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<blockquote data-quote="bdjacks" data-source="post: 4009067" data-attributes="member: 581743">I&#039;ve heard it said that the greater resistance that your amp/sub setup has equals &quot;more control&quot;If this statement has any validity, can someone explain exactly why 1200 watts at 4 ohms provides more control that 1200 watts at 2 or 1 ohm. And exactly what is a good definition of &quot;control&quot; in this context.How much of a difference are we talking about here? Apples to apples class ab vs. class ab. (Or D, v. D, whatever)Does this statement carry more weight among different amp classes?Is damaging your equipment a concern with the 1 ohm setup?With that being said, I have two 12 SE beast DR subs, 600 wrms each and each with dual 2 ohm vc. I have them boxed individually, (sealed) perfectly tuned and one at a time they sound awesome.I currently only have one amp that I drive one sub at a time, a txa500hc that puts out4 Ohm RMS Power: 2 x 100 Watts2 Ohm RMS Power: 2 x 200 Watts1 Ohm RMS Power: 2 x 300 WattsBridged 2 Ohm RMS Power: 1 x 600 WattsI have it bridged getting every bit of 13.8 and estimate it putting out about 400wrms at 4.3 ohm.I want a new amp but on them meantime should I wire the two subs up at 2 for the 600 wrms that the amp will push? Will I need to worry about clipping?And as for an amp to run them both properly, any recommendations? LOW budget as this is just a hobby for me?Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bdjacks, post: 4009067, member: 581743"] I've heard it said that the greater resistance that your amp/sub setup has equals "more control" If this statement has any validity, can someone explain exactly why 1200 watts at 4 ohms provides more control that 1200 watts at 2 or 1 ohm. And exactly what is a good definition of "control" in this context. How much of a difference are we talking about here? Apples to apples class ab vs. class ab. (Or D, v. D, whatever) Does this statement carry more weight among different amp classes? Is damaging your equipment a concern with the 1 ohm setup? With that being said, I have two 12 SE beast DR subs, 600 wrms each and each with dual 2 ohm vc. I have them boxed individually, (sealed) perfectly tuned and one at a time they sound awesome. I currently only have one amp that I drive one sub at a time, a txa500hc that puts out 4 Ohm RMS Power: 2 x 100 Watts 2 Ohm RMS Power: 2 x 200 Watts 1 Ohm RMS Power: 2 x 300 Watts Bridged 2 Ohm RMS Power: 1 x 600 Watts I have it bridged getting every bit of 13.8 and estimate it putting out about 400wrms at 4.3 ohm. I want a new amp but on them meantime should I wire the two subs up at 2 for the 600 wrms that the amp will push? Will I need to worry about clipping? And as for an amp to run them both properly, any recommendations? LOW budget as this is just a hobby for me? Thanks [/QUOTE]

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