different voice coil configuration

[orioles26 10+ year member]

Can two subs with different voice coil configurations be wired together to one amp?

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[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

yes. as long as the load isn't lower than what the amp can handle.

 

[_DjScrew_ 5,000+ posts]

yes. as long as the load isn't lower than what the amp can handle.

x2

 

[orioles26 10+ year member]

Do you know anywhere that has the diagram for what the final ohm load will be? i can only find ones that have the subs with the same confiuration.

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

What kind of subs?

 

[orioles26 10+ year member]

They are the 2004 type r's. I was looking for diagrams for 2 2 ohm DVC and 1 4 Ohm DVC wired to 1 amp. and also for 1 4 ohm DVC and 1 2 ohm DVC wired to 1 amp.

 

[lifted95blaze 10+ year member]

mmm isnt it true that the sub with the lower ohm load will pull more watts than the other with the higher load...... example 1 ohm load> 4 ohm load......... the 1 ohm load will be moving more than the 4 ohm load ????

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

There are several different way to wire it and the final load will be different for each, and not one of the ways will give the same power to each sub. As far as which will get more power, that depends on how you wire them again. It won't sound right, and won't get nearly as loud as two of the same coil config.

 

[LeofromtheH 10+ year member]

mmm isnt it true that the sub with the lower ohm load will pull more watts than the other with the higher load...... example 1 ohm load> 4 ohm load......... the 1 ohm load will be moving more than the 4 ohm load ????

yep

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

The lower imp speaker will only get more power if you wire them in parallel. Wire them in series and the higher imp speaker gets more. If you were to wire the DVC 2's coils in series and wire the DVC 4's coils in parallel and parallel the two, the D4 will get twice as much power.

 

[orioles26 10+ year member]

will there be any difference in sound if i have the two 2 ohm DVC wirted at two ohms to one amp and the one 4 ohm DVC wired to a different amp?

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

It won't sound right no matter what you do. There will be cancellation issues because the subs have different parameters. Even if you run them off different amps in different enclosures they won't perform optimally.

 

[orioles26 10+ year member]

So if i got all three 2 ohm DVC and ran 2 of them to one amp sharing 1000w rms and one to a separate amp wired to 4 ohm getting 500w rms it still wont sound right.

 

[LeofromtheH 10+ year member]

what u shoulda done is get all the same ohms in the first place!

 

[orioles26 10+ year member]

well i already haved two 2 ohm DVC and i wanted to add a third and the only one i can find is the dual 4 ohm. Thats why i wanted to know if i could use a different amp to power it.