Calling all you stereo heads ....

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I am fitting a 10" Sub doofer in my Monaro - the first sub I have ever owned. I have a second hand amplifier which has no wiring diagram , can anyone give me some clues ? The sub is a Response AA-0434 , I have the power cables sorted out but the speaker connections have me stumped. The speaker is 4 Ohm and the amp has 4 outlets labelled L+ , L- , R+ , and R-
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It's been too long, but google bridging an amp. Don't try it till you can confirm it, but I think you can hook up the l+ and r-...
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like this ??????
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Does the amp have a 'bridge' switch?
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(AUST)Mod wrote:Does the amp have a 'bridge' switch?
Not that i can see , theres 4 terminals for the speaker wires , 3 for the +ve,-ve and remote power , and 3 fuses.
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Have a read here: http://www.bcae1.com/bridging.htm

I would have a go with the left positive and right negative to the sub.

I have a spare sub amp which I was given last week which you can use if you want it if this gets too hard.
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None of my amps had a bridge switch and I ran the one driving the sub bridged. Mind you it's been fifteen years since I played around with any of that stuff.....
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Thanks guys , will give it a go tonight.
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are you ok Blacky? has something happened?

Your working on the Monaro :esmile: :ewink:

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hi yea use one pos from one side and one neg from other side 8)
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NoMAD wrote:are you ok Blacky? has something happened?

Your working on the Monaro :esmile: :ewink:

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Good to hear at this rate you'll be onto the coupe by 2020, still probably before i finish mine haha

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Left + right - is correct, make sure you switch the filter to low pass or your sub will play full range and not just bass as it is made to do.
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What is this filter of which you speak ???? :wtf: :esurprised:
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Blacky wrote:What is this filter of which you speak ???? :wtf: :esurprised:
x2 I still haven't figured out how to clean out that filter :roll:
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