Uh is this good brand, never heard of it.

[alvitae 10+ year member]

I think you are starting off to big. you should think in terms of single voice coils first.

I have several sub set ups. I can run one single 4 ohm voice coil sub on my concept amp. The amp will "see" 4 ohms. So it put's out it's 4 ohm rating and it's 600 watts.

Now if I throw my other 4 ohm voice coil sub with it my amp sees 2 ohms. Thats because you halve the ohms by adding another sub. My amp will now put out 1200 watts.

I add 2 more of those same subs and my amp now sees 1 ohm and puts out its full 1200 watts. This is assuming youa re running every thing in parallel. positve to positives on your wiring.

When you understand that you can move to dual voice coils.

You need to look at a dual voice coil as two single subs when you are wiring. that will help you understand it better I think.

Edit, Now that is for parallel. Series works in reverse. If you series a dual sub you double the ohms. ie. a dual 2 ohm sub will be 4 ohms wired in series. 1 ohm wired in parallel.

 

[carnage 10+ year member]

I think you are starting off to big. you should think in terms of single voice coils first.
I have several sub set ups. I can run one single 4 ohm voice coil sub on my concept amp. The amp will "see" 4 ohms. So it put's out it's 4 ohm rating and it's 600 watts.

Now if I throw my other 4 ohm voice coil sub with it my amp sees 2 ohms. Thats because you halve the ohms by adding another sub. My amp will now put out 1200 watts.

I add 2 more of those same subs and my amp now sees 1 ohm and puts out its full 1200 watts. This is assuming youa re running every thing in parallel. positve to positives on your wiring.

When you understand that you can move to dual voice coils.

You need to look at a dual voice coil as two single subs when you are wiring. that will help you understand it better I think.

Edit, Now that is for parallel. Series works in reverse. If you series a dual sub you double the ohms. ie. a dual 2 ohm sub will be 4 ohms wired in series. 1 ohm wired in parallel.

O_O

X_X

>_

Dangggittt

haha

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

don't wanna >_
=P

haha

ughhh, what does ohm mean?

its confusing to me...

does it matter if a dual voice coil at impendance of 2 ohm, is set to 4ohm or 1ohm on a amp?

does sound differ?

i don't get it..

ok say you have a mono amp that is stable down to 1 ohm. and produces,

150w@4ohms, 300w@2ohms, and 600w@1ohm

you have your dual 2 oum voice coil sub. so it has two sets of posative and negate connectors.

you wire them in parallel which is both posative connectors of the sub to the posative terminal of the output amp and the same for both negative connectors of the sub to the negative terminal of the amp and the amp will then see a 1 ohm load giving the sub 600w

ok now, say you wire the sub in series which is one posative terminal of one set of connectors of the sub to the posative terminal of the amp and then connect the negative of the opposite terminal of teh sub to the negative output terminal on the amp and then you take a short wire and connect the negative of the connector that had the posative wire ran to the amp and jump it to the posative of the connectorr taht you ran to the negative to the amp. giving it a 4 ohm load to the amp only producing 150w.

you following this?

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

you never took physics??? wow.. basically you have parallel and series.. you can run anything electrical in..

so say you wanted 2 dual 4 ohm subs you can run those at 1 ohm.. you could also run them 4 if you choose.. and yes wiring subs up does give you better sound quality as it doesnt work the amps as much.. no then you will need more powerful amps to provide enough power at 4 ohms then what another amp does at 1 ohm.. ohm is a measure of resistance..

so in essence

if you buy 2 dual 2 ohm subs buy an amp that can run at 2 ohms.. .5 ohm amps will be expensive!!

if you buy dual 4 ohms.. buy and amp that is 1 ohm stable..

and go from there..

 

[carnage 10+ year member]

ok say you have a mono amp that is stable down to 1 ohm. and produces, 150w@4ohms, 300w@2ohms, and 600w@1ohm

you have your dual 2 oum voice coil sub. so it has two sets of posative and negate connectors.

you wire them in parallel which is both posative connectors of the sub to the posative terminal of the output amp and the same for both negative connectors of the sub to the negative terminal of the amp and the amp will then see a 1 ohm load giving the sub 600w

ok now, say you wire the sub in series which is one posative terminal of one set of connectors of the sub to the posative terminal of the amp and then connect the negative of the opposite terminal of teh sub to the negative output terminal on the amp and then you take a short wore and connect the negative of the connector that had the posative wire ran to the amp and jump it to the posative of the connectorr taht you rant the negative to the amp. giving it a 4 ohm load to the amp only producing 150w.

you following this?

honestly...

