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05-04-2011, 03:45 PM #1Member
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Kicker Amp setup
Gang need some help - decided on new amp, speakers, towers and sub. Should all be in for install this week-end.
looking at ideas on best way to setup in my 2006 Outback V.
4 Cabin Polk DB 651
2 Bow Polk DB 651
4 tower Polk DB 651
Total 10 Speakers
1 sub - Polk
2 Kicker IX 500.4
1 Dual Zone Controller
In an ideal scenario I would want to control the power to the Towers trough the radio balance or any other way.
How do you recommend I set-up?
PS - as back up i can always use the extra Kenwood stock amp from original install for extra power
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05-04-2011, 03:53 PM #2
"1 Dual Zone Controller"-I have this from Kicker-control the tower seperatly from the cabins/sub. Love it!
No comment on the other stuff other than some who have had the Polks have upgraded to Exile and stated they wish they had bypassed the Polks.
"PS - as back up i can always use the extra Kenwood stock amp from original install for extra power"-why not use all 3 amps-use this one to power your sub-if it works for that, 1 for cabins and the other for the tower.
keep in mind im no stereo expert by any means--they should be commenting before to long to give better advise.Hey, Its Moomba time
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05-04-2011, 06:38 PM #3
Which model Polk sub? Which model Kenwood amp do you have?
Al
2006 Mobius LSV
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05-04-2011, 07:29 PM #4
If you are going to go with just two IX500.4’s, I would go this route:
Amp #1: Run the two bow speakers off two channels at 4 ohms. Wire the 4 cabin speakers in parallel and run them off the other two channels (at 2 ohms).
Amp#2: Bridge two channels to drive the Polk sub at 4ohms. The sub MUST be a 4 ohm single voice coil sub. Wire the 4 tower speakers in parallel and run them off the other two channels at 2 ohms.
This is not ideal but I think it’s your best bet given the amps that you bought. Ideally, you should have bought a Kicker 700.5 instead of the second IX500.4 if you wanted to stick with two amps. Otherwise, you should buy a third amp, a mono amp for your sub and run your four tower speakers of your second IX500.4.
AlAl
2006 Mobius LSV
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05-04-2011, 07:41 PM #5
Have you bought the IX500.4's yet?
You could run your 4 tower speakers on a 2-channel amp instead, wiring them in parallel as Al said. That could possibly save you a few bucks on the amp and also means fewer wires running up your tower tubes.
I have similar components to you (Kicker/Polk) except I only have to worry about 4 cabin speakers vs 6... As already mentioned, 3 amps is ideal.So when is this "old enough to know better" supposed to kick in?
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