Paradigmonds
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OK, so without getting into a story, all of my older model, larger RF amps either can't be located ( my old 701S ), or crapped out ( the 600s & 800s I bought on the 'bay ).
So, I temporarily had my Havoc on an old Punch 400s ( bleh )
Today, however, my RF 1200-1d came in ( got it brand new for $179, so can't beat that ).
Anyway, my Havoc has Dual 2 Ohm voice coils.
I currently have the VC's on the speaker connected in series, so the amp should be seeing 4 Ohms.
HOWEVER, the 1200d has two sets of outputs, which it says are internally wired in parallel inside the amp. So, you are able to bridge the positive of one output with the negative of the second.
So, my questions is, does that mean that the amp is actually seeing 2 Ohms, not 4?
AND
tomorrow, when my new box is ready, when I switch the Havoc, I'm going to change the wiring config so that the voice coils are now run parallel. That should be sending a 1 Ohm load to the amp.
At that time, should I no longer "bridge" the two outputs, because that would be showing the amp a 0.5 Ohm load, or is that what RF means when they say that the amp shouldn't see lower than a 1 Ohm bridged load?
I mean, I know I got the amp for a good price, but I'd hate to burn it up so soon after my Havoc is actually starting to sound like its supposed to. Can't wait until tomorrow to see how it performs with the additional 400-600 watts. Birth sheet states 1374 watts.
Thanks for the help.
Para
So, I temporarily had my Havoc on an old Punch 400s ( bleh )
Today, however, my RF 1200-1d came in ( got it brand new for $179, so can't beat that ).
Anyway, my Havoc has Dual 2 Ohm voice coils.
I currently have the VC's on the speaker connected in series, so the amp should be seeing 4 Ohms.
HOWEVER, the 1200d has two sets of outputs, which it says are internally wired in parallel inside the amp. So, you are able to bridge the positive of one output with the negative of the second.
So, my questions is, does that mean that the amp is actually seeing 2 Ohms, not 4?
AND
tomorrow, when my new box is ready, when I switch the Havoc, I'm going to change the wiring config so that the voice coils are now run parallel. That should be sending a 1 Ohm load to the amp.
At that time, should I no longer "bridge" the two outputs, because that would be showing the amp a 0.5 Ohm load, or is that what RF means when they say that the amp shouldn't see lower than a 1 Ohm bridged load?
I mean, I know I got the amp for a good price, but I'd hate to burn it up so soon after my Havoc is actually starting to sound like its supposed to. Can't wait until tomorrow to see how it performs with the additional 400-600 watts. Birth sheet states 1374 watts.
Thanks for the help.
Para