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Question about power distribution and wiring three subs to single monoblock
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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8523246" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>Mix matching subs is a recipe for trouble.</p><p></p><p>First and foremost, your "2 ohm" wooofer isn't 2 ohms when playing music, it's all over the place. It'll be roughly this shape (blue line):</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.claudionegro.com/sw/swimpedance/speaker/diffusore1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Your different brand/box woofer will be sort of the same shape but at different frequencies so you'll have power being distributed between the two wildly lopsided 99% of the time.</p><p></p><p>Mix matching woofers also becomes an acoustic nightmare. It may sound louder but if it sounds better it'll be pure blind luck.</p><p></p><p>Trust us. Many of us tried this and learned the hard way 25 years ago (before the internet was around so we could know better). The jury is in, mix matching subs is a terrible idea unless you have some precision test equipment, powerful sound processing, SEPARATE AMPS, really know what you're doing, and have a good reason to want to mix match going into it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8523246, member: 614752"] Mix matching subs is a recipe for trouble. First and foremost, your "2 ohm" wooofer isn't 2 ohms when playing music, it's all over the place. It'll be roughly this shape (blue line): [IMG]http://www.claudionegro.com/sw/swimpedance/speaker/diffusore1.jpg[/IMG] Your different brand/box woofer will be sort of the same shape but at different frequencies so you'll have power being distributed between the two wildly lopsided 99% of the time. Mix matching woofers also becomes an acoustic nightmare. It may sound louder but if it sounds better it'll be pure blind luck. Trust us. Many of us tried this and learned the hard way 25 years ago (before the internet was around so we could know better). The jury is in, mix matching subs is a terrible idea unless you have some precision test equipment, powerful sound processing, SEPARATE AMPS, really know what you're doing, and have a good reason to want to mix match going into it. [/QUOTE]
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