at 2 or 4 OHM it seems a little under powered to me, but then again I've been running only JL amp's For the last 10 years this is my first non JL amp in a decade. If you get your load to 1 OHM it should work for you though.
188962
I'm not and expert but I would imagine it would be just fine. The specs you want to pay attention to is the impedance. Impedance is measured in Ohms. Figure out how many Ohms each sub has and figure out how to wire them (either series, parallel, or both) to get your impedance down to 1 or two ohms. Here is a good little article about wiring in series and parallel: http://www.termpro.com/asp/pubs.asp?ID=124. I hope this helped.
188963
@ 1 ohm this amp runs 1600 watts rms. So you will be fine if you wire the speakers in 1ohm.
2267243
The recommended amount is 4 speakers, you can add more but the sound quality wont be the same. I purchased this AMP near a year ago and the sound quality is very nice I have it connected with 4 Pioneer speakers 400 watts each and they sound amazing, if u are looking for nice clear sound this is your AMP. (Recommend Pioneer speakers with it for a nice rich clear sound)
135221
Yes it will work fine. If anything going up in ohm ratings is easier and safer than going down. You are taking a 6 ohm rating and going up to 8 which uses less power to drive the speaker. If you were trying to go from 8 ohm rating on the receiver and drive a 4 ohm speaker I might say look out you could cause your amp to switch off from overheating or tripping a fuse. You will be fine and if anything you'll have a little bit more presence from your middle channel now and maybe adjust it down a tad in your setup if it's too much.
1417979
Let me add one other thing. Kicker under rates there amps. You will get a bench test card with yours. It will tell you the real power of the amp. Mine is a 1500w, but benched at 1723w. To much power can cause distortion and blow your speakers even if you keep it turned down. Too little and you get bad sound and overdrive your amp. If your subs are rated at 750w @ 2 Ohms and you have two then 1500w is what you want. So keep that in mind. Also remember you want your amp to always do the work for you. So keep the base on your head unit at 0. Then mess around with the EQ on the head unit and the frequency on the amp. Gain can be your enemy if you have really good pre-amps. So you shouldn't have to turn it up a lot. My recommendation if your not experienced is once everything is installed take it to a place that does it all the time and have them fine tune it.
2145914
Make sure you have high capacity alternator, 4gauge wire or bigger, and that your subs can be wired to 1ohm. I have mines running 2 alpine type-x 12's at 1ohm fine all day long. Great amp for the price. Best money I've ever spent on an amp.
1207955
Sure, that's the way i have it. Sounds great. Just check your amp power before, but normally it would work just fine.
1349891
Yes, it will push them just fine. I had mine pushing two 1000w Alpines and now it's pushing one 1200w Rockford Fosgate 15. You don't want to max out your subs anyway. Just match the rms and you'll be fine.
2167011
Well, the problem with this amp is that doesn't really gives you the 1600 watts of power.I wanted to replace my current amp (800 watts) for this, but this one really disappointed me because my 800 watts amp had more power. So what I did was to dedicate this one to the bass and the 800 watts for the 4 speakers.So in conclusion, this amp is like any 600 watts amp so think about it :).
287908
I'm running these off of a 100W rms Pioneer amp and they handle it with no problem. They sound amazing with some power put to them. Hope this answers your question.
2144420
I have three of these and have a 1600 watt hifonics Brutus amp and it powers them fine. The rms is 300 watts so if your getting one I'd say go for a 500 watt amp. Don't go cheap on the amp though.
228005
It's gonna be too little. I have a 2200 kenwood d block amp on it at the momont and it knocks that off. So you may need more power then that
771208
I believe so man. There very nice! Works awesome with my champion series 12 pioneer subs man. Depends on the amp to
921734
not too sure i have it running at 1ohm and it's great, the amp pushed my Diamond 12" 400watt sub great, clean sound too, getting the Alpine SWR-12D2 12 next week I'll let you know well it pushes that. I have my doubts but only time will tell, I can tell you that's it's not 3000 watts tho, but from experience it's enough for a single 12" 400 watt sub.
1513337
I have 2 of these running on a Pioneer 1000.1 D class amp. They may be able to handle more but you don't want to over power them and burn up the voice coil. I am a big Pioneer fan but there are other more affordable amps to pick from.
1746780
I have mine hooked up to 1 SA4 12 by sundown tuned to. 35h in a 2 cubic foot box an it BEATS!!!!!!!!!! I think as far as watts go they may b a little over rated, but the quality of the BRX series I'm very happy with ther a great amp for the money I even have the 640 as well. I'm pushing 4 6.5 alpines an 2 tweets with it an have n no trouble what's so ever with over heating are anything like that. I will tell u this if money is the issue u can go with a crunch amp they are made by the same company
1894350
Ive got mine hooked to a pioneer premier 12 in 2ohms and its really really loud I have to keep the subwoofer line way down. Im sure it would be similar for yours in 4ohms its a very strong amp. Works great ive had a few different kenwood amps and they always perform.
2177925
If you are using the using the radio power wires to power this amp yes you are overloading the circuit. This amp needs it's own fused power wire 16 guage from the battery to power this amp.