2 ohm amp to 4 ohm subs?

[mprintz 10+ year member]

Would running a 2 ohm amp to my 4 ohm subs make them sound like shit? i ran them at 4 ohms on a different 2 ohm amp but they sounded fine?

this is my new amp (which causes the subs to make a pinging sound)

http://www.audio-warehouse.com/web/mdl/LA2068/detail.asp

and this is the amp they sound good on...

http://www.infiniteelectronix.com/in...ROD&ProdID=535

thanks!

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[gijoe 10+ year member]

If your subs are wired to 4 ohms, running them on a 2ohm amp is fine. Your amp is stable to 2 ohms so it'll be fine with anything wired higher than that. You wont be getting full power at 4 ohms though, so take that into consideration. You'll be getting about half the power at 4 ohms that you would at 2.

I don't see from the link anything about the ohms ratings.

 

[dB-SPL 10+ year member]

Would running a 2 ohm amp to my 4 ohm subs make them sound like shit? i ran them at 4 ohms on a different 2 ohm amp but they sounded fine?this is my new amp (which causes the subs to make a pinging sound)

http://www.audio-warehouse.com/web/mdl/LA2068/detail.asp

and this is the amp they sound good on...

http://www.infiniteelectronix.com/in...ROD&ProdID=535

thanks!

You can always wire the coils in parallel and run them to seperate channels for a 2-Ohm load instead of bridging them for a 4-ohm load..

-Bill-

 

[mprintz 10+ year member]

how would i do that? hook up the amp up bridged at 2 ohms, hook it up to the subs wired to 2 ohms each then run + to +, - to - on the other sub?

 

[johnson 10+ year member]

The amp is dependant on the drivers, not the other way around.

 

[mprintz 10+ year member]

?????????? huh?

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

zomg, volfenhag!

what subs are they? Dual 4 ohm? Single 4 ohm?

 

[mprintz 10+ year member]

The subs are dual 4 and can be wired to 2, 4, dual 4, and 8 ohms. my amp is 2 ohm stable.

 

[mprintz 10+ year member]

would i get more power wiring them on individual channels at 2 ohms or parallel @ 4? (i have a link to my amps power up top) thanks!!!!!!

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

wire it like this

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

wire each sub to 2ohms, then wire then to separate channels on the amp. more power to them that way

like db_SPL said