Hi, I know this has a pre-built amp, but could I use 2 of these in my truck? Tips on the possible hook up are welcome, thank you kindly.
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What kind of truck do you have? I don't see why not. These speakers really surprised me for the price. If I were hooking up 2 I would buy 2 separate amp wiring kits (I used the 8 guage kit) I wouldn't try to bridge the 2 speakers with 1 wiring kit. And just wire it up like any other amp kit. Hot and ground are easy.....speaker wires I would mate with your rear speakers (unless you have a after market head unit with RCA inputs......The blue remote wire, just find a ACC supported wire. Hope this helps.
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Hook it up like you would one amp. Then splice off the wires near the other amp and hook it up. This is a complete no no if you are using high powered amps but since it doesn't draw much power you are safe doing it this way.In response to what Brandon says that's all you need is a RCA splitter and splitters for the power and remote wire and buy another ground wire (DON'T split off the ground those need to be separate). Have fun and good luck!
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It depends on the given space within your truck. They're not built for a single cab truck which would usually call for a slim speaker box. In order to hook up two of these you would need to have two RCA outputs (i.e. from your head unit), unfortunately these only have built in inputs. So you would not be able to run one box off the other. Make sense?
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You can run another amp. I have, but I wasn't impressed with using this amp as a pre amp with a Parasound HCA1500. I think what you are referring to though is the ability to use your surround receiver or whatever receiver or pre amp and use this as an amp. Either way your covered.
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It's definitely not going to take the place of 2 12" speakers. I run 4 of these speakers only powered by my kenwood 4x50w head unit. I do have an 8" infinity sub in the trunk. And it's fantastic! When the sub is turned off it's a very noticeable drop in bass. They may be better powered by a dedicated amp, i would be interested to see how that works as i've been thinking of getting another amp.
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I have this because my car does not have a head unit. I can say you are better off getting a dedicated head unit and using it instead. This amp should work with any application - it has preamp inputs and speaker-level inputs. This means you can have an input from RCA (like from an aftermarket headunit) or from your factory headunit (splice into the wires going TO the speakers).
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It is a decent amp for the money. It is most likely over-rated in power specs. but what is there is clean. I would advise that you buy better speakers though ... get the best co-axial that fits in your budget. 3 way in a car is not necessary - higher quality 2 way is better.
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I was going to use a preamp but saw a video for installation. The preamp interfered with the signal. So I am not using a preamp. Watch YouTube brian shaw's, how to install two hdtv antenas. That will give you a better idea.
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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.
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I have to totally disagree with those that said this amp will only power one sub, or one sub would be better. I have it connected in parallel to two 12" MTX jackhammer subs from the sub channel. I cannot push anywhere near full gain even with two 12's. I have the 4 main channels connected to two JBL gto 938 6x9's and two JBL gto 638 6.5" and this system seriously ROCKS my Chevy Silverado!
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It is a quite impressive 5 channel amp for the size and price. It will power as many subs as you would like provided you can wire them correctly(ohms law). Although I would agree with josh below, one is probably best. I am using one dual voice coil sub at 2omhs It only has one sub channel output if that is your question. I was so impressed with this amp when I bought it for my truck, I bought two more, one for the Camaro and one for the boat. I threw away or gave away every other amp I had.
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I'm no expert... but from what I recall the manual did state that you could wire two speakers to the front and use the rear for one sub. Probably a little under powered for the sub though. I am adding a kicker 12 sub, but I am buying a second amp for just that, haven't decided on which one. I hooked mine up to four kicker 6130s in the tower. sounds great and really puts out the sound on the sandbar.
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I was advised by my stereo guy that this amp was good for (1) sub.... which I have. I have a 300watt "Total" subwoofer (JBL sub-class). Works great for my setup. Yours...... maybe not. I would suggest a dual output amp to run each subwoofer. I believe this amp is a single output. Hope this helps...
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Tuff q. Cause there's many variables u have to look at like I got mine wired for 2. ohm with 0 Guage and got 2 amps a kicker 1100 and a weird brand that's 2500 but both are 2 ohm stable I wish I could have 6000 watts to match my subs but my car is a Volvo and not much room to upgrade my alinator to be able to pull 6000 watts bUT deff. Do 0 Guage so u don't ever have to upgrade u r wiring anymore that's your I did it... if u want shoot me a call or text be a lot easier to explain than a huge paragraph or a lot of info .. 5098287627
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Hold on everyone... If the stock preamp outs from the vehicle are low voltage (i have see some under 1v) then he can use the LC2i to increase the signal voltage up to 9.5v. This in turn can help him set the gain on the amp so that is uses the signal more efficiently. Plus, if the factory preouts have bass roll off, he can use the LC2i to compensate.
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I Bought a kicker 1000w amps for mine. Give it plenty of amps so that nothing blows. I hooked up both my subs to that and they work like a charm!
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Get a seperate amp. If my stock one was a 2/10, after speakers and a head unit id rate it a 4/10. But the amp jumped it to 8.5/10. AMP is a HUGE difference
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Good idea, always better to hear from everyday user's as opposed to someone that works for the company. There may other amps the knob works for that they might not know of, long shot but it may be true lol. I have a kenwood pushing my 2 12's but I forgot which amp I have cause my cars been in the shop for a while. And I did have to purchase the knob separate though. Probably doesn't help any but I would wait and see what others reply, good luck bro ! Oh and by the way check ebay u might get it cheaper there, I only paid about 25$ for mine !
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Hi Salava, you could install more than one BUT you'll need to leave that install with professionals. There is something called series and parallel installation and if not installed correctly, you could really damage the radio and amp components and even catch the car on fire. Myself, I could only do one of these in the car. It has a strong bass and the way I had it tuned, I could only get the radio volume up 3/4 before I couldn't stand it anymore. It had plenty more quality bass beyond 3/4. It's a great amplifier, doesn't take a lot of room, you can fine tune the bass you like, and best of all, sounds amazing for a small box. Hi Salava, you could install more than one BUT you'll need to leave that install with professionals. There is something called series and parallel installation and if not installed correctly, you could really damage the radio and amp components and even catch the car on fire. Myself, I could only do one of these in the car. It has a strong bass and the way I had it tuned, I could only get the radio volume up 3/4 before I couldn't stand it anymore. It had plenty more quality bass beyond 3/4. It's a great amplifier, doesn't take a lot of room, you can fine tune the bass you like, and best of... » Read More Hi Salava, you could install more than one BUT you'll need to leave that install with professionals. There is something called series and parallel installation and if not installed correctly, you could really damage the radio and amp components and even catch the car on fire. Myself, I could only do one of these in the car. It has a strong bass and the way I had it tuned, I could only get the radio volume up 3/4 before I couldn't stand it anymore. It had plenty more quality bass beyond 3/4. It's a great amplifier, doesn't take a lot of room, you can fine tune the bass you like, and best of all, sounds amazing for a small box. « Show Less