no you can run the amp you just have to run it at stereo 2 ohm or bridged 8 ohm... both give it the same amount of power which is roughly half of the 380 watts the amp is
so seeing how the sub is only going to get 190 watts just make sure you don't try to turn it up and up bc you want it louder bc that will make the amp try to work harder than it can and do what's called "clipping" which means the amp is putting out a square wave bc it's stressed to the max and sending the sub distortion which can blow one or both .... the gain needs to be set to your deck but since you don't have an o-scope and don't know how to set it with a meter ... general terms... turn amp all the way down turn your headunit as high as you listen to it and then turn the amp gain up until it starts to distort and then turn it back down a tad .. general rule of thumb on a decent radio you do not need to go past half and minimal bass boost
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