I would use RCA's i'm not a big fan of High Level inputs at all...

"how do you determine how many ohms ur system is running at?"
What do ya mean?

 

depends on the ohms of the subs or whatever your running... full range will be 8 ohms....(which is what most components and speakers are) subs can be anywhere from 1-8 ohms...

amps can be run at anywhere from 1-8 ohms

 

Quote: Jason84 on May/08/04 depends on the ohms of the subs or whatever your running... full range will be 8 ohms....(which is what most components and speakers are) subs can be anywhere from 1-8 ohms...

amps can be run at anywhere from 1-8 ohms


Depends on how the whole system is setup.. I run 4 10" wired in Series/Parrall to make a 4 Ohm load on my one amp. Then run the front and rear speakers in series to make another 4 Ohm load to my other amp.

If it's wired in series, devid the number if it's in paralle multiply the number. I.E two 8 Ohm spearkers wired in series makes a 4 Ohm Load

 

RCAs will be a better input than high level(speaker level) inputs.

The ohm load will be determined by what ohm the speakers are and how they are hooked up to the amp. There are multiple combinations that are used but generally car audio speakers are 4 ohms. The ohm load the amp sees will change depending upon how you wire the speakers together. Here's a link to a page I found when I did a quick SEARCH on ohms that will help you understand...ohm loads and other good info Hope this helps

 

whoa there pilgrim... Almost all car audio speakers run at 4ohm load. Almost all car audio amps are capable of running a 4 ohm load. Some "expensive" amps will run stable at 1 and 2 ohms. If you need further explanation of impedance of circuits check this out. Ohms Law

Hope this helps you out.

 

Depends on how the whole system is setup.. I run 4 10" wired in Series/Parrall to make a 4 Ohm load on my one amp. Then run the front and rear speakers in series to make another 4 Ohm load to my other amp.

If it's wired in series, devid the number if it's in paralle multiply the number. I.E two 8 Ohm spearkers wired in series makes a 4 Ohm Load

you have it backwards. that is how capacitors wire up. when wiring 2 8 ohm resistors (i.e. speakers) in series, you get a 16 ohm load, when you run them aprallel, its 4 ohms.
Resistors
Series:
R(equivalent)=R1 + R2

Parallel:
1/R(equivalent)= 1/R1 + 1/R2

 

whoa there pilgrim... Almost all car audio speakers run at 4ohm load. Almost all car audio amps are capable of running a 4 ohm load. Some "expensive" amps will run stable at 1 and 2 ohms. If you need further explanation of impedance of circuits check this out. Ohms Law

Hope this helps you out.

you dont know what your saying..... i betcha you dont even know my sub and amp are 3 ohms... not bridged or anything just hooked up normal....

they have 8 ohm subs... 4 ohm subs 3 ohm subs dual 4s all kinds of weird stuff man... and yes most full range is 8 ohms...

 

what model sub and amp do u have, jason?

oh, and cybersamurai is right, most car audio drivers are 4 ohms. home audio are usually 8 ohms.

 

Guys, he's asking about running an amp for his HIGHS, ie, normal 3-4ohm impedence... and to answer his question, RCA's are only $20-$40 and they'll sound about a million times nicer than running your hi-levels to your amp.

 

If you have a multimeter that can measure ohms, you can put the leads on the (+) and (-) of the speaker and it will give you the resistance in ohms. Most full range speakers in the auto world are around 4 ohms. There's only a handful of people who have 3 ohm components, and even fewer with 2-ohm.

It appears that Jason84 has a 10W7-3 and a slash series 500/1 monoblock (FS thread posted selling his vampire and dinosaur...don't make me explain the joke). It's a 3-ohm SVC sub (well, it's actually 2.75 ohms according to the TS parameters).

 

yea most car audio speakers are 4 ohms. home audio is 8 ohms.