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<blockquote data-quote="gckless" data-source="post: 7872504" data-attributes="member: 635756">Have you done research? If it&#039;s 1 ohm stable, then yes, you will get more power from the lower resistance. Exactly how much power is based on the amp. And &quot;hitting harder&quot; isn&#039;t based on resistance. It&#039;s based on power output. An amp will allow more current to be passed at a lower resistance, but if you have an amp thats rated for 1kW RMS at 1ohm, an amp rated for 2kW RMS will produce more power at 2ohms than amp #1 at 1ohm . Not trying to patronize you, but the way you wrote that made it sound like you may not understand that to me.For me, I will more than likely always buy more power than what I need at the moment, because you are always going to want to upgrade, and when you do, you won&#039;t have to purchase a whole new amp to get the power you need. For example, if that sub is rated for 1kW RMS (I don&#039;t know what it&#039;s actually rated for), I would probably buy about a 2kW amp, or whatever I could afford at the moment. Then, if (read:when. It&#039;s inevitable, trust me) you want to upgrade, you already have an amp that will power a new, better system. Make sense? Obviously I don&#039;t know your budget, but it&#039;s just an idea.And yes, box design is key.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gckless, post: 7872504, member: 635756"] Have you done research? If it's 1 ohm stable, then yes, you will get more power from the lower resistance. Exactly how much power is based on the amp. And "hitting harder" isn't based on resistance. It's based on power output. An amp will allow more current to be passed at a lower resistance, but if you have an amp thats rated for 1kW RMS at 1ohm, an amp rated for 2kW RMS will produce more power at 2ohms than amp #1 at 1ohm . Not trying to patronize you, but the way you wrote that made it sound like you may not understand that to me. For me, I will more than likely always buy more power than what I need at the moment, because you are always going to want to upgrade, and when you do, you won't have to purchase a whole new amp to get the power you need. For example, if that sub is rated for 1kW RMS (I don't know what it's actually rated for), I would probably buy about a 2kW amp, or whatever I could afford at the moment. Then, if (read:when. It's inevitable, trust me) you want to upgrade, you already have an amp that will power a new, better system. Make sense? Obviously I don't know your budget, but it's just an idea. And yes, box design is key. [/QUOTE]

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