2 ohm or 4 ohm?

[MiSeRy 10+ year member]

i am planning on buying a hcca 5000d from hccafan and also plan on buying 2 12" type r's. should i go with 2 ohm or 4 ohm? i am an audio newb so any advice would be great . and state y i should go either 2 or 4 ohm pls. thx a lot guys

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[azbass 5,000+ posts]

depends on the amp that you use to power em. and what impedance they produce their power at.

 

[MiSeRy 10+ year member]

depends on the amp that you use to power em. and what impedance they produce their power at.

i will be using the hcca 5000d

 

[Worlddre 5,000+ posts]

dual 4s will get you 2500w @ 1ohm

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

^^ ah ha

 

[MiSeRy 10+ year member]

is that going to be to much for a daily driver? does 2 ohms have any advantages over 4 ohm?

and thx guys

 

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

if your run it at 2ohm you can run it at 0.5 or 2 or 8 ohm

D4 you can run at 1, 4 or 16.

 

[MiSeRy 10+ year member]

if your run it at 2ohm you can run it at 0.5 or 2 or 8 ohm
D4 you can run at 1, 4 or 16.

with me being an audio newb, i dont really know what all that means or what the advantages of any of that would be. a while back someone told me to run it at 1 ohm, but like i said i dont know the advantages/disadvantages of where to run (ohm wise). would running at 1 ohm be to much for a daily driver. what will optimize the performance of both the subs and the amp?

 

[Worlddre 5,000+ posts]

ther are no audible differences between the ohm loads only thing it changes is the power produced by the amplifier. If you watch the gains 2500w should be fine for a daily driver

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

ther are no audible differences between the ohm loads only thing it changes is the power produced by the amplifier.

Which will produce an audible difference //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[Worlddre 5,000+ posts]

Which will produce an audible difference //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

sound quality wise foo

 

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

3dB max...which is just noticable.