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Old Jun 27, 2002 | 10:54 AM
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I'm about to purchase a rubicon 702 from someone and I have two 10" 8ohm eclipse subs that I'm going to hook up to it. I would like to add another sub, same specs, to it and wire the three in parallel. The subs are rated at 150w RMS and 300 peak at 8 ohms. The amp is rated at 150wx2 at 4ohms and 700w bridged and I've heard it is underrated. For anyone with experience with soundstream amps, am I going to have enough power for 3 of these subs or should I stick with two? TIA.
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Old Jun 27, 2002 | 11:05 AM
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what is the power rating when you bridge the amp? you should be concerned to see if the amp will operate at an OHM rating after you bridge the 3 subs.

also are the subs DVC or SVC.
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Old Jun 27, 2002 | 11:11 AM
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subs are SVC and amp is stable at 1 ohm. When bridged, the amp is rated at 700wx1 at 4 ohm and 700wx1 at 2 ohm.

I figure the amp should be running at 2.66 ohms. Is that correct? So the three subs would be getting somewhere in the neightborhood of 700watts or 233 each. That's a little lower than I would like but I've heard these amps are underrated too so that's what I'm trying to find out.

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Old Jun 27, 2002 | 11:42 AM
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Yes, the load will be 2.66 ohms, and if the Soundstream is stable down to 2 ohms bridged then all you math is correct. Soundstream are a tad underrated. The amount of power each sub is getting will be perfect for them if those are teh correcdt specs...
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