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<blockquote data-quote="jdawg90" data-source="post: 8128474" data-attributes="member: 583730"><p>If you want to run your subs at 2 ohms, just buy a amp that is stable down to 2 ohms. If you buy a 1 ohm stable amp you are really only getting half the amps potential by running at 2 ohms. The ohms load really doesn't matter generally speaking as long as your amp is stable at whatever you wire your subs to. To get the most out of your amp you want the subs wired to the lowest impendance (ohm) that the amp is stable at. The higher the impenedence you are wired to generally means your amp will be more efficient. There are obviously 2 ohm amps that are less efficient than 1 ohm, it really depends on the amp. Do the big 3 and use 1/0 and I doubt you will have any problems as far as your electrical goes if you stay under 1500 watts. Sundown amps are pretty efficient and so are the kicker zx amps which are only stable down to 2 ohms.</p><p></p><p>My advice is grab a pair of sundown SA's and a refurbished saz-1500d (db-r.com). The sundown subs get loud and sound good, and their amps are really efficient and will put out more power than they are rated for.</p><p></p><p>Make sure you buy your subs with the right voice coils so you can wire them to your subs lowest impendence. You can wire 2 dvc 2 ohm subs to .5 or 2 ohms, and you can wire 2 dvc 4 ohm subs to 1 or 4 ohms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdawg90, post: 8128474, member: 583730"] If you want to run your subs at 2 ohms, just buy a amp that is stable down to 2 ohms. If you buy a 1 ohm stable amp you are really only getting half the amps potential by running at 2 ohms. The ohms load really doesn't matter generally speaking as long as your amp is stable at whatever you wire your subs to. To get the most out of your amp you want the subs wired to the lowest impendance (ohm) that the amp is stable at. The higher the impenedence you are wired to generally means your amp will be more efficient. There are obviously 2 ohm amps that are less efficient than 1 ohm, it really depends on the amp. Do the big 3 and use 1/0 and I doubt you will have any problems as far as your electrical goes if you stay under 1500 watts. Sundown amps are pretty efficient and so are the kicker zx amps which are only stable down to 2 ohms. My advice is grab a pair of sundown SA's and a refurbished saz-1500d (db-r.com). The sundown subs get loud and sound good, and their amps are really efficient and will put out more power than they are rated for. Make sure you buy your subs with the right voice coils so you can wire them to your subs lowest impendence. You can wire 2 dvc 2 ohm subs to .5 or 2 ohms, and you can wire 2 dvc 4 ohm subs to 1 or 4 ohms. [/QUOTE]
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