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[Pandora]

Ok, Im plan on getting two kicker solobaric L5 12's either 2 ohms or 4 ohms... I want them to be at four ohms when I hook the amp up to them its gonna be a two channel amp putting out 600rms per channel at 4 ohms, which suits the speakers perfectly.. now the speakers are dual voice coil and im gonna hook it up 1 speaker to 1 channel but I want it to be at 4 ohms, now since its dual voice coil what I want to know is am I gonna need to get the kickers at 2 ohms so that with both the voice coils it adds up to 4 or can I go with the 4 ohms?

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[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Get the dual 2ohm version. Wire each individual sub's coils in series for a 4ohm load.

 

[pks71 10+ year member]

2 dual 4 ohm woofers can give you a final impedance of either 1 ohm or 4 ohm and others but lower is better if your amp can handle it. So dual 4 ohm woofers it is! Make sure you connect them properly!

 

[pks71 10+ year member]

Sqeeck can you show me how 2 dual voice coil subs acheive a 4 ohm load??!! it cannot be done

 

[pks71 10+ year member]

thats 2 dual 2ohm

 

[pks71 10+ year member]

Ur name is squeak! lol sorry. But Pandora needs help not confusion!!

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Well, he said he is using a 2 channel amp, and wiring one sub to each channel @ 4ohms. That being the case, he doesn't need to wire them together for a 4ohm load, he needs each individual sub to be a final 4ohm load.....hence the dual 2ohm coils. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Pandora]

ok so what im getting here is get the L5 12's with the dual 2 ohm voice coils .. 1 speaker per channel and I will come out with 4 ohms?

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

If you want a 4ohm on each channel, yes.

 

[pks71 10+ year member]

The amp is 2 ohm stable. Why would she want 4 ohms? That would be half the power! Pandora wants two dual 4ohm woofers to achieve max power from amp. Not sure what your thinking of! lol

 

[pks71 10+ year member]

The amp is 2 ohm stable. Why would she want 4 ohms? That would be half the power! Pandora wants two dual 4ohm woofers to achieve max power from amp. Not sure what your thinking of! lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tomatoface.gif.6507032fedd1868ec0a6a447bb29a18a.gif

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

The amp is 2 ohm stable. Why would she want 4 ohms? That would be half the power! Pandora wants two dual 4ohm woofers to achieve max power from amp. Not sure what your thinking of! lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tomatoface.gif.6507032fedd1868ec0a6a447bb29a18a.gif

Well, I answered exactly what was asked; Dual 2ohm/coil will give the 4ohm per channel that was requested. But without knowing the amp, I guess we can only assume that the amp actually is 600w/channel @ 4ohm.

 

[pks71 10+ year member]

I understood that she wanted 4 ohms bridged

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

its gonna be a two channel amp putting out 600rms per channel at 4 ohms............. now the speakers are dual voice coil and im gonna hook it up 1 speaker to 1 channel but I want it to be at 4 ohms

Seems pretty clear, either that or very poor wording (no offense to the original poster). Hey, I could be wrong, but the one speaker to one channel to me means that they plan on hooking up one speaker to one channel, one speaker to the other channel, especially since they list the power as being per channel.

 

[pks71 10+ year member]

I guess I miss understood. I dont know why she wants it wired like that though