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[Jbarrain]

So I have an issue with my speaker set up and was hoping for some advice. I just bought a 15" kicker subwoofer 8olm and a kicker subwoofer 4ohm duel voice coil 15". Can I run them both off the same amp?

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[Lbetts818]

Nope. When wiring different ohm speakers together electricity will always follow the path of least resistance and one sub will see more power than the other unfortanantly. Probably not what you wanted to here but a honest answer.

 

[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

You could wire the dvc 4 to 8 ohms and then parallel the connections for a 4 ohm load at the amp. In theory it should be ok.... Testing it is your only way to know for sure but that practice is frowned upon by most people on the forum. Might as well try with what ya got. Sell off as need be

 

[staan]

Nope. When wiring different ohm speakers together electricity will always follow the path of least resistance and one sub will see more power than the other unfortanantly. Probably not what you wanted to here but a honest answer.

a series wired dvc 4 ohm speaker wouldn't have less resistance than a single 8 ohm speaker.

 

[Hertz Mafia]

You could wire the dvc 4 to 8 ohms and then parallel the connections for a 4 ohm load at the amp. In theory it should be ok.... Testing it is your only way to know for sure but that practice is frowned upon by most people on the forum. Might as well try with what ya got. Sell off as need be

No don’t do that

 

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a series wired dvc 4 ohm speaker wouldn't have less resistance than a single 8 ohm speaker.

Don’t mix match ohms.

 

[staan]

No don’t do that 

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Don’t mix match ohms.

almost all coils have slightly different resistance are you saying no speakers should ever be wired together?

 

[Hertz Mafia]

almost all coils have slightly different resistance are you saying no speakers should ever be wired together?

Your a moron //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

 

[staan]

Your a moron //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

explain the difference between a 8 ohm resistor vs 2 4 ohm resistors in series. Or better yet get your installer to sign in and explain it.

 

[Hertz Mafia]

explain the difference between a 8 ohm resistor vs 2 4 ohm resistors in series. Or better yet get your installer to sign in and explain it.

U don’t mix match different ohm voice coils. Not sure what the problem here is other then u being a complete douche. The question is can he mix a single 8ohm and d4 ohm woofer. Sure you can and it will make some noise but no it won’t work right. If u don’t understand I’m sorry //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif car audio isn’t for everyone. Maybe it’s time u go find a new hobby. Jacknuts like you are the reason I stopped coming around the forums. It’s sad what the car audio community has become. Used to be a bunch of cool guys. Now not so much.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

You could wire the dvc 4 to 8 ohms and then parallel the connections for a 4 ohm load at the amp.

No. Different coils will NOT perform the same!

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

explain the difference between a 8 ohm resistor vs 2 4 ohm resistors in series. Or better yet get your installer to sign in and explain it.

Resistors are resistors. A loudspeaker is NOT a resistor, it is pic related:

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

So I have an issue with my speaker set up and was hoping for some advice. I just bought a 15" kicker subwoofer 8olm and a kicker subwoofer 4ohm duel voice coil 15". Can I run them both off the same amp?

Instead of going thru all this hassle/trouble, just return it if you can. Or sell it and just buy another with the right impedance. Or run a single 15.

 

[gmctrucks 10+ year member]

At times more than one Subwoofer can be to much check out some vids on You Tube

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

You could wire the dvc 4 to 8 ohms and then parallel the connections for a 4 ohm load at the amp. In theory it should be ok.... Testing it is your only way to know for sure but that practice is frowned upon by most people on the forum. Might as well try with what ya got. Sell off as need be

This should work just fine for you

 

[youdoofus]

This should work just fine for you

i was gonna say the same thing. Other than the coils having far different efficiency ratings, the impedance levels being 8 ohms each, they should be ok to run together. Will it be ideal? No, but itll work. You would be best off selling what you got and buying some matching subs, but in a money pinch situation, this should work