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What is the best way to wire four 6" 55 watt

  • Andy Efstathiou Feb 10, 2011

    tell me what sub woofer you have ( model )

  • jtucker68 Feb 11, 2011

    Kicker Marine skm10 with the box. 150 watt (300 max) 4 ohms

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My advice would be to connect the front speakers and the sub woofer to the amplifier and run the remaining rear 2 speakers from the headunit. This way you dont stress the amplifier to run on two different loads at the same time and still maintane control over your system. Bridge your sub woofer on chanel 3&4 and do not forget to set the LPF for chanel 3&4. If your speakers are not components in the front set the HPF on chanel 1&2 to roughly 60 to 80 Htz.
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  • Andy Efstathiou Feb 11, 2011

    Do not connect the speakers the way you where planning. It will make the amplifier unstable and could result in amplifier failure.

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