i have a 4 channel amp. i want to run my 6 1/2 fronts, 6x9 rears and one 10in jl audio sub.
can i use one channel each for the front and rear speakers or does each speaker require a seperate channel, i.e. 4 channels for 4 speakers? or can i do the 1 channel for each set of speakers and bridge the sub from the last 2 channels. thanks.
please keep the stereo tech lingo (cross-over, passive, 2 ohm, 4 ohm, etc.) to as much of a minimum as possible, i really am very ignorant.
(and yea i thought about just having someone else install for me, but then i cant get educated!!! )
so any help will be really appreciated. thanks
tim

Well Tim, sorry for the lingo but you're gonna have to know if the amp will run a 2ohm signal load and all that means is you can run 2, 4ohm speakers off 1 channel. If it will handle that then yes you can run your right f/r off one channel and left f/r off the other then your sub of the last two. Tell me what kind of amp it is and I may know off hand.

its a new sony explode 800w 4ch. amp model# SONY XM-475GSX. hope that helps. thanks for the help...
tim

Well, my that's not an 800w amp. Maybe running at it's peak power it is, but that would be distorted as hell. It's actually a 75x4 amp. If you run your front 2 channels to your f/r speakers it will cut it down to 2ohms and you'll get 100w out of it, then bridge down the last 2 channels for your sub..that will get you 200 watts to your sub.

There should be a switch on the bottom. Make sure you select "high current", this will help make sure your amp doesn't overheat since you'll be running 1 bridged channel and 2 channels at 2ohms.

Don't feel bad about not knowing stuff. We were all there once :) If you have any questions feel free to ask me over e-mail or whatever, I'll answer them.

thanks aaron, i will do that.

yea i Knew it wasent a REAL 800w, which is good. i didint want that much power anyway. the speakers i got are memphis audios with the fronts at 80w and the rears like 100w. so if it works out to 75-100w, thats cool with me.
im not into the big compition type sounds or glass breaking base, so this should be good for me. thank you for your input and help. i will e-mail ya soon.
tim