Recent content by 94uhkord

yep. looks like im gonna have to get another sub. I think im gonna beat the hell out of the fosgate for a while though and when it's time, upgrade to some IDQ 12's

I should have gotten a 2ohm dvc sub

It's not about me "figuring" anything, I just know how to read. And in my owners manual and on every site I have found listing the specs on this amp, it shows them as being: 250rms x 2 @4ohms 450rms x 2 @2ohms 900rms x 1 @4ohms bridged Now do you see how I "figure"? I'm not dead set on...

so can anyone explain why you shouldn't run a dvc sub in stereo?

4ohm stereo-500 watts rms, 8ohms mono=450rms

I'm no noob to car audio, im very familiar w/the terms and whatnot so you can speak to me like you would to an installer or someone. So my question remains. Why do you think it's better to run it at 2ohms stereo w/the sub wired in parallel which will give the sub 450 watts, instead or running it...

why do you say that?

I have a Lanzar OPTIdrive 500.2 amp and a Fosgate HX2 12" DVC 4ohm sub. The amp is rated at 250rms x 2 @4ohms, 450 x 2 @2ohms, or 900 x 1 @ 4ohms bridged. So it looks like my only option is to run it 4ohms stereo, this sounds pretty good considering the sub is rated at 500 rms. Can anyone see...

it's an electronics nerd thing. cause if something smokes, it usually doesn't work after that, get it? not sure what your problem could be bro, just be glad everything kept playing afterwards.

I've had the amp for about 8 months. No problems with it at all, im just slowly trying to get the amps that I want(Lanzar OPTIdrive series) so the Soundstream has to go. My goal is to build an amp rack displaying the amps and I think having the same model amps looks so much cleaner. Here are the...

**** man, im getting a headache I don't even care anymore, I just want to know what the benefit is of running the amp at 8ohms mono vs. 4ohm stereo when the output is going to be identical. I'd rather just run it in stereo, lo pass, get my 332 to each coil and call it a day. If there is a...

I've known that, that was never an issue for me. My issue was that Jmac, in all his knowledge, was trying to tell me that doubling the impedance will in effect double the output of the amp:nono: In fact, it's the opposite.

Bro, you make this way too easy. I understand mono and stereo wiring, how that effects the amp and the ohm load it "sees" so there wasn't really any point to your post except to show how much you don't really know about it yourself. Check out THIS link and you will see that I am correct in...

those are mono amps, not multi-channel like we were talking about. Specifically, the Lanzar OPTIdrive 500.2. Jmac is trying to tell me that if the amp puts out 332 watts rms into 2ch@4ohms, running it at 8ohms mono will increase the number to 664x1:nono:

I don't know who or where you got your car audio know how from, but you only need to look as far as the first post in this thread to get confirmation that I am indeed right and you are wrong. Just look at the specs: 250rms @4ohms 450rms @2ohms both ratings are in stereo so if most amps don't...