kenwood 9102 @ 1ohm

[bballer123 10+ year member]

It is not rated at 1 ohm, but is there anyway to run this without ruining the amp? I see a lot of dvc 2ohm subs for sale on the forum but cant run any of them with my amp. Just checking if its possible.

THanks

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[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

its possible to run any amp at 1 ohm. Just if its not recommeneded it can kill ur amp easy. Only way to test it is by doing it, run it at 1 ohm and if it dies on u than that sux.

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

i thought you said a KENWOOD amp did 9102 watts @ 1ohm... i was about to cry

 

[bballer123 10+ year member]

i thought you said a KENWOOD amp did 9102 watts @ 1ohm... i was about to cry

Yeah its the newest amp out. You should pick it up sometime. tiny amp to power a couple BTLs

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

I wouldn't try running it @ 1 ohm personally..

I have heard several instances where Kenwood 1 ohm stable amps, such as my X811D go into protect often.. I have never ran mine @ 1ohm so I cannot say, but it does go into protect @ 2 every now and then..

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

I wouldn't try running it @ 1 ohm personally..
I have heard several instances where Kenwood 1 ohm stable amps, such as my X811D go into protect often.. I have never ran mine @ 1ohm so I cannot say, but it does go into protect @ 2 every now and then..

ur probably clipping it.

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

i thought you said a KENWOOD amp did 9102 watts @ 1ohm... i was about to cry

whoa that is teh cool

 

[grinditout 10+ year member]

you can wire the voice coils up in series and then the subs in parrallel>2 ohm load out of dual voice coil 2ohm woofs.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

 

[bdavies11 10+ year member]

I run my 9152 @ 1ohm and have never had a problem but it is stated in the manual that it is 1 ohm stable. Not sure what the difference is between the 9102 and 9152 besides 50 watts.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

It is not rated at 1 ohm, but is there anyway to run this without ruining the amp? I see a lot of dvc 2ohm subs for sale on the forum but cant run any of them with my amp. Just checking if its possible.
Thanks

I'll chime in with my $0.02 as the forum's resident Kenwood fanboi...

I have seen far too many instances of the amps that Kenwood claims to be 1 Ohm stable showing problematic operation when presented with a load that low so for an amp that isn't rated to be stable below 2 Ohms I simply wouldn't do it. Best case scenario is that the amp will throw itself into protection mode until the wiring is corrected. Worst case scenario will be the never enjoyed presence of the "magic smoke" coupled with the necessity for either an amp repair or replacement.

Additionally why can't you run a DVC 2 Ohm driver off of your amp?

I wouldn't try running it @ 1 ohm personally..I have heard several instances where Kenwood 1 ohm stable amps, such as my X811D go into protect often.. I have never ran mine @ 1ohm so I cannot say, but it does go into protect @ 2 every now and then..

This to me suggests user error. I have no personal experience with the amps that Kenwood claims are 1 Ohm stable whether they be from the eXcelon lineup or the 'regular' Kenwood stuff but I run my KAC-X401M at 2 Ohms all the time (a single Diamond Audio M6mkII12D4 with the coils wired in parallel) and it's never gone into protection the first time. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[bballer123 10+ year member]

^^^ I dont want to run it at 4 ohm because it just sucks for power output.

New case scenario--- the JL audio is dvc 3 ohm. Any experience running this amp @ 1.5. I know there is such thing as impedence run etc. How does this work? Is there anyway to raise the impendence just a little bit so its as close to 2 ohm as possible?