5 single 4 ohm vc wiring options?

[jaeguerra909 10+ year member]

So im putting my front stage together I will have 4 single 4 ohm mids in each door and im getting a sundown sax 200.4. Jacob said they really shine at a 1 ohm load so I was thinking of maybe adding a woofer or two. So my question is what would 5 single 4 ohm vcs be?

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[michaellane 5,000+ posts]

Idk .7-8? Google the rockford subwoofer wiring wizzard

 

[jaeguerra909 10+ year member]

Idk .7-8? Google the rockford subwoofer wiring wizzard

Most websites only go up to 4 woofers on the diagrams :/ I prefer the 12 volt one

 

[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

Here's some old school math. 4 divided by 5 = .8

 

[bbeljefe]

Subwoofer Enclosure Calculators, Fraction to Decimal, Parallel, Series, Port Length and Volume Calculators

 

[jaeguerra909 10+ year member]

Subwoofer Enclosure Calculators, Fraction to Decimal, Parallel, Series, Port Length and Volume Calculators

Thanks for that link that works great never saw that on that page but yea I cant get a 2 ohm load on anything so I can bridge to 1 ohm lol

 

[ancorp 10+ year member]

Well four in each door is 1ohm already, so 5 would drop it just below. If the amp runs 1 ohm fine, it should be okay running slightly below.

 

[jaeguerra909 10+ year member]

Well four in each door is 1ohm already, so 5 would drop it just below. If the amp runs 1 ohm fine, it should be okay running slightly below.

Idk if I trust it tho havent heard much about the 200.4s plus its an older amp which is sorta rare I dont wanna damage it but yeah the 4 will get a 1 ohm load but then id have to bride that and thats .5 ohm forget that lol

 

[ancorp 10+ year member]

Oh you intend to run each side on 2 channels bridged? Then add two woofers to each door if possible, giving you six 4 ohm woofers per side. Wire in pairs in series - 8 ohms x 3 = 2.66 ohms a side. Bridged that's 1.33 ohm a channel.

 

[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

You want to run the amp bridged @1ohm? You realize thats pretty much like running each channel at .5 ohms right? I didn't think those amps were that robust

 

[2010HHRUMADBRUH 10+ year member]

Run 4 on 1 ohm, and then take the extra (#5) from each door and run those on one channel or something. I don't know how much you care about balance and fader, but I personally hate when a song purposely puts a certain sound or voice in one side. Makes me think something is wrong.

You can always adjust the gains to balance everything initially, and leave the balance and fader on the unit alone. Just my suggestion.

Edit: notice you have 4 in each door now? Leave it like that. If that amp is 1ohm x4 stable, then perfect.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

woah woah woah, did no one else notice he's talking about wiring mids and woofers in parallel? Or am I missing something?

 

[2010HHRUMADBRUH 10+ year member]

woah woah woah, did no one else notice he's talking about wiring mids and woofers in parallel? Or am I missing something?

He never said "sub" he just said woofer. I assume he meant adding another mid..but I don't see why..

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

He never said "sub" he just said woofer. I assume he meant adding another mid..but I don't see why..

Yeah it just seemed odd that he said mids first then woofers, sounded like he was planning on adding speakers of different sizes...Generally people don't refer to speakers as woofers unless they're talking about low end spectrum (i.e. not mids)