My friend bought an amplifier to hook up his one 12 inch sub...?

Question

I installed it for him , but his subwoofer isnt in yet. We ran it to my 15 inch and it wouldn't hit very hard and we put my amp in his car and it worked just fine. He is tight on money so he got a cheaper priced amplifier it is a Pyramid PB1000, 1000 watt bridgeable amp. Does anyone know whats up with this occurace?

This is the amp-
http://www.teptronics.com/pb1000.html

Answer 1

how may channels does the amp have,if it is a 2 channel amp,you should have the amp bridged so that it acts like a mono amp,check your settings,if its`a 4 channel amp you need to run 2 sub and bridge 4 channels to 2 ,good luck

Answer 2

It's like pulling teeth to find the actual RMS power ratings on that amplifier. However, here they are:

RMS power at 4 ohms: 50 watts x 2
RMS power at 2 ohms: 70 watts x 2
RMS power at 4 ohms bridged: not specified, even in the user's manual. However, following their logic of calling the 2-channel "max" power 500 watts x 2, then that means the bridged output is probably around 100 watts RMS.

In other words, it's a 100 watt amp. Pyramid multiplied the RMS rating by 10, called it a 1000 watt amp, and hid the real specs in the user's manual, page 6.

Answer 3

Bridging combines the output of two channels right into a unmarried mono signal. maximum 2 and four-channel amps have provisions for bridging the channels. notwithstanding it really is continually in elementary words mandatory if the amp is used tocontinual subwoofer(s) in mono mode. for most finished-decision coaxial or element audio device, the flexibility from a unmarried channel is sufficient. truly, for subwoofer(s), the perfect determination is in a lot of circumstances a monoblock. For a given power output, they're frequently a lot less severe priced, draw a lot less cutting-edge, and run cooler.

Answer 4

just get a new amp because my friend had bought a pyramid deck and burn out then he return it and got another one and burn out..dont mess with pyramid its a bad brand and it wont work as good as something with less watts then what it says it have.