Speaker adding

[donutjohn]

ummm, so i have a lanzar 4000w amp and 2 12" 1400w pyle red lable sq woofers i was wanting to buy two more speakers to make up the missing watts i need to over power the amp so none blow, would i just split the wires? to both 12"

[flg]

Originally posted by donutjohn
ummm, ... i need to over power the amp so none blow...

Are you sure? Maybe a volume control would do? Maybe you actually thought you were in the Speaker Forum? Or the Solid State or maybe the Car Audio Forum

But since your here, have a donut and read some Pass stuff No one here would overpower their amp with more speakers

[Nelson Pass]

Yah, we only have little girlie amps here....

[Cal Weldon]

Moved to car audio.

[jol50]

More subs help db and yes you can use more of the amp's power that way if your subs are rated lower. You divide the amp power; like I have 420wRMS and 4 subs so each sub sees 105wRMS at max output. Of course clipping it will add more and many ratings are not perfect, but I can not max the subs out. They are 4 ohm DVC subs wired to 2 ohms on the amp, good for 150rms each running IB like I have them.

Need to know what ohm and if DVC for the subs, and what ohm load the amp can run at. Is it 1 channel amp? You really need the RMS ratings for everything to compare, but they don't always list them. Will have to wire the subs to an ohm load the amp can handle or higher and it should work great.

The amp makes the watts of power, the subs handle however many watts before they blow up.

[Perry Babin]

It sounds like he's under the impression that too little power will blow the woofers and he's trying to get more power from the amp so the speakers are not under-powered.

If you don't drive more power into the speakers than they can handle, they will not blow. Having more speakers will produce the same SPL with less power going to each speaker so that could help the speakers survive if you're constantly listening to it at the limits of what the speakers can handle.

If you're not driving it to a point where the speakers are being stressed (bottoming out, popping, surround being stretched to the limits...), it may be better to leave it as it is. A heavier load on the amp will make it more likely that the amp will fail.