No.

>_

lol...

okay.

I want these:

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_8363_Kicker+07CVR124.html

I want to get two of those..

what must my amp have to be use those? to use two of them

 

[carnage 10+ year member]

ok say you have a mono amp that is stable down to 1 ohm. and produces, 150w@4ohms, 300w@2ohms, and 600w@1ohm

you have your dual 2 oum voice coil sub. so it has two sets of posative and negate connectors.

you wire them in parallel which is both posative connectors of the sub to the posative terminal of the output amp and the same for both negative connectors of the sub to the negative terminal of the amp and the amp will then see a 1 ohm load giving the sub 600w

ok now, say you wire the sub in series which is one posative terminal of one set of connectors of the sub to the posative terminal of the amp and then connect the negative of the opposite terminal of teh sub to the negative output terminal on the amp and then you take a short wore and connect the negative of the connector that had the posative wire ran to the amp and jump it to the posative of the connectorr taht you rant the negative to the amp. giving it a 4 ohm load to the amp only producing 150w.

you following this?

honestly...

No.

>_

lol...

okay.

I want these:

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_8363_Kicker+07CVR124.html

I want to get two of those..

what must my amp have to be use those? to use two of them

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

Okay, If none of this is technically right it doesn't matter for now because it's what I use to help me understand the principles.

An ohm is a unit of electrical resistance. when I have my sub set up at 2 ohm my amp will give me 600 watts. when i have my subs at 1 ohm it will give me 1200 watts. It gives me twice as much power because there is twice as little resistance for the power.

 

[carnage 10+ year member]

ok say you have a mono amp that is stable down to 1 ohm. and produces, 150w@4ohms, 300w@2ohms, and 600w@1ohm

you have your dual 2 oum voice coil sub. so it has two sets of posative and negate connectors.

you wire them in parallel which is both posative connectors of the sub to the posative terminal of the output amp and the same for both negative connectors of the sub to the negative terminal of the amp and the amp will then see a 1 ohm load giving the sub 600w

ok now, say you wire the sub in series which is one posative terminal of one set of connectors of the sub to the posative terminal of the amp and then connect the negative of the opposite terminal of teh sub to the negative output terminal on the amp and then you take a short wire and connect the negative of the connector that had the posative wire ran to the amp and jump it to the posative of the connectorr taht you ran to the negative to the amp. giving it a 4 ohm load to the amp only producing 150w.

you following this?

honestly...

No.

>_

lol...

okay.

I want these:

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_8363_Kicker+07CVR124.html

I want to get two of those..

what must my amp have to be use those? to use two of them

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

honestly...
No.

>_

lol...

okay.

I want these:

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_8363_Kicker+07CVR124.html

I want to get two of those..

what must my amp have to be use those? to use two of them

not a bad sub but i would personally pick two re se's over two of those and the se's are even cheaper. also i would get 2 dual 4 ohm versions and get an amp that does about 1200@1ohm.

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

if you do decide to get two d4 kickers then get an amp that does about 800@1ohm

 

[carnage 10+ year member]

if you do decide to get two d4 kickers then get an amp that does about 800@1ohm

okay, so say i got 800@1ohm amp, but only got one of those subs, would that work for now?

 

[carnage 10+ year member]

would this amp : http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_12210_Hifonics+BXi+1208D.html

work for these: http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_8363_Kicker+07CVR124.html

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

yea it would, but i have to say the re se is a better sub than the cvr.

 

[carnage 10+ year member]

yea it would, but i have to say the re se is a better sub than the cvr.

are the SE that you sent me in ebay link, they came as one sub or two?

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

no, boss is one of the worst brands in Car Audio. Do you know anything about audio?

Seriously.

When you have thoughts and you think you should share them.

Just get up from your computer, and go say it to a mirