Wanting to add a second amp.....

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Jul 27, 2015 | 02:26 PM

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Gannicus

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Originally Posted by haze324

Yo would get the same total output. If you bridge to get more power you would then have to split that in half to each speaker. Also in parallel would drop your impedance to 2 ohm with two speakers. Don't think that amp support bridge under a 2ohm load.

Not a huge fan of bridging full range speakers. Bridging is mostly reserved for subs. HAZE is correct. Just starting out the best way to wire your speakers is for each speaker to run on it's own channel. All you need is a powerful amp to support that effort. You can get more creative if and when you add more speakers.

Jul 27, 2015 | 02:50 PM

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kdawg187

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Thanx again....so I guess im gonna start with a new amp either the SS PN4 1000 or the PA RZ4 3000

Jul 27, 2015 | 08:57 PM

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just plain john

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Originally Posted by Gannicus

NO. As HAZE said the kappas are two ohm speakers. You have a four channel amp. You would need 4 ohm speakers to run all six speakers on one amp EFFECTIVELY. In other words you can wire a series/parallel configuration and it will work but it won't sound very good. You will lose volume. As I stated on my last post. You need a two channel amp to run the 6x9's. Run the four kappas all alone with the SS amp.

I can attest to the fact that while 2 sets of 2 ohm speakers will work in the short term (and sound great btw), the long term effects are damage to your amp. If you must run 4 speakers in parallel on a single channel, use 4 ohm ones.