my local audio shop is full of idiots?

[atlninja82 10+ year member]

ok well to make a long story short i went into a place called audiowizards in buford GA. they are a dealer of DD. I bought my subs there and i blew one of them so i took it in so they could send it off for a recone. well they told me that I couldnt run two dual 4 ohm subs to a one ohm load and that was why my sub blew. i was like wtf? are you sure? they had me doubting myself but the people who work at some of these places never fail to surprise me. they said i could only run down to a 2 ohm load. this really had me confused. So i looked up the wiring diagrams and called them back and said i think that they were wrong and they tried to tell me DD's wiring for subs is different and that i need a dual 2 ohm sub if i want to run to a 1 ohm load. why would they tell me this?

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[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Because they are idiots.

They realize you have TWO subs right?

 

[MmatsDude 10+ year member]

lmfaooo.. some retarded people there, my local shop tried to sell me subs claiming that the particular subs they were trying to sell me wont make my trunk ''rattle''.. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL..

 

[atlninja82 10+ year member]

Because they are idiots.
They realize you have TWO subs right?

yes they do realize that. ok just making sure im not going crazy or somethin

 

[atlninja82 10+ year member]

lmfaooo.. some retarded people there, my local shop tried to sell me subs claiming that the particular subs they were trying to sell me wont make my trunk ''rattle''.. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL..

haha wow. havent heard that bad yet

 

[FurbiesAndBeans 10+ year member]

maybe they were talking about a 2 channel amp?

 

[here to buy 10+ year member]

tell them " my two dual 4 ohm subs, are each wired in parallel which is 2 ohms each. Now both subs wired together in parallel is a 1 ohm nominal ohm load to the amp. Do you understand?"

Then see what they say. then yell at them.!

 

[Spooney 10+ year member]

i told a guy at best buy once that i had a pair of 8 ohm hifonics olympian 10's(about 10 years ago) and he asked me why i was running house speakers as subs. he claimed only house speakers came in 8 ohm. I just turned around and left

 

[Immociide 10+ year member]

Yes they are. Its ok tho, do they know what ANL fuses are? One of mine sure didnt.....

The problem is they are a bunch of idiots who are "suppose" to know more than us since they are "professionals". So we, who may still be learning, will trust them and doubt ourselves.

 

[atlninja82 10+ year member]

tell them " my two dual 4 ohm subs, are each wired in parallel which is 2 ohms each. Now both subs wired together in parallel is a 1 ohm nominal ohm load to the amp. Do you understand?"Then see what they say. then yell at them.!

haha yea thats pretty much what i said to them but they didnt understand i guess?

 

[Toxic Tuan 10+ year member]

It's honestly sad to see dealer's that don't know what they're doing, especially dealers that carries DD products. Do you have their phone number and the guy that you talked to? I can give them a call and clarify it for them.

Tuan

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

they would b right if u had 1 sub. i could see a shop that does not sell stuff like dd sayin somthing like that. mayb there not used to wiring there sh it down to 1 ohm. do they do alts there and wire up extra batterys?

 

[gtbike900 10+ year member]

ok well to make a long story short i went into a place called audiowizards in buford GA. they are a dealer of DD. I bought my subs there and i blew one of them so i took it in so they could send it off for a recone. well they told me that I couldnt run two dual 4 ohm subs to a one ohm load and that was why my sub blew. i was like wtf? are you sure? they had me doubting myself but the people who work at some of these places never fail to surprise me. they said i could only run down to a 2 ohm load. this really had me confused. So i looked up the wiring diagrams and called them back and said i think that they were wrong and they tried to tell me DD's wiring for subs is different and that i need a dual 2 ohm sub if i want to run to a 1 ohm load. why would they tell me this?

wow they are dum but if you had 2 dual 2s and ran the sundown at .5 it would be alot louder and i dont care what dds they are you should not have been able to blow them on a saz1500 at 1 ohm enless you

 

[gtbike900 10+ year member]

clipped the piss out of them

 

[gtbike900 10+ year member]

you would be lucky if your seeing 800 to 900 watts afer reactive load and box rise