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<blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 1567285" data-attributes="member: 561023">Greetings, Marvin.The first thing we need to know is what amp you&#039;ve got. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Are you using a monoblock that has dual paralleled output terminals or are we talking about a 2 channel unit? Since you are asking about running a 1 Ohm load for the sake of this discussion I will assume that we&#039;re talking about the former rather than the latter.There are many monoblocks currently on the market that have dual output terminals that are paralleled internally, meaning that even though there are more than one output terminal on the outside of the unit they are fed by the same output coming from the amp - ergo regardless of how you connect wires to it (assuming that you get positive and negative in the right places) the power for all of it comes from the same source. You could use the positive from one side and the negative from the other and get the same results. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gifThe diagram you showed was correct. For a pair of Dual 4 Ohm subs the positive output from the amp needs to be connected to all 4 positive inputs on the subs and likewise for the negative. The dual connection terminals are simply to make it easier to connect all of it to your amp. I reckon just to keep everything straight connect one sub to one terminal and the other sub to the other terminal....but it doesn&#039;t particularly matter either way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prowler573, post: 1567285, member: 561023"] Greetings, Marvin. The first thing we need to know is what amp you've got. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] Are you using a monoblock that has dual paralleled output terminals or are we talking about a 2 channel unit? Since you are asking about running a 1 Ohm load for the sake of this discussion I will assume that we're talking about the former rather than the latter. There are many monoblocks currently on the market that have dual output terminals that are paralleled internally, meaning that even though there are more than one output terminal on the outside of the unit they are fed by the same output coming from the amp - ergo regardless of how you connect wires to it (assuming that you get positive and negative in the right places) the power for all of it comes from the same source. You could use the positive from one side and the negative from the other and get the same results. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] The diagram you showed was correct. For a pair of Dual 4 Ohm subs the positive output from the amp needs to be connected to all 4 positive inputs on the subs and likewise for the negative. The dual connection terminals are simply to make it easier to connect all of it to your amp. I reckon just to keep everything straight connect one sub to one terminal and the other sub to the other terminal....but it doesn't particularly matter either way. [/QUOTE]

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