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Captain N
09-07-2009, 11:49 AM
Ok guys I need your help once again. I am going to be buying the Bazooka NOS8 8-Inch Nitrous Bottle for my car. I think its a great idea. I'm going to be painting the whole thing gloss black, and painting it to look like a bullet bill to match my nes theme.
http://thm-a02.yimg.com/image/e604262646c44f48

My question is I was going to buy a 4 channel amp but I didn't want to spend a whole lot since my budget is tight. I have 2 6.5 speakers in my hatch that I want to hook up to the sub as well as the Bazooka.

I found this amp on amazon, but not sure if it will do the trick
PB442 Pyramid Reno Series - 300 Watt 4 Channel Car Audio Amplifier
http://www.amazon.com/PB442-Pyramid-Reno-Channel-Amplifier/dp/B00005Y6OW/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

I was wondering if I can/should hook the 2 6.5 speakers up to the amp as well as the sub. Or should i hook it up to the Orion amp i have in the trunk? I already have my 2 subs hooked into that one.
Do I need a amp just for the sub, and than a amp for the 6.5 speakers as well??

ntwrkguru
09-07-2009, 10:18 PM
Yea, so I wouldn't install Pyramid anything to be honest. But, regardless of brand if you want to drive sub(s) and mids with the same amp, you'll want one with built-in crossovers and preferably the ability to bridge 2 channels to put more power to the sub.

Lantz
09-07-2009, 10:24 PM
I wouldn't install Pyramid anything to be honest.

^^^ x2 .......thats lower quality than walmart stuff

Captain N
09-07-2009, 11:09 PM
^^^ x2 .......thats lower quality than walmart stuff
lol thanks for the info guys. I settled on this amp Pioneer GM6400F 4-Channel Bridgeable Amplifier
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B001NFFY3E/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3ADWMNXT7FS32&v=glance

I was wondering though, I'm not sure how to hook to amps up together. Can I tap into the antenna wire or do i have to run it straight from the radio because there is only one wire for that back there. I know i have to run a separate power wire from the batter and ground wire, but what about the RCA connections. Can i run them from my other amps outputs???

ntwrkguru
09-15-2009, 06:10 PM
Hmm... So, let's break that down since there were a lot of questions...lol.

For the remote turn on, you can "tap" them.

With multiple amps, you should really consider investing in a distribution block. 4AWG from the battery to a distro block (through a main fuse), then 8AWG from the block to the amps. You can do this in the trunk and make it look nice. Same for the ground, except the ground distro isn't fused.

Now for the RCA connections. IIRC, your amp had an RCA output. So, you *can* daisy-chain them, *BUT* you will lose your fader ability (front/rear). If I understand your setup, you will have the Orion amp for the subs and the Pioneer 4-channel for the front/rear mids/highs. If that's the case, and assuming your HU does *not* have a sub output, then you can use an RCA splitter on the rear channels to send the rear signal to the Orion and the rear input of the Pioneer. Then use a seperate RCA from the HU front channel to the front input of the Pioneer.

HTH