2ohm or 4ohm?

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

im going to buy 1 12" type r but how do i know to buy the 2ohm version or the 4ohm?

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Depends on what impedance your amplifier is stable to.

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

Depends on the amp you are buying.... If you get the 2 ohm version, buy an amp that is stable down to one ohm to get max power to it. The 4 ohm version only needs an amp that is 2 ohm-stable.

Type R's are DVC, right?

 

[Rawr-DQ 10+ year member]

Yes...DVC.

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

well my amp is a 2 channel amp and its 2ohm stable and bridgeabl;e into 4ohms if that helps.

 

[pw91686 10+ year member]

you might want to get the 2 ohm version then, because you can wire the 2 ohm to 1 or 4 ohms, so you can wire it to 4 ohms to go to your amp. The 4 ohm version will only wire to 2 ohm or 8 ohm

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

well my amp is a 2 channel amp and its 2ohm stable and bridgeabl;e into 4ohms if that helps.

Yes, get the 2 ohm version, series the voice coils, and run it bridged @4 ohms.

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

so to bridge all i do is get the 2ohm sub and take the positive wire and hook it to the left positive thing and then take the negative wire and hook it to the right negative thing and then my sub will be hooked up right?

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Nope //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Those Type-R's are dual voice coil subs.....you'll have to get the dual 2ohm version and wire it like this:

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

BTW i jsut looked in my amp user manual and in bridged mode it says "minimum speaker impedance 4ohms!" so wat does that mean

 

[bcarpenterfhl 10+ year member]

it means wire your sub like squeak just told you to.....

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

ok in that pic it showing the sub with 4 hook up jacks on the sub and u take one negative from the sub and run a wire from it to the positive jack on other side of the sub

then you take the other positive jack and run it to the positive on the amp

and then take the other negative jack and run it to negative on the amp right?

 

[pw91686 10+ year member]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Werd

Now go buy your sub, hook it up, and bump that piece

 

[bcarpenterfhl 10+ year member]

yea, its easy. just connect 1 postive and 1 negative togehter. then connect the remiaining positive to the amps positive output, and the remaining negative to the negative output.

 

[pw91686 10+ year member]

also, where will you be purchasing this sub and how much you droppin on it?

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

i found it on acaraudio.com for 143.00 shipped

 

[pw91686 10+ year member]

Don't do that son! Here you go:

http://www.etronics.com/product.asp?stk_code=alpswr1222d&store=&catid=369

This will save you a few bucks! Who doesn't want t osave money?

 

[pw91686 10+ year member]

by the way, what amp do you have?

 

[Rawr-DQ 10+ year member]

Erm, nvm

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

well i saw that price but someone told me etronics was not a good site to buy form casue they got a type e from there and the cone was cut

and where can i get the speaker wire to run from the sub to the amp and how do i get it with the plug in jacks on one end b/c on my amp u unscrew the screw and tighten the wire down under it with nuthin on the end