How do you have multiple amps in one car?

Question

I wanna put in a dual 12" box with a 400 watt amp, and a 15" with an 800 watt amp, with dual 10 inch with a 200 watt amp for each sub. How do I hook all of those up with one RCA in the back of my stereo?

Answer 1

Bridge all of the channels on your most powerful amp to your subs, and then use the other with multi channels to power your mids and highs.

Answer 2

I have my HU sending signal thru 1 set of RCA cables to my EQ/Crossover. Which in return sends signal to the other 3 amplifiers thru their each individual RCA cable. I have 1 set of component sets off of amp. Mid bass drivers off another amp and (3) 15's off of another amp. All the power wire is distributed thru Distribution block. The ground wire is done the same way thru a Distribution block.

I know that you want to get the whole length of the bass spectrum. From exp. and reading, and other competitors. Having 10's, 12's, and 15's for one will not make your system that much louder except maybe distortion. Two from the 10 frequency wavelength to the 15" wavelength the 12 is basically eliminated. So you'd have a 12" sub basiscally making noise. Or in other words the 12 would be cancelled out.

If your trying to get a full range spectrum of sound I would suggest going with a set of component, a pair of 8's used for midbass, and a set of EITHER 10's or 12's not both. That way the system will give you a full spectrum of sound.

Answer 3

Well i would suggest putting jus the two 12s and the 10s. But if you wana put all that go for it. You will need a big power wire like atleast 4 gauge or bigger. And a disrtribution block with around 8 gauge wires coming out of it i think. And unless your amps have rca inputs and outputs you are going to needs a Y cable for the rcas to go to all 3 amps. ( splits the rca's into two. Go to radioshack or best buy or something and ask for those. Thats gona be a big mess of wires.. haha

Answer 4

John gave great advise... there are 12" subs that hit down to 10 hz, so why bother with the 15's at all? i think 8" midbass and 12" sub bass will indeed fill your range from say 15-200 very very well...provided you get decent subs..

Answer 5

i have four 12's and two 10's.powered by two 1000watt amps and one 800watt amp......two 2 caps.....two 875 amp batterys and one alternator...........the way i went on my system is with a vr3 in-dash dvd playerwith built in 3" lcd display. model number:vrvd630 (remote also)........it has both front and rear rca out puts and also a rca sub out.....6 total.....the unit also plays all avi. files,divix....basically burn video's downloaded from limewire and such and burn the file in data,,,,,u can fit 6 full length movies on one disk!.....walmart has it for $199.98 plus tax.........by the way i have all this in a 1984 chevy 4x4 s/10 sport extended cab

Answer 6

If you want some serious sound and not just some crap that sounds good to the average person but looks cool because you have a ton of equipment in your car, you'll have to get at least 1 more battery and at least 1 more alternator. My guess is, if you don't know how to do it then you're not serious enough about audio to need to do it. Just stick to one amp and some subs and your classmates will think you're cool.

Answer 7

Its best to have a crossover to hook the amps up to. This will give you some extra bass. You are going to need more than one set of rca cables to hook up the amps. BUT BE CAREFULL IF THE SPEAKER OMS ARE DIFFERENT THIS WILL CAUSE THE AMP TO FRY!!!!

Answer 8

with one rca ooo man good luck , dude u need like a eq, a cuple sets or rca and the way it looks like u might want to get some y rca splitters mayb and extra battery lol and a nice head set lol idk

Answer 9

Just pray your battery dies before you go deaf.