Another noobie question

[SBFandy 10+ year member]

If I have a Dual voice coil sub... will i be able to run the sub on two amps?

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[Chrispy 10+ year member]

You can run a single voice coil sub on two amps. What sub, amps, and why do you want to use two amps?

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

you can ,not recommended tho , you'll need to line match the amps if you do

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

If you have to ask, odds are it won't pan out so well for you.

 

[SBFandy 10+ year member]

You can run a single voice coil sub on two amps. What sub, amps, and why do you want to use two amps?

DD 9515, 2 Alpine mrp m1000's, and well, I have an 4 channel V power amp aswell. I know i can stack the amps so i thought it would be a good idea. Think i should not?

 

[SBFandy 10+ year member]

you can ,not recommended tho , you'll need to line match the amps if you do

Line match them? Meannning? Im trying to figure this out.

 

[Chrispy 10+ year member]

So is your sub dual 2 ohm? If so you could run an amp per voice coil but you would have to line match the amps as already stated. You would do this by setting the gains the exact same on each amp with a digital multimeter. I set my gains by ear and never have had to line match so someone else would have to explain how or you could research setting gain with DMM yourself.

 

[SBFandy 10+ year member]

So is your sub dual 2 ohm? If so you could run an amp per voice coil but you would have to line match the amps as already stated. You would do this by setting the gains the exact same on each amp with a digital multimeter. I set my gains by ear and never have had to line match so someone else would have to explain how or you could research setting gain with DMM yourself.

Yeah its a dvc. You think ill be good then?

 

[Full Tilt 10+ year member]

Yeah its a dvc. You think ill be good then?

Lol, did you even read his reply?

You'll need a DMM in order to set the gains at the same setting. If you have one, fantastic - get them line matched. If not, I'd recommend a single amplifier.

 

[Bump4life 10+ year member]

that would work just gotta match gain on both amps exact with DMM!!

 

[robert420 10+ year member]

Line match them? Meannning? Im trying to figure this out.

you can run two amps to the sub... but the amps MUST be the same rating or else you will run into problems with the voice coil