Just for clarification.. Total wattage per subwoofer

[Scott3229 10+ year member]

Hey new to the forum, I read some of the stickies and stuff but I havent found this answer yet...

Lets say I have 2 alpine type rs dual 4 ohm vc wired together to maintain 4 ohms

When an amp is mono, 500 watts at 4 ohms, that would be total across bother speakers correct? So 250 approx per speaker?

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[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

Yep.

 

[Scott3229 10+ year member]

thankyou, I just wanted to be sure, that being said, would a jl 500.1 work well with this setup?

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

u would split the power for the 2. if it was just one sub , the sub would see what the amp does for the ohm load.

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

The JL 500/1 would work for the two Type-Rs but they can take at least twice as much power as a 500/1 can do.

 

[Scott3229 10+ year member]

Really? Okay, well what would you recommend to optimize performance safely? Thanks a lot for all the help!

 

[Coltsrock 10+ year member]

find an amp that does 500 @ 1 ohm, if you have two 4 ohm DVC, that wires to 1 ohm or 4. easier to find 500 @ 1.

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

Well with the two dual 4 ohm Type-Rs you can wire it so it'll be 1 ohm mono, there are plenty of 1-ohm stable subwoofer amplifiers on the market that does around 1000~1500 watts, this forum likes Sundown 1200d, MB Quart Discus 1500 and the Audiopipe AP15001D and Audioque 1200D. Whichever fits your budget I guess.

The JL 1000/1 would work too but it is expensive when compared to the above mentioned amps.

 

[benzmansl65amg 10+ year member]

get a eD Nine.1 great for the money or a 1000-1200w amp at 1 ohm