DOC....Need a Couple Questions Answered Please!!!

[shortys408]

reprogrammed it successfully. Now when i hit up it goes up on the ipod or a cd. when i hit down it changes the preset on the radio. I cant go up for preset on the radio though but thats no big deal, im happy i can do ipod now.

[domdada]

Doc, AppleBonker.....Got a question regarding my sq4070 amp.

I went to the local sound shop here (Car Tunes, they are the ones who are repairing 2 of my amps) and they told me that I would be ok to run the pro60's on the sq4070 mmats amp. I know that the amp runs 70W @4ohms and the speakers @ 3ohms. Would this be a serious issue? Because rather than trying to sell the amp and get the Rockford, I would wanna use this amp if no harm will be done.

What do you guys think?

[AppleBonker]

Doc, AppleBonker.....Got a question regarding my sq4070 amp.

I went to the local sound shop here (Car Tunes, they are the ones who are repairing 2 of my amps) and they told me that I would be ok to run the pro60's on the sq4070 mmats amp. I know that the amp runs 70W @4ohms and the speakers @ 3ohms. Would this be a serious issue? Because rather than trying to sell the amp and get the Rockford, I would wanna use this amp if no harm will be done.

What do you guys think?

This is doable, but you'd have to be careful about it. Running an amp at an impedance lower than it is designed can easily cause it to overheat. Your amp should have protection for this, so it wont fry itself. However, constantly going into protect mode still will not be good on the amp. You may be able to have this work if the gains are set to appropriate levels and the volume doesn't get too high. Before you spend money on a new amp, I would try the old one out. Monitor it very closely (after setting the gains to a reasonable level that is) for temperature. I'd say check it regularly (even with just a touch test), but be careful. If you're going to burn your hand quickly while touching it, the amp is getting pretty warm and this might not be a good long-term solution. Ideally, an amp that is stable to a lower impedance would be used. However, I understand budget constraints and that this might not be the easiest to accomplish at this time.

[rjdmmfl1]

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Doc, AppleBonker.....Got a question regarding my sq4070 amp.

I went to the local sound shop here (Car Tunes, they are the ones who are repairing 2 of my amps) and they told me that I would be ok to run the pro60's on the sq4070 mmats amp. I know that the amp runs 70W @4ohms and the speakers @ 3ohms. Would this be a serious issue? Because rather than trying to sell the amp and get the Rockford, I would wanna use this amp if no harm will be done.

What do you guys think?

http://ampguts.realmofexcursion.com/MMATS_SQ4070/

I would NOT run this amp on the Pro 60's... usually when a company or dealer goes through the pain of stating NOT STABLE BRIDGED OR @ 2 OHMS... its because through experience, they have seen the amp fail under these conditions...

if it were my money and I had to do this, I would sell the MMATS amp and go with an amp that is 2 ohms stable!! If its 2 ohms stable, it'll most likely be 3 ohms stable... if its not 2 ohms stable, then you're taking a chance on it being 3 ohms stable!!! Just my .03

[domdada]

OK.....Thanks for the info on that. I had that problem with my amps over heating and going into protect alot when I had my Pioneer speakers hooked up to them, this explains why. One amp was checked out and was fine....but the other one, the mother board on the amp was fried and is being repaired as we speak. I 3 ohm amp it is, it's only a couple hundred $ more.....no biggie. Thanks again for the info guys.