I have an ARC mini 125.2 on my limited......Powers the fronts and rears, WHEN, the tour pak is installed (which is twice a year)....I have the CVO speakers pods installed on the lowers and want to know if I can wire the speakers to the amp???.....this would mean twice a year 6 speakers would be driven off the amp....I know 4 is fine...... will 6 work??

 

I have pre-outs on my HK going to the amp, so I run my fairing and lower fairing speakers from the amp and I run the rear speakers from the amplified output from the HK (quite a bit less power, but I also have the Tour Pak off a lot, and I could never really hear the rears at highway speed anyway).

 

I wouldn't do it. When you run four, in parallel I'm assuming, on the ARC you are taking resistance down to 2 Ohms which the amp can handle but if you do 6 speakers you are taking the resistance down below 2 Ohms (1.333 Ohms).

Mike

 

im looking at putting in the ks125.2 in.for speakers are component speakers worth the money overcoaxial speakers.anybody know.im olny doing 2 faring speakers what is best?

 

It's not only a question of the number of speakers; it's how they're wired and what the speakers' impedances are.

This link will provide helpful information:

http://www.bcae1.com/spkrimp.htm

If you're currently running two pairs of 2ohm impedance speakers wired in parallel to the 125.2, you're already risking possible damage to the amp. Check-out the water pump example in the above link.

Carl

 

What SG Mike said. For no more than you use the tour pak, just use the power from your radio and save your amp.