18inch subs

i have 3 emenince omega 18 inch speakers connect parrallel to my 2500 watt power amp  sounds great but what would connecting them in a series do ?

ok i just connected the 3 subs in parallel and WOW what a difference i might be able to hit 120 decibles after all lol

58 minutes ago, JaredM42 said:

ok i just connected the 3 subs in parallel and WOW what a difference i might be able to hit 120 decibles after all lol

More than likely, you will kill the amp. 30 amps load is a 240-volt load, not a 120-volt load. Max on a 120-volt is 20 amp. Don't forget you will have to deal with the heat generated also, in the amp. 

That is why many amplifier manufacturers switch to 240-volt, like D'Agostino.

yes i realized that after listening to em for 30mins but then thats not all i have connected to that 2500 watt power amp...   i just wanted to find the limit of what it could actually handle.  but wow they do sound great 

all but 2 pairs of speakers are being pushed by a 2500 watt power amp i'm connecting as little as possible to the 230 watt receiver

8 hours ago, JaredM42 said:

ok i just connected the 3 subs in parallel and WOW what a difference i might be able to hit 120 decibles after all lol

How do you measure 120 decibel SPL value ? Conventional A-weighting SPL meter does not measure subwoofer frequency range, and needs special Z-Weighting SPL meter.

Above figure is from https://www.onosokki.co.jp/English/hp_e/whats_new/SV_rpt/SV_7/sv7_5.htm

i was playing around with an app on my phone called sound meter 

and wow didnt know that their was that much or kind of data on sound frequency and such eventhough 80 percent of that link was rather confuseing to me for now however i knew stepping into this world of audio was more then just connecting wires and hopeing it works i just never really knew just how much depth their was so thank you for enlightening me yamamoto

1 hour ago, JaredM42 said:

and wow didnt know that their was that much or kind of data on sound frequency and such eventhough 80 percent of that link was rather confuseing to me for now however i knew stepping into this world of audio was more then just connecting wires and hopeing it works i just never really knew just how much depth their was so thank you for enlightening me yamamoto

Yeah, wrong SPL meter for subwoofer measurement is one of the major pitfall of audio and I fell into the trap in the past 😁

but still even though it may seam complicated building a good sound system its rewarding when it all comes together even though it may be dumb luck however if it wasnt for dumb luck we wouldnt have any luck at all

On 11/14/2022 at 9:12 AM, botrytis said:

 

More than likely, you will kill the amp. 30 amps load is a 240-volt load, not a 120-volt load. Max on a 120-volt is 20 amp. Don't forget you will have to deal with the heat generated also, in the amp.

Well no it doesn't work that way. A 20 Amp circuit breaker rating, is for 3 hours of continuous 20 Amp current flow. The circuit can carry way more current for short periods of time. Music draws high current for very short periods of time. But no, you can't play full volume test tones and walk away.

Not the way Dan D'Agostino explained it to me :D

a 1500 WPC amp, if it doubles down, like his, yes you do.

Remember Class A/B are ~50% efficient - so 1/2 goes for power the other for heat. 

On 11/19/2022 at 8:59 AM, Speedskater said:

Well no it doesn't work that way. A 20 Amp circuit breaker rating, is for 3 hours of continuous 20 Amp current flow. The circuit can carry way more current for short periods of time. Music draws high current for very short periods of time. But no, you can't play full volume test tones and walk away.

i realized this the other day when i play my music at half i can walk away for a good couple hours without worry also i had to much of a load on the receiver :\   

so i lightended the load to 2 pair of speakers and spread the other speakers over other devices and it just works  still rather amazeing what a 230watt receiver can actually do though..