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#549353 02/17/03 12:50 AM
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i have a 250 watt 2 channel fosgate amp. I had 2 8's hooked up but i dont like the whle sound from the trunk concept..

My question is is it possible to wire all 4 of my speakers to a 2 channel amp????

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I jsut did it with my Alpine amp ...Yes 2 channel running 4 speakers

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so ims assuming i can just stick the 4 rite wires in one spot and the 4 left in the other.. How much power will i essentiall loose from this

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#549356 02/17/03 01:45 AM
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well i used it for my fronts and rears, im pushing around 80 watts RMS total to all speakers .

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#549357 02/17/03 02:47 AM
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Nice i wuld love to hit 80rms thats what im aiming for. WHat type amp/ speakers you running

my speakers are rated at 60rms 180 peak
im sure my radio is 22rms 45 peak

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Front is the Rockford component set , 5 1/4 and tweeters ,
Rear are Kenwood 5x7 3 Way .
Alpine amp , i forgot the modle number .

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#549359 02/17/03 03:38 AM
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well yeah...the way to do it is just to put 2 speakers across each channel. Yeah you will be giving each speaker 62.5 watts or so then.

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