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<blockquote data-quote="bumpasauras" data-source="post: 8244744" data-attributes="member: 607820">Ok here is the short answer what you need is an amp that will put out your desired wattage at 2 ohms and disregard the 1 ohm rating of the amp (for now). For example if the secs on a mono amp are 250 @ 4 ohm , 500 @ 2 ohm , and 1000 @ 1 ohm this amp will put 250 watts to each sub due to the subs being wired in parallel . Not say that you added 2 more 4 ohm single vc subs you could wire them to 1 ohm and the amp will put out 1000 watts giving each the same 250 watts per sub.I would recomend getting an amp that will produce the wattage you are looking for at 2 ohms (500) and is also 1 ohm stable so if in the future you decide to upgrade your subs you have the ability to wire down to 1 ohm to get the most power out of the amp.Think of electricity as a water traveling through a hose the hose diameter would be the ohms, the smaller the hose the higher the water pressure.&nbsp; Crude analogy but it may help.There are plenty of YouTube tutorials on ohms law search around and see what you can find.Hope this helps</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bumpasauras, post: 8244744, member: 607820"] Ok here is the short answer what you need is an amp that will put out your desired wattage at 2 ohms and disregard the 1 ohm rating of the amp (for now). For example if the secs on a mono amp are 250 @ 4 ohm , 500 @ 2 ohm , and 1000 @ 1 ohm this amp will put 250 watts to each sub due to the subs being wired in parallel . Not say that you added 2 more 4 ohm single vc subs you could wire them to 1 ohm and the amp will put out 1000 watts giving each the same 250 watts per sub. I would recomend getting an amp that will produce the wattage you are looking for at 2 ohms (500) and is also 1 ohm stable so if in the future you decide to upgrade your subs you have the ability to wire down to 1 ohm to get the most power out of the amp. Think of electricity as a water traveling through a hose the hose diameter would be the ohms, the smaller the hose the higher the water pressure. Crude analogy but it may help. There are plenty of YouTube tutorials on ohms law search around and see what you can find. Hope this helps [/QUOTE]

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