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Old Jul 21, 2010 | 05:24 AM
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Head Unit - PIONEER AVIC-Z110BT 7" NAVIGATION/DVD + Roem-vet1 (50w x 4)

Rear Speakers - Pioneer TSA1683R 4-Way's (50w RMS)

Amplifier - 1200w MTX Thunder Elite TE601D (300w rated/318w measured @ 4 ohms)

subwoofer - 12" Pioneer TS-W303R (1200w max/250w nominal@ 4 ohms)

I am sending off my bezel to Dennis for DD modding; and building a fiberglass structure for the hatch myself. And of course the wiring kits and harnesses need not be mentioned. Keeping the front "blose" (I know I know ) I might put a 500k capacitor in the mix, if nothing else just for looks. Biggest thing I'm worried about is the amp is rated at 600w @ 2 ohms. Since I couldn't find anywhere that said
the sub would run at 2 ohms does this mean that im losing 300w to the sub running in 4 ohms? I originally based my purchasing on a maybe naive belief : 1200w sub + 1200w amp = work. This is how I did my old system and never looked at ohms. If I am losing it do I just have to get another sub that runs at 4 ohms? As you can tell I am not an audio genius!
If anyone knows more about audio and can put their two cents in plz do

P.S And thanks again for all the patient and great people here at CF, everyone has been so helpful with my many noobish questions.
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Old Jul 21, 2010 | 08:25 AM
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Might want to check out the Audio section, tons of info and audio pros there.
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Old Jul 21, 2010 | 09:20 AM
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you can make the sub run at 2 ohms, its a 4ohm sub so u get 300watts@4ohms. either get two 4 ohm subs to get full power or a 2ohm sub

also please ditch the front bose and the roem harness. for the money u spent on roem harness u could get the 10 dollar gm harness and some 30 dollar 6.5 pioneer coaxials and it would sound better
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Originally Posted by pentavolvo
you can make the sub run at 2 ohms, its a 4ohm sub so u get 300watts@4ohms. either get two 4 ohm subs to get full power or a 2ohm sub

also please ditch the front bose and the roem harness. for the money u spent on roem harness u could get the 10 dollar gm harness and some 30 dollar 6.5 pioneer coaxials and it would sound better
Thanks! Yea I have been def tossing around the idea of just scrapping all of the bose. Its very tempting !
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