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<blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 2056376" data-attributes="member: 561023"><a href="http://www.bcae1.com" target="_blank">http://www.bcae1.com</a> is an excellent resource for those who are possibly less knowledgeable than others about car audio in general. To tell the truth it is a great resource for those of us who consider ourselves somewhat seasoned veterans to the hobby!Most (if not all) questions you have about electrical resistance and the uses thereof where it pertains to car audio implementation can be found in there. It&#039;s a time-killer as it requires much reading but I think at the end of the day it would be time well spent.To directly answer your question, however, yes. You can wire your subs&#039; voice coils in parallel to present that amp with a 2 Ohm load. Your subs&#039; RMS input rating is 400 watts (800 watts combined) and the RMS output rating on that amp is 950 watts when shown a 2 Ohm load.Most decent quality subs will safely operate when given somewhat over their RMS ratings and I don&#039;t doubt that those Pioneers would be the exception to the rule.Aside from that if you will properly set the input sensitivity potentiometer using the guidelines set forth in the stickied tutorial written expressly for that purpose (said method can <a href="http:////forum/showthread.php?t=164826" target="_blank">be found here</a>) you can simply set your amplifier&#039;s output to not exceed 800 watts and then you&#039;ll be gold. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wave.gif.002382ce7d7c19757ab945cc69819de1.gif Welcome to the forum. Hope your time spent within is enjoyable.Good luck getting your gear setup and have fun jammin&#039;!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prowler573, post: 2056376, member: 561023"] [URL="http://www.bcae1.com"]http://www.bcae1.com[/URL] is an excellent resource for those who are possibly less knowledgeable than others about car audio in general. To tell the truth it is a great resource for those of us who consider ourselves somewhat seasoned veterans to the hobby! Most (if not all) questions you have about electrical resistance and the uses thereof where it pertains to car audio implementation can be found in there. It's a time-killer as it requires much reading but I think at the end of the day it would be time well spent. To directly answer your question, however, yes. You can wire your subs' voice coils in parallel to present that amp with a 2 Ohm load. Your subs' RMS input rating is 400 watts (800 watts combined) and the RMS output rating on that amp is 950 watts when shown a 2 Ohm load. Most decent quality subs will safely operate when given somewhat over their RMS ratings and I don't doubt that those Pioneers would be the exception to the rule. Aside from that if you will properly set the input sensitivity potentiometer using the guidelines set forth in the stickied tutorial written expressly for that purpose (said method can [URL="http:////forum/showthread.php?t=164826"]be found here[/URL]) you can simply set your amplifier's output to not exceed 800 watts and then you'll be gold. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif[/IMG] [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wave.gif.002382ce7d7c19757ab945cc69819de1.gif[/IMG] Welcome to the forum. Hope your time spent within is enjoyable. Good luck getting your gear setup and have fun jammin'! [/QUOTE]

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