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murphy_smith 02-12-2009 8:36 AM

I am thinking about dedicating my PPI PCX 4125 to my Wetsounds double Up's only. <BR> <BR>How would you wire this up? <BR> <BR>125 watts x 4 @ 2 ohm <BR>100 watts x 4 @ 4 ohm <BR>500 watts x 2 Bridged

wetsounds1 02-12-2009 10:07 AM

There is only one way. In 4 ch mode 100x4. <BR> <BR>As you have four 4 ohm speakers. You cannot get the 2 ohm load across all 4 chs unless you had eight 4 ohm speakers. And then you would be spliting the power anyway. <BR> <BR>Only other option would be to use it as a 2 ch amp on one of the pairs. But would probably be overkill. 500x2 at 4 ohms. <BR> <BR>So just hook it up with one speaker per channel and see how it sounds compared to how you have it now. <BR> <BR>You are using half of it now. So you are at 125x2 to the Double UP. So you are getting 62.5 watts per speaker. <BR> <BR>So you will be increasing your power by 40 watts or so. <BR> <BR>Tim <BR>Wet Sounds

murphy_smith 02-12-2009 10:40 AM

I made a typo on the amps specs... <BR> <BR>It should read: <BR> <BR>4x125 @ 4 ohm <BR>4x250 @ 2 ohm <BR> <BR>Does this change anything?

wetsounds1 02-12-2009 10:48 AM

Nope, you are still only able to use that amp in 4 ch-4 ohm mode with 4 speakers. So only diff is 125x4. <BR> <BR>Ignore the 2 ohm rating as it does not apply in this application. <BR> <BR>But based on that spec. You had it hooked up on 2 chs and 2 ohm. So 250x2 split between the 4 speakers. So in theory, 125 per speaker. <BR> <BR>Although now, running the amp at 4 ohms. Will give you some head room as you will not be running that amp at 2 ohms. So it will be able to play cleaner and cooler. <BR> <BR>Plus you can gain the MB-8 on their own as well as the 60's on thier own. So you can cross over the MB-8 lower and gain it how it should be. And cross the 60's over a bit higher to get cleaner sound. <BR> <BR>So just be being able to do this. You should notice a big difference. Even if the power is not much of a change. <BR> <BR>Tim <BR>Wet Sounds


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