Too many speakers Not enough Amps

dragon85 · Outlaw Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 213 City: Seabrook

Alright first I'm amplifiying the 6 speakers inside my boat('01 SAN). Then I'm putting a 12" Solo Baric at the drivers feet in a custom fiberglassed box. It should look clean. To finish it all off I'm gettin a wetbox speaker box to fit 6 6 1/2" speakers. I shouldnt have any problem hearing it but how many amps..what size..and to where do I wire them. I was putting 600 2 channel bridged to sub. Now what can i do about the other 12 speakers. I wanted to make each pair run off one channel. Get a 4 channel amp for each 6 speakers. What do you think?

superlift97 · Newbie Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 33 City: West Point

I used to have a 4 channel amp, the clarion 4 channel amp, it ran (2) 6x9's, (4) 6 1/2 speakers and a 10 inch sub with no problem.

Bo Coppinger · Posted: Feb 11, 2003 8:37 am Post subject:

I run a 600 watt 4 channel amp on my six 6 1/2's.

dragon85 · Outlaw Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 213 City: Seabrook

How did you split up the channels?

superlift97 · Newbie Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 33 City: West Point

One of my friends has his own electronic shop and hooked up everything for me, put it this way my buddie has mastercraft x-star and I used to have my malibu sunsetter, his x-star had tower kicker speakers, sub 10 speakers 2 amps sounded good but no good bass, I had my malibu, it ran (2) 6x9's, (4) 6 1/2 speakers and a 10 inch sub and blew my buddies x-star away and only ran one 4 channel amp and hooked up 2 more 6 1/2 up front of the deck. didn't use marine speakers they suck big time. that is one key and having your amp hooked up right, Idea

hlboatsnboards · Criminal Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 93

you ran 8 speakers and a 10"inch sub with a 4 channel amp????? Sounds a bit strange, how did he do this? For one, the sub had to be putting out stereo sound, not to mention ALL the speakers had to be lacking power. What size amp was it?

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Magic · Outlaw Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 240 City: Seattle

Sounds like superlift97 was running some of those speakers in mixed mono, or atleast the sub in mixed mono off of a pair of channels.

I'd guess channels 1 and 2 were driving the 6x9s and sub.
Channels 3 and 4 on four of 6 1/2s.
last set of 6 1/2 off of the deck's amp.

I am running a 4 channel amp in my boat, it's taking care of a pair of tower speakers and the 4 speakers in the boat. Works fine and I still have volume control independant for the tower speakers and boat speakers.

DRAGON88 · Posted: Feb 14, 2003 4:41 pm Post subject:

Please change your thingy to something else. i had the whole dragon thingy for a reason. i dont care if you wanna be dragon67 or dragon 57 or what ever. but dragon 85 makes no sense. Dragon88 stands for 88(my birith year) and the Dragon part, thats my chinese symbol (born in the year of the dragon)

Sweet boat though!! Mr. Green

orzech · Posted: Feb 14, 2003 8:39 pm Post subject:

i noticed that.... isnt there another dragon out there besides u two?

DRAGON88 · Posted: Feb 14, 2003 8:53 pm Post subject:

there better not be, i would have to kill him.....I mean "talk" to him also.... Shocked

J/K (not about the name change though!)

Dragon88-2 · Guest

I would run three amps one for the sub one 2 channel for tower and 4 channel for the rest

RUSSIAN · Posted: Feb 15, 2003 12:23 am Post subject:

Will the real dragon88 please stand up Wink

DRAGON88 · Posted: Feb 15, 2003 12:42 am Post subject:

::stands up::

dragon85 · Outlaw Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 213 City: Seabrook

Sorry but the 85 stands for my birth year and the dragon for the sunglasses cuz thats who hooks me up.

DRAGON88 · Posted: Feb 16, 2003 8:38 pm Post subject:

really? yea, that sorta what mine stands for also, Dragon Optical, i have the Rakes, what do you have?

dragon85 · Outlaw Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 213 City: Seabrook

i go the twins...the revs..the mx goggles..and dxs snowboard goggles...sweaters...and shirts out the ass w/ beanie and hat....ive got too much stuff