UGGGHH Hifonics stable at .5 ohm?

[Lil_KB 10+ year member]

Well I just ordered my first set of subwoofers (2 12" type Rs) and of course something goes wrong. I accidently ordered dual 2 ohms and I was planning on ordering 4 ohms and wiring it up at 1 ohm. I didnt notice until after I sent paypal. I'm not sure if dimensionaudio is gonna let me change my order but I sent them messages and emails on ebay and i'm waiting for a response. On the other hand, I was planning on running a Bxi2006d to them. If I ended up with the d2s, would the amp be stable at .5 ohm for a daily driver? Or should I just stay safe and wire them up at 2 ohm?

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[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

stay safe

 

[zfactor 10+ year member]

agreed

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

My friend tried his Bx and it would cut out after about 5 minutes of use...

 

[zfactor 10+ year member]

most ive used just clipped right off into protection...

 

[fakename 10+ year member]

if you havent bought the hifonics amp yet, buy an amp thats .5 stable.

 

[Lil_KB 10+ year member]

Ok forgive me for being a noob here, but no matter what ohm I rig it up to, my subs will get the same amount of peak power right? It will just be less RMS?

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

peak doesn't matter. at all. ignore it.

x100000000

 

[Lil_KB 10+ year member]

Ok, so I will notice a big difference from 1ohm (1900 RMS) to 2ohm (1300 RMS)?

 

[Lil_KB 10+ year member]

bump

 

[zfactor 10+ year member]

yes some... not as much as some may lead yo to believe but the hifonics amps do not usually make their rated power they usually make just under.. so you prob will not see the full 1300 rms... the type r's can take more than that it should be okay though... realize its 650 instead of 800 each only 150 watt difference...

 

[Lil_KB 10+ year member]

yes some... not as much as some may lead yo to believe but the hifonics amps do not usually make their rated power they usually make just under.. so you prob will not see the full 1300 rms... the type r's can take more than that it should be okay though... realize its 650 instead of 800 each only 150 watt difference...

Umm...actually I would be going from probably 900-950 RMS a piece to 600-650 RMS a piece.

 

[zfactor 10+ year member]

remember the hifonics are overated... the bigger they get the more so they are... just fyi... i sell them i test them quite often..the smaller will be closer to spec then the bigger one..imo prob 800-850 with the larger while the smaller will be closer to spec..

 

[Lil_KB 10+ year member]

I was told the Bxi2006 puts out 1900 RMS...maybe they were wrong.

 

[zfactor 10+ year member]

it may or could i should say... prob would do 1900 at a higher distortion % ... id say less to stay at or under 1% myself... not at all bad amps just tend to be overated...iregardless you will notice a small difference not at all a huge one though maybe 1.5db could be possible... just a guess ...