5-channel amp wiring question

[wags 10+ year member]

Hey all. Haven't been around in...literally years, but I got a quick noob question. When you get a 5-channel amp, can you wire the front/rear channels in 4 ohm and the sub in 2 ohm or does it all have to have the same impendance?

Like the hifonics zxi 8010 for example totes:

* 4 ohms: 55 watts x 4 chan. + 200 watts x 1 chan.

* 2 ohms: 110 watts x 4 chan. + 300 watts x 1 chan.

So could you wire the four interiors at 4ohm and if you had a dvc 4ohm sub, could you wire it up at 2ohm?

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[Spooney 10+ year member]

all the channels do not need to see the same impedance.As long as the amp is rated to handle the load you wanna run it should be just fine running 4 ohms on the front and rear channels and 2 ohms on the sub channel.