Mono block amp with two 10" subs?

[ol'blazer]

Right now I'm running two mtx subs off a 300w phenox gold amp... I want a little more out of them.. Do I have to run a 2 channel or can I run a mono block?
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[jimmydean]

You can run a mono block as long as the load of the 2 subs isn't less than the minimal impedance of the mono amp.

2 subs @ 4ohm each run in parallel = 2ohm load at the amp for 1 channel. If the amp is 2 ohm stable, you are good to go.

So depending on what subs, what amp, and how you wire them together, you can certainly do it.

[ol'blazer]

How would I go about wiring a mono block into to subs?. Do I run from the amp to one sub then from that sub to the second one?
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[king-918]

what model subs you have

[jimmydean]

Originally Posted by ol'blazer

How would I go about wiring a mono block into to subs?. Do I run from the amp to one sub then from that sub to the second one?
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Single or dual voice coil?

If single voice coil (assumed in the first response I gave)

Run + of the amp to the + of each sub, - of the amp to the - of each sub.



Wired this way, two 4ohm subs will be a 2ohm load on the amp. If the amp can handle a 2ohm load.

But since I have no idea what amp or subs you have, I am making a guess that the mono amp can do 2ohms and that your subs are single voice coil 4ohm subs.

[ol'blazer]

i have two 10" mtx thunder 6000 subs.. im not sure what amp im getting yet

[76stepsidechevy]

How is your amp wired now ? you might get some more juice out of your amp by bridging it to mono and wiring the two subs in paralell provided the amp can handle the lower resistance.

[ol'blazer]

i switched my setup to a 1000w monoblock with two 12" dual voic coil subs wired in parallel

[tubbedII]

Originally Posted by ol'blazer

i switched my setup to a 1000w monoblock with two 12" dual voic coil subs wired in parallel

It's been about a week now, have you ran this set up? I only ask because this wiring puts the load at 1 ohm (given you have 4 ohm 12's) and you have to have a pretty decent amp in order for it to handle this. If it's not 1 ohm stable it will constantly turn off or worse, burn out.