ohms and channels
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RE: ohms and channels
ORIGINAL: j12racer
i heard that 2ohm hits harder than 4 ohm but i dont know
i heard that 2ohm hits harder than 4 ohm but i dont know
#5
RE: ohms and channels
2 ohm will let the amp produce more power. If you have dual voice coils, you have 2 ways to configure the connections. Series or parallel. If both coils are 3 ohm for example (like a lot of Audiobahns) then your ohm rating would be either 6 ohms, or 1.5 ohms. At which point, you would have to make sure your amp is 1 ohm stable.
I would not fear exceeding the speakers true RMS rating unless you have a CEA 2006 compliant amp, and it's receiving a true 14.4 volts. I have Infinity Kappa 6x9 in front and back. They are rated for 111 watss RMS. They get almost 140 RMS. The sound quality only improves. Power doesn't kill a speaker, distortion does. The cleaner the signal, the better the sound. A mono amp is perfect for driving dual voice coils. Know the speakers operable frequency range, and stay within it. If you sent half a watt of 22,000hz test tones to a 15 inch sub, all you would get is the smell of burning voice coils.lol. Speakers need power. Now go configure it.
Good luck.
I would not fear exceeding the speakers true RMS rating unless you have a CEA 2006 compliant amp, and it's receiving a true 14.4 volts. I have Infinity Kappa 6x9 in front and back. They are rated for 111 watss RMS. They get almost 140 RMS. The sound quality only improves. Power doesn't kill a speaker, distortion does. The cleaner the signal, the better the sound. A mono amp is perfect for driving dual voice coils. Know the speakers operable frequency range, and stay within it. If you sent half a watt of 22,000hz test tones to a 15 inch sub, all you would get is the smell of burning voice coils.lol. Speakers need power. Now go configure it.
Good luck.
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#7
RE: ohms and channels
ORIGINAL: speakle
How much do you want to spend on an amp? You have to spend a little bit more to get a 1 ohm stable amp, especially one that is 2 channels bridged and 1 ohm stable. With 2 dvc subs you can wire either at 4 ohms or 1 ohm. With 2 svc you can wire at 2 ohms or 8 ohms.
How much do you want to spend on an amp? You have to spend a little bit more to get a 1 ohm stable amp, especially one that is 2 channels bridged and 1 ohm stable. With 2 dvc subs you can wire either at 4 ohms or 1 ohm. With 2 svc you can wire at 2 ohms or 8 ohms.
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#10
RE: ohms and channels
This should clear things up, enter your specs and it will give you all possible configurations. http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/wo...igurations.asp