jdx45

what do i need watt wise, to power my two 10' 800w/400rms Kicker cvt,
i have a crunch 1000w but i feel like its not enough.. am i right?

probie

any amp that pushes 800 watts rms at the ohm load you need will be good.

jdx45

both are 4ohm, so are you saying im good?

probie

if your amp is 2 ohm stable mono then yes. wire your subs in parallel ( positive to positive, negative to negative) that will give you a 2 ohm load, and wire them to your amp.

If your amp is the one i just looked up, it states that your amp is stable to 1 ohm.
Since you have two 4 ohm subs, the lowest you can go is 2 ohms. The amp states that at a 2 ohm load
it will push 500 watts rms. So in effect each sub would see 250 watts rms. That is just a little under powered, for your subs. It will work fine, but depending on how loud you want, you may look into a bigger amp. It will work.

A lot of people look at peak power ratings on amps, when they should really look at rms power. (rms= continous power) It is more important to look at rms because that is what your subs will see.
Also make sure the amp is cea rated.

jdx45

well the amp is multi channle, i have it on stereo now, should it be on mono?
and i believe they are wired parallel, and what is bridged connection,

doainwpg

if it's a multi channel amp it's likely not going to run properly at a 2ohm mono load. if it's a 4 channel amp you could bridge the channels and run it 2ohm stereo but I'd recomend getting a new amp to run them. what you should look for is a mono (aka class D) amp rated for 800 - 1000 watts rms at 2ohms if you want to max out your woofers.

colton

if its a crunch 1000w, then my guess would be it doesnt actually put out near that much at 4 ohms rms. normally when brands like that say "1000 watt" they mean max power, not rms. look up the specs for it. do you know what model number it is?

bigshane90

Woe woe woe hang on a minute! Are you trying to tell me don't use non CEA rated amps??