Help wiring a dual-vc sub

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I'm planning on installing a single ID8 in my little two-seater, and could some assistance figuring out the amp/sub wiring. This sub has dual 4-ohm coils, so I understand it can be setup as either a 2 ohm or 8 ohm load.

The amp I want to use is the Soundstream Van Gogh series, which offers choices of 4 ohm stereo, 2 ohm stereo, or 4 ohm bridged.

What's the best way to set this up? I'm more interested in quality than quantity in the sound.

Thanks!

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[B@SSAN8OR 10+ year member]

if your head unit is sending a summed mono output for you sub. then you can run the 2 ohm stereo which would actually be mono and run each voice coil to each channel. and you should be fine...

when i had my dual 4ohm 12 in in my car i had it powered from a 4 channel amp so i was doing dual bridged into the sub to make it seem like a 2 channel amp. and it is the same thing.

 

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Or would it be better if I got the 2 ohm version of this speaker instead of the 4 ohm?

 

[M@nJo 10+ year member]

http://jlaudio.com/tutorials/wiring/index.html