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Old Aug 26, 2018 | 11:28 AM
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I just completed a trade and got a set of speed by design 8 inch lids with horn. The speakers are McLaren and the 8 inch mid is 4ohms and the horn is 8 ohms. I will be running this off the rear channels of my hertz HDP 4 AMP. The specs are 150x4 at 4 ohms and 250x4 at 2 ohms or 500x2!at 4 ohms. How can I wire the speakers to get four ohms at the amp. I am running the horns parallel off of the mid as I only have one amp in the front channels are also running a maid and horn.
 
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Old Aug 26, 2018 | 12:19 PM
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The best option I'm seeing is run the 8's off the hdp4 rear channels and run the horns in parallel off of a 4ohm mini amp.

I'm sure guys smarter than I will be along...
 
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Old Aug 26, 2018 | 12:54 PM
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Here’s a question, which speaker combo would work best by using only rest channels. I don’t have room for another amp.
 
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Old Aug 26, 2018 | 02:15 PM
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I thiught there was always room for one more......wait a minute, that might be jello.what is your front set up again, and what year and model bike?
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Old Aug 26, 2018 | 02:18 PM
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14 street glide. Sony ax1000. Mmats 6.5 mids and ddb3 horns up front.
 
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Old Aug 26, 2018 | 04:19 PM
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Imho, u really should get an ultra micro amp and put it under the hood for the horns. Another $100ish could take ur setup to a very good place.

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Old Aug 26, 2018 | 04:29 PM
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Which amp do you speak of ? If I get another small amp do I run all 4 horns off it? Thanks for the help. I will add a small amp as long as it will run all 4 horns. Really want a different speaker setup too. Not feeling these mclaren mids.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2018 | 08:55 AM
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Have a look at Mosconi Pico. It's uber small, I don't think there is anything else that small, you need to get two to get 4 channel though. I use it's bigger brother, Mosconi D2 100.4 it's a very good sounding amp.
 

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Old Aug 27, 2018 | 10:01 AM
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Which amp do you speak of ? If I get another small amp do I run all 4 horns off it? Thanks for the help. I will add a small amp as long as it will run all 4 horns. Really want a different speaker setup too. Not feeling these mclaren mids.
Depending on space requirements under the hood, the SD400.4d would work or the Focal Impulse 320 is really damn small. The NVX is also damn small but they have gotten expensive. For most folks that ride / tour the bag space is a top priority thus amp size will drive the decision in order to keep all amps in the fairing.

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Old Aug 27, 2018 | 03:54 PM
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Thinking of the soundigital amp. I can mount it on my inner speaker bracket.
 
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