Alright, i've been reading up alot on this ont he interent but it just gets more confusing. i really have no idea how to go about this. i have a single 10' 500W Pioneer Sub (TS-W250R) the nominal power is 120 watts. (im assuming thats bascially the RMS power, cause theres no RMS listing anywhere to be found) and a 300 Watt Pyramid Blue series amp. If i hook this 300 watt amp into this amp, will i blow the sub? someone tried to tell me its not enough power, therefor i am confused. also, i have 2 120 watt pioneer speakers for the front, what iw anted to do was just have the 2 front speakers and the single sub in the back. is this possible? how would i go about doing this? (im not looking for huge sound, if your wondering why i have all this cheap material)
as long as you set your gains properly on the amp and have the proper enclosure for the sub, you shouldnt have a problem with blowing the sub. i would just run the front speakers off of your head unit or get a seperate amp for them. it is possible to run the sub and the fronts off of the one amplifer, but you will need a coil to filter the highs from the sub. coils basically suck up alot of power and the sub would end up sounding like crap with that amp.
Yes possible to have just 2 fronts and sub in back. Thats how mine is right now in my Explorer. I just removed the back door speakers for now until i get a better HD with a high pass filter. Like Duct Tape said, just have ur settings right and you will not blow the sub. Also the max power is of no concern. RMS is all you need to keep in mind. What car are these components going to be installed in? And what head unit do you have?
Nomial power is the same as RMS, RMS is actually a Mathatical/Electical acronym for "Root Mean Square" some companies have moved away from using RMS in favor or "nominal power" probally to make it less confusing because alot of people have no Idea what RMS is.... that Pyramid amp is not rated 300 watts RMS, it is rated 300watts MAX, and then it is overrated on that number. you probally be lucky to get 100w's of CLEAN power out of it. However if you have high voltage line outs and dont set the gains right it is always possible to blow the sub. Clipping can send the heat equivalent 3 or more times the actual power output damaging the sub's coils Yes it is possible to only have 2 front speaks, in some cases is it actually better for sound imaging to only have 2 front speakers. Very long read but explains Phasing and Imaging very well, Geo is a very long winded fellow but he knows a hell of alot more than I do. http://betteraudio.com/geolemon/Phasing/Phasing.htm
you'll have to forgive me.. I'm not familiar with the pyramid amps anymore, but is this a 2 or 4 channel amp, and is it bridgeable?
Is your head unit 4 channel? Can you bridge the rear and front together to send the power to just the front speakers?
