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Old Mar 12, 2018 | 06:21 PM
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Okay, so I have done car and bike stereos for years, however I am not up on the new technology out there. So I am upgrading to Hertz SV 165.1 and ST25 horns. I am also going to be running a pair of Pioneer TS 6900 pro's in speaker lids. I already have the SS pn4.520d That I plan on using to push these. Do I run the 165.1 and ST25 off of the same channels and then the Pioneers off the other channels or am I looking at buying a second amp (which I would like to avoid as I dont want to take up bag room).

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That amp bridged will only push 1 or the other set of speakers. Not both sets and horns need power also. What kind of bike are you running?
 
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I wasnt planning on bridging it as it runs 100W RMS x 4 @ 4 Ohms. This will all be on my 01 Road Glide.
 
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It only puts out 90 watts at 4ohms which is no where near enough to run those properly.
 
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One of the smart guys will chime in soon but i think you need closer to 150+ watts for each set to run them properly
 
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One of the smart guys will chime in soon but i think you need closer to 150+ watts for each set to run them properly
Would a SoundStream PN4.1000d fit in that Road Glide fairing?
 
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Originally Posted by Bobber Jake
Okay, so I have done car and bike stereos for years, however I am not up on the new technology out there. So I am upgrading to Hertz SV 165.1 and ST25 horns. I am also going to be running a pair of Pioneer TS 6900 pro's in speaker lids. I already have the SS pn4.520d That I plan on using to push these. Do I run the 165.1 and ST25 off of the same channels and then the Pioneers off the other channels or am I looking at buying a second amp (which I would like to avoid as I dont want to take up bag room).

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Actually I think you can make it work. Now granted you could use a little more power but the SV's don't take very much power to get loud. Run the SV's and horns in parallel on channels 1 and 2. Run the Pioneers alone on channels 3 and 4. That little amp will surprise you. Not gonna be optimal but you will hear it going down the road. If you're not pleased with it. Upgrade the amp or get another 520D.
 
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Would a SoundStream PN4.1000d fit in that Road Glide fairing?
I am sure it does, its only an inch longer
 

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Actually I think you can make it work. Now granted you could use a little more power but the SV's don't take very much power to get loud. Run the SV's and horns in parallel on channels 1 and 2. Run the Pioneers alone on channels 3 and 4. That little amp will surprise you. Not gonna be optimal but you will hear it going down the road. If you're not pleased with it. Upgrade the amp or get another 520D.
Listen to this guy. My apologies for the wrong info
 
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Actually I think you can make it work. Now granted you could use a little more power but the SV's don't take very much power to get loud. Run the SV's and horns in parallel on channels 1 and 2. Run the Pioneers alone on channels 3 and 4. That little amp will surprise you. Not gonna be optimal but you will hear it going down the road. If you're not pleased with it. Upgrade the amp or get another 520D.
Yeah, I like this amp. I ran it last year with just 2 kicker 6.5's and liked it. And I ran it in my Street glide with some polks.

But being that I am not opposed to spending a little money, would I be better to just go to the PN4.1000D.

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