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Old Aug 7, 2012 | 05:07 PM
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I just bought a 2012 Ultra Classic Limited and added a Boom audio system with amp and 4 speakers along with 2 additional Boom speakers for the lowers. The amp only powers 4 speakers, so unless I want to give up valuable cargo space with another amp, which I don't, I have to power 2 of the 6 speakers with the factory stereo. Any suggestions of which 4 to amp? Also, is it possible to bridge the 4 outputs of the factory stereo to at least get some more power to the lone 2 speakers?
 
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As long as you keep the impedance load with-in the specs of the amp,..........you can run as many sets of speakers as you'd like.
 
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Even if it's a 4 channel amp? What about bridging?
 
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Passing on Carl's favorite piece !! The speaker wiring Bible.

http://www.termpro.com/asp/pubs.asp?ID=124







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Thanks for the help! Although I still don't understand the technical aspects of the manual, it provided helpful diagrams that helped me understand the basics. I wonder what the power drop would be if i had the speakers run in parallel. I can't wrap my mind around the math. I'm not even certain how many watts the boom amp puts out. They don't seem to publish the specs.
 
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