10's or 12's?

[95BlazerLT4wd 10+ year member]

i plan on getting kicker cvx subs, not sure if i should get 1 10, 1 12, 2 10's, or 2 12's. i listern to eveything from rap to hardcore. i also plan on running it on a kicker zx750.1 amp, should i run the sub(s) at 2 or 4 ohm's? im very new to this so im not sure which to do. also, i read somewhere that to run at 2 ohms you will need some combination of voice coils either wired in series or parallel to give you that resistnace. wtf does that mean.

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[jdawg90 10+ year member]

to run at 2 ohms you will need 1 dual 4 voice coil sub, or two dual 2 voice coil subs

 

[95BlazerLT4wd 10+ year member]

so should i run at 2ohm's? also are kicker cvx's dual 4voice coil subs?

 

[socaliguy81 10+ year member]

First off.. I'd stick with 10's.. particularly if you listen to a wide range of music.. since the amp doesn't have the greatest dampening (control of sub), it will be easier on the amp to control a 10" vs a 12".. and in my honest opinion, 12 subs sometimes isn't enough for some people.. the truth is: YOU WILL ALWAYS WANT MORE BASS NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU ALREADY HAVE. Its like a drug, but a good one, so I would run 2 to begin with.

If you are running 2 subs, they should be dual 2ohm to get a 2ohm load on your mono amp.

The dual 2ohm will be harder to wire up in a series parallel configuration.. the dual 8ohm subs will need to be run straight parallel.

Wiring specifics can be found at:

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-XHOzQoYmJUY/learningcenter/car/subwoofers_wiring.html

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

First off.. I'd stick with 10's.. particularly if you listen to a wide range of music.. since the amp doesn't have the greatest dampening (control of sub), it will be easier on the amp to control a 10" vs a 12".. and in my honest opinion, 12 subs sometimes isn't enough for some people.. the truth is: YOU WILL ALWAYS WANT MORE BASS NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU ALREADY HAVE. Its like a drug, but a good one, so I would run 2 to begin with.
If you are running 2 subs, they can be either dual 4ohm or dual 2ohm and you will still be able to get a 2ohm load on your mono amp.

The dual 2ohm will be easier to wire up in a basic + to + and - to - voicecoil configuration.. the dual 4ohm subs will need to be run sieries parallel.

Wiring specifics can be found at:

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-XHOzQoYmJUY/learningcenter/car/subwoofers_wiring.html

you cannot run 2 dual 4's at 2 ohms nominal on a monoblock.

Get the 2 12's, dual 2. Since you listen to rap, you'd be better off with the cone area.

 

[pickup1 5,000+ posts]

if your putting them in that full size blazer,i would do 12's.

 

[95BlazerLT4wd 10+ year member]

if your putting them in that full size blazer,i would do 12's.

its not a fulsize //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif its an s10 blazer. 4 door.

 

[95BlazerLT4wd 10+ year member]

you cannot run 2 dual 4's at 2 ohms nominal on a monoblock.
Get the 2 12's, dual 2. Since you listen to rap, you'd be better off with the cone area.

if i get the 12's the will be deep which will be good for rap, but then say i listen to hardcore, am i going to get the chest pounding bass, or deep raplike bass.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

if i get the 12's the will be deep which will be good for rap, but then say i listen to hardcore, am i going to get the chest pounding bass, or deep raplike bass.

The larger the cone size doesn't mean it can only play low. That's a common myth. Plenty of 15's and 18's have tremendous upper-frequency extention.

 

[jdawg90 10+ year member]

The larger the cone size doesn't mean it can only play low. That's a common myth. Plenty of 15's and 18's have tremendous upper-frequency extention.

yea my 18" bl seems better on higher frequencies than my 12" tc9

 

[95BlazerLT4wd 10+ year member]

The larger the cone size doesn't mean it can only play low. That's a common myth. Plenty of 15's and 18's have tremendous upper-frequency extention.

thanks for clearing that up

 

[fartcan 10+ year member]

I'd get 2 dual 2 twelves.

 

[95BlazerLT4wd 10+ year member]

do kicker cvx's have good sq? what other subs would u recomend at 0-200 a piece?

 

[95BlazerLT4wd 10+ year member]

well, should i buy 2ohm or 4ohm subs?

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

If you're getting 2 DVC subs, then the 2 ohm versions will be your best bet.

Wire them like this: