I just bought 2 plsq10d/ 10" square Pyle subwoofers. I've got some questions. What would be better, one amp or two? How many watts for the amp(s)? Do I need to mess with my alternator to power this system? How should the wiring and installation be done? I don't know about this stuff, so any suggestions would be great. Thanks

I have a 1100 watt sony xplode the silver one 4 ohm rms 3 00 with a 3000 watt 400 rms pyle amp? 8 ohm

First off, you won't be able to do this with a Pyle amp. Pyle amps are only 2 ohm stable (at best). When you do a 3 sub set up (assuming that they are all single 4 ohm voice coil), you will get either a 1.33 ohm load (way to low for that amp and will fry it quick), or you will get 12 ohms (hardly worth hooking up because of the lack of power).

Now say you have dual 4 ohm subs. You will still have the same problem going even lower than the 1.33 ohm or 6 ohms.

My recommendation is either do a 2 sub set up or get a better amp.

I know it's not what you want to hear, but it's true.

+ to + but if your amp shuts off and turns on switch it to + to -

If you have dual voice coils then these are the ways you can hook it up

two channel will do with the same power power rating of your speakers ex. your speaker is 500 watts per piece so you need to buy a 500 watts per channel amplifier

wrap a striped speaker wire around the back of the rca out put on your cd player and for the record that aint a 2300 watt amp its like a 300 watt amp

well first of all you cant bridge subs... you can bridge an amp... and for 2 they are probablly not 1000 watts, make sure you understand RMS and what the sub can ACTUALLY HANDLE properly... i would get a 1000 to 1500 watt RMS that is RMS RMS RMS RMS amp not one that says 2000 watts MAX POWER cuz thats cheap ****... get a kicker JL hifonic alpine or something in that category that actually tells you the TRUE power output of the amp... then run those 4 subs in a parallel circuit so its like really only having 2 subs. make sure then these subs do not run less then 2 ohms at the terminals while in a parallel, then bridge these subs acting as 2 subs not 4 to your TRUE 1000 watt amp and you should have a good powerful system

Hello sharky75,

That 1600 watt peak power figure for your subwoofer can't tell you what amp you need. You need to know the maximum RMS power the sub can handle. And you need to know the impedance (ohms) of the voice coil(s). JBL GT5 series subs have an RMS rating of 275 watts. The GTO series handles 300 watts. The Power series handles 400 watts. The GTi series handles 700 watts. Some are single voice coil, so the impedance is fixed. Others are dual voice coil allowing you to wire them for different impedance loads.

For maximum performance your amp should be able to provide at or near the same number of watts RMS into the lowest impedance at which the sub can be configured. For example, if your sub is the Power Series Model number P1224, it has dual 4ohm voice coils and can be wired to present either a 2ohm load (parallel) or an 8ohm load (series). You want to wire the voice coils in parallel for the 2ohm load and select an amp that outputs up to 400 watts RMS into 2ohms. The Orion Cobalt CO8001 is just such an amp. If you have one of the GTi Series subs, a better amp would be the JVC Arsenal KS-AR75 which outputs 700 watts into 2ohms.

Hope this helps.

Hello,

To run 2 subs, the amp would be a little small. The subs will run OK, they just won't be very loud.

It's usually better to compare and match up the RMS power rather than the peak power. The Sony XS-L10P5B sub has a peak power handling figure of 1200 watts, but the RMS is 300 watts. The Sony XM-ZZR3301 monoblock amp puts out 1100 watts peak, but only 330 watts RMS. They would work great together, 1 sub, 1 amp. But if you add another sub, each one would only be getting about 165 watts. They'd work OK, just not as loud as they could be.

Hope this helps!

hey found the answer to your question while looking for mine own, heres is the link to the pdf. it has all the specs from the company(pyle) dealing with the 10,12 square sub.
the info you are looking is under the category/ Vas (cuft.) which if i am reading correct to get the best sound you would need to build your box with 4.14 cubic feet. but look for yourself
http://www.pyleaudio.com/manuals/PLSQ10D-12D-PLW12DREN.pdf
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