Car Audio : How to Bridge 2 Subwoofers Together
June 82010
When attempting to bridge two subwoofers together, use a single or dual voice coil to connect the subwoofers to an amplifier. Discover which kind of amplifiers are bridgeable with help from the manager of a car audio store in this free video on car audio and subwoofers.
Expert: Rich Richards
Bio: Rich has over 20 years of experience in home audio and car audio. He is the manager at Innovative Home and Car Audio.
Filmmaker: Michael Burton
Duration : 0:2:44
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June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
you have too big of …
you have too big of a amp for 300 peak watt P1’s you can pound em no matter what
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
@DarkieGZ Lol it 2 …
@DarkieGZ Lol it 2:08 “So that uhh.. *clears throat*
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Yo, im new to this …
Yo, im new to this Car Audio Stuff. I Got me 2 Rockford Fosgate’s 10’s (8ohm Each) in my Trunk, and i have a 1000 Watt amp (2ohm). So how am I suppose to work with this? Bridge it too? or what .. ughh idunno =( Help Please!
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
@austinsdaddy110 …
@austinsdaddy110 shit…I think I’m gonna throw the up. Thanks for that info.
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
pooped his pants at …
pooped his pants at 2:09 i work there.
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
16K videos? OMFG …
16K videos? OMFG they have too much time
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
i would suggest not …
i would suggest not to bridge
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
how do ya bridge 4 …
how do ya bridge 4 speakers with all 4 dual voice coils? run in daisy link?
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
look at him go …
look at him go using 2 phones at once
hot shit
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Did he at 2:09?
Did he at 2:09?
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
if you are using 1 …
if you are using 1 sub & the amp is showing L+ & R- as being
bridged then you would hook your L+ to the + of your sub &
R- to the Neg – of your sub or if your amp shows L- &R+ as
being bridged then you would just reverse the previous procedure as described good luck
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
First of all you …
First of all you need to make sure that your amp is bridgeable
look at speaker outputs on amp & see if you see the word
bridge or bridged as you can see in video but if you don’t
see anything about bridging then you can’t run the amp in
what is called bridged mode however most amps that are less than 10 yrs old are bridgeable, hope this helps
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
how do ya brige 2 …
how do ya brige 2 channels on amp to power one sub with L AND R both going into 1 sub
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Don’t take MY WORD …
Don’t take MY WORD
Use Ur own eyes & ears
My 10 ch educator vids are driven via 2 speaker wire_sets from a 25watt per ch stereo amp
(consider this fact)
My workshop runs the same MAKE & MODEL amp…
YET- at 2-3rd’s volume “drives”
8 MAIN channels,
2 (main) subs
PLUS a central 3rd Super_Sub?
AND-
66 (1.5v_DC) LIGHTS
But… the kicker…
There is an ALL_UP total of 28 speakers.!
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
AND?
By utilising …
AND?
By utilising OHMS LAW to the absolute factor… in wiring ANY two ch (three or four termina)l stereo amp – one can drive AT LEAST 12 speakers DIRECT (for the original impedance rating of the amp)… yet 12 speakers… at the AMPS rated output volume … are mostly running 1/4 volume – which is THREE TIMES the content volume… than this guy- gets with ANY two – and a of a lot more – than with ? (just) ONE SUB
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Well- I am NOT …
Well- I am NOT surprised realy…
As everyone in AMERRY CAR?
(yes deliberately spelt wrongly)…
thinks that by working with just ONE “MONO” sub…
they’ll get quality sound… ?
Hah- I work at least 3 SUBS – in cars… for balanced surround subs…
along with a 4th CENTRAL “sub” subbed from the sum of those three…
PLUS at least six… if not NINE main channels… direct off ONE std stereo AMP.
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
@DjBass2008 NO… …
@DjBass2008 NO… actually ALL he is doing- is ADVERTISING on youtube- for free… EVERYONE of his video’s… starts with the same COMMERCIAL “SALES” PITCH
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
@progamerxt Ah …
@progamerxt Ah c’mon… any dweeb who RUNS the same – I am a sortof manager- ADVERT crap – on his videos… is ONLY about the bottom_line “salesman” dollar.
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
@OldSkoolNiche YES. …
@OldSkoolNiche YES… if you ONLY have two.
Then I suggest something that people HERE will never tell you.
INVERT ONE – directly OVER the other &
CLAMP (tightly) TOGETHER with the same fixing bolts
Then reverse wire ONE – in series with the other…
Thus – ONE speaker is formed – BUT drives to the absolute MAX- without ever bottoming out – as one simply push_pulls the other…
(before either can free float to “bottom_out” their coils on the basket casing)
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
@cyounkin11 QUAD …
@cyounkin11 QUAD mode them – two in Parrallel & two “parrallel” sets in SERIES… SAME ohm rating – as the amp … BUT amp drives EXACTLY AS HARD AS YOU WANT – with each speaker only subjuected to 1/4 max power – and thus- you will never COOK them
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
WOW?
So?
Did you …
WOW?
So?
Did you read already – your special copy…. of Electricity, Resistance, Impedance & Ohms LAW… (for dumbies)
Dam bro?
HOW much INFO (commercial_crap) do you rely on?
NEVER blindly assume – that some manufacturer ACTUALLY KNOWS ALL.
That is a standard two ch AMP (sure – you can “bridge” that to produce slightly LESS than four times the power… ONLY by earthing ONE INPUT to ground
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
THANK YOU this …
THANK YOU this helped alott
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
thnks sum chink …
thnks sum chink could explan that to me the singel voic coil ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,hire me lol
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
is he saying with a …
is he saying with a two channel amp u can bridge 2 subs to run on the max output?
June 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
i have 2 svc jl …
i have 2 svc jl audio 12s to a 1200 wat max soundstorm labratories amp i have it wired that exact same way to the amp bridged makes 2 ohms , is that better than havin the subs goin to thier own channel???