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<blockquote data-quote="wesleysh" data-source="post: 26186" data-attributes="member: 542712"><p>Just in case its not clear, you don't match the ohm with the amp. Its like the speaker shows the amp an ohm figure, and the amp responds to what it sees.</p><p></p><p>Say you have an amp that is rated at 500watts @ 4 ohms. That means if it sees a 4 ohm "load" it will respond with 500watts(not exactly but for arguements sake). Wiring two speakers in parallel cuts the ohms in half, while wiring them in series doubles the ohms(which effects the output of the amp). So for the amp above, if you wired them in parallel, the amp would see a 2 ohm load, even though you have two 4 ohms subs. It would respond with ruffly 1000watts of power. While if you wired the same speakers in series, it would see an 8 ohm load, and would respond with ruffly 250watts of power. If you used 2 ohms speakers and wired them in series, the amp would see a 4 ohm load, and respond with 500watts of power. While wiring them in parallel would make the amp see a 1 ohm load, which if the amp were stable at 1 ohm, it would respond with ruffly 2000watts of power.</p><p></p><p>Now all you have to do is go to crutchfield.com and find out how to wire your subs in parallel or series.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif Or just tell the shop your intentions if their going to do it for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wesleysh, post: 26186, member: 542712"] Just in case its not clear, you don't match the ohm with the amp. Its like the speaker shows the amp an ohm figure, and the amp responds to what it sees. Say you have an amp that is rated at 500watts @ 4 ohms. That means if it sees a 4 ohm "load" it will respond with 500watts(not exactly but for arguements sake). Wiring two speakers in parallel cuts the ohms in half, while wiring them in series doubles the ohms(which effects the output of the amp). So for the amp above, if you wired them in parallel, the amp would see a 2 ohm load, even though you have two 4 ohms subs. It would respond with ruffly 1000watts of power. While if you wired the same speakers in series, it would see an 8 ohm load, and would respond with ruffly 250watts of power. If you used 2 ohms speakers and wired them in series, the amp would see a 4 ohm load, and respond with 500watts of power. While wiring them in parallel would make the amp see a 1 ohm load, which if the amp were stable at 1 ohm, it would respond with ruffly 2000watts of power. Now all you have to do is go to crutchfield.com and find out how to wire your subs in parallel or series.[IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif[/IMG] Or just tell the shop your intentions if their going to do it for you. [/QUOTE]
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