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Originally posted by charwoods3


you can power you sub off of the same amp as your speakers, but not like he says. you can't do it with a 2 channel, but with a four channel, you could run the front off of 2 channels, and bridge the back channel for the sub. don't run a 2 channel with one channel going to the front speakers, and the other channel goig to the sub. if you do this and play something in stereo mode, you might not even hear people singing on the right side if you have the speakers on the left channel. the sub may not get all the tones either.
if you get a decent head unit, it should power the spealers ok at least until you can get an amp for them. most of the newer pioneer hu's put out about 50x4, which is a peak rating, but is actually the same power as his amp is putting out. it is actually about 18 watts rms, or continuios power.

Please read people's posts throughly before you starting commenting on them. .... I did not say any of what you just said. I said if you have a two-channel amp then you could possibly run the sub off one channel and bridge the rear speakers off the other channel. And power the front speakers through the head unit. All this can be down just fine as long as the amp has the right crossovers & power ratings. And as I said in my previous car I had a 4-channel amp which I bridged the four speakers off two channels and the sub off the other two channels.

And you shouldn't comment on someone's equipment if you know nothing about it. Because the power my Pioneer amp puts out is 50x4 RMS and not peak! That's why I said that most people are deceived by the power ratings printed on head units because it is peak & not RMS. Most head units can't match the RMS ratings of most amps.

So get your facts straight before you start posting. It's no help if you don't. Thanks.