Subs 2 ohm or 4 ohm?
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Anonymous | hello, i am quite confused right now. i want to get 2 12 inch subs and i dont know the right ohm etc. to get. My specs on my amp are: 2 ohm stable- 200 watts RMS x 2 at 4 ohms 400 watts RMS x 2 at 2 ohms 800 watts RMS x 1 at 4 ohms stereo or bridged mono output i am thinking about getting 2 comp vrs putting 400 watts rms into each sub. so would i get (2) dual 2 ohm subs or (2) dual 4 ohm subs?? everyone has been telling me to get dual 4 ohm subs and then wire the voice coils in series and the subs in parallel... putting a 4 ohm load on my amp which is better than a 2 ohm load. but then this site said this... www.bcae1.com Dual Voice Coil Woofers: Dual Voice Coil (DVC) woofers are simply speakers with two voice coils wrapped around the same voice coil former. This allows the speaker to be connected in 2 different ways. With the individual coils wired in series, the resulting impedance will be 2 times the impedance of each individual coil. Wiring the coils in parallel will make the impedance 1/2 the impedance of each individual coil. This means that a speaker with dual 4 ohm coils can be wired to 2 ohms or 8 ohms. just tell me what subs to get and what load that would put on my amplifier. Help is deeply needed... |
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Gold Member Username: RovinTrinidad & T... Post Number: 2742 Registered: Jul-05 | to get the most out of your amp buy 2) 4ohms dvc subs & wire it like this  ..... |
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Gold Member Username: RovinTrinidad & T... Post Number: 2743 Registered: Jul-05 | use this guide http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp ...... |
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Bronze Member Username: FrkkevinFort Worth, Texas US Post Number: 22 Registered: Nov-05 | https://www.ecoustics.com/electronics/forum/car-audio/172932.html |
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Anonymous | ok, i just wanted to make sure because that link confsed me a little bit. is a 4 ohm load better than a 2 ohm load? right? because it isnt low impedence... |
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Gold Member Username: RovinTrinidad & T... Post Number: 2746 Registered: Jul-05 | doesn't matter if a sub is 2ohms 500w or 4 ohms 500w - different VC config are used to match your amp's output/capabilities . From your description just do as i told u above ... |
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