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Old Aug 7, 2006 | 10:27 PM
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if i am gonna get 2 10's or 12's what ohm's and mono or 2 channel or what do you guys recommend plz help me out guys
 
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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 12:39 AM
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It doesnt really matter what ohm the sub is, jst as long as the ohm load from the sub works with the amps ohm rating.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 08:28 PM
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so they just both need to be the same . i heard that 2ohm hits harder than 4 ohm but i dont know
 
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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 09:28 PM
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i heard that 2ohm hits harder than 4 ohm but i dont know
I believe it's just that usually if you run an amp/sub at 2 ohms, it increases the amps power and pushes the sub harder. I bought a dual voice coil sub but couldnt run it at 2 ohm, my amp would have been pushing too much power for the sub, so says the Crutchfield tech guys anyway...
 
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Old Aug 9, 2006 | 04:01 AM
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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.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2006 | 10:54 PM
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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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Old Aug 10, 2006 | 11:35 PM
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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.
If the sub is dual 2 ohm it can be 4 or 1. With 2 single 4 ohm speaker it can be ran at 2 or 8 ohm.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2006 | 11:59 PM
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I was obviosly not stating the possible wiring configurations of every sub out there, just the typical. 2 ohm dvc subs are not as common as 4 ohm dvc.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2006 | 12:03 AM
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I jst dont want ppl thinking cuz they get a dvc sub or single it will be one of those ohm loads, bcuz thats jst not true.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2006 | 12:22 AM
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This should clear things up, enter your specs and it will give you all possible configurations. http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/wo...igurations.asp
 
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