2 ohm VS 4 ohm

[1208jake 10+ year member]

Hey as most of you guys know im new but i decided im goin to throw (1) 12" kicker

CVT in my standard cab. I have the choice of either a 2 ohm or 4 ohm...what do i

choose?

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what amp do you have?

 

[HellsRise 10+ year member]

What amp are you using? 2 ohms will let you "Get the most" out of your amp, but then again the amp may put out a lot more power than your sub can handle at 2 ohms. If your sub can take the power that your amp puts out at 2 ohms, then I'd probably go with the 2 ohm..

 

[xtremebassjunky 10+ year member]

i assume you haven't got it yet?

get a solid amount of power at 4 ohms so that you have more later when you go to 2 or 1 ohms.

 

[1208jake 10+ year member]

heres the deal im starting off with 1 12 like i said i dnt have an amp yet but im planning on probably putting another 12 in eventually. any suggestions would be great.

 

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1 - 2 ohm sub will wire to 1 or 4 ohms.

1 - 4 ohm sub will wire to 2 or 8 ohms.

 

[1208jake 10+ year member]

soo which would you choose and with what amp...heres wat im looking at

http://cgi.ebay.com/KICKER-CVT12-12-CAR-SHALLOW-MOUNT-SUB-WOOFER-CVT-NEW_W0QQitemZ150153436412QQihZ005QQcategoryZ18803QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

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..

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

1 2 ohm sub will wire to 1 or 4 ohms.1 4 ohm sub will wire to 2 or 8 ohms.

no

1 dual 2 ohm sub will wire into 1 or 4 ohms

1 dual 4 ohm sub will wire into 2 or 8 ohms

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[05gliguy 10+ year member]

the cvt's are single voice coil

 

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no
1 dual 2 ohm sub will wire into 1 or 4 ohms

1 dual 4 ohm sub will wire into 2 or 8 ohms

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he is correct. I was on the assumption of dual. My bad.

 

[xtremebassjunky 10+ year member]

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[1208jake 10+ year member]

can you mix 2ohm amp with a 4ohm sub? and wouldnt it be under powered with that amp?

 

[05gliguy 10+ year member]

This is what i'd do, get a 4 ohm cvt to start off with. Get the kicker zx750.1 amp, when you wire it up the amp will see 4 ohm and put out around 400 watts. When you get your second sub, buy another 4 ohm cvt and wire them in parallel and the amp will see a 2 ohm load and you'll probably see around 800-900 watts out of it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[1208jake 10+ year member]

sounds good thanks alot