Amp Guidance

[nate26]

Hello all,

I've just purchased a pair of Shok Industries Triton 12 inch subwoofers. While I'm fairly adept at installing basic stereo systems I've not had a great deal of experience with matching dual voice coil woofers with amps and the most effective way to wire them.

The sub specs are as follows:

The Triton 12″ features a 3 inch dual 4 ohm voice coil rated at 500 watts RMS and a 3.4KG magnet assembly.
Specifications
(VCs in series)
re-7.5ohm
fs-30hz
qts-.50
qes-.55
qms-4.87
vas-1.1cu ft
sens-84.4dB SPL
mms-218g
Mounting Depth : 162mm
Mounting Diameter : 280mm

So the real question is, which amplifier setup will suit these the best considering the power requirements? Will I need a capacitor? I'm currently running only 4 gauge wire. Will this be thick enough? this was in place from a previous install by the previous owner. These will be fitted to the boot of a VL Commodore.

Cheers

[MrSquigle]

setup subs in series, 8ohms per sub x2 will see 4 ohm load at the amplifier. Ideally you want a mono amp capable of 4ohm load at 1000wrms, should be an easy find.

this diagram will help you:

http://a248.e.akamai.net/pix.crutchf...4-ohm_mono.jpg

[nate26]

I thought subs like these were meant to be wired in parallel to reduce the impedance, hence providing more power?

Which would mean a requirement for 2000wrms?

Again perhaps I'm naive but I was also of the view that a mono was designed to be wired for a single channel which would mean in parallel that I would require an additional amp?

Sorry about the simple questions!

Cheers

[MrSquigle]

if you want spl and sound quality is not your goal, then you go parallel down to 1ohm with these subs. you would then need a 1ohm stable amp that will push 1000wrms or there abouts.

I am not familiar with these subs, but if they are more SPL design then the above may be better option for you if chasing outright power.