Rockford Power

[jimmyslide 10+ year member]

This question is actually for my roommate. He just got a RF Power DVC 10" sub. It is dual 4 ohm, a few years old but never been hooked up. He has another one, but he hasn't got it shipped down, it is about 5 hours driving time away. He also received a brand new zx400.ti phoenix gold amp. rated 400watts@4 ohms. The question he has is if the rockford will be able to handle the power from the phoenix at 2 ohms. The power of the sub is 400 RMS and the power of the amp at 2 ohms should be a fair bit more than that. If required he will get the other sub and run the amp at a 1ohm load and just underpower the subs. He is more into SQ and therfore he doesn't want 2 10s if 1 will do the job. Any help for him would be great.

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[jimmyslide 10+ year member]

The phoenix gold company states that this amp is 1 ohm stable and I believe them from past experiences. It may get a little warm but this is common when running an amp at 1 ohm. The other sub could be sent down and thus hooked up into 2 ohms the subs will take the ohms of the amp down to 1. This should be giving each sub 400 watts apiece if not a little more. Phoenix always has a place in my heart, which broke when I had to part with my phoenix QX series subs. I admit small and bottom of the line, but frickin' phenomenal!

 

[jimmyslide 10+ year member]

The saddest part for me is that he got these 2 subs and the amp for free from his brother. None of the equipment has ever been hooked up and he won't even let me play with it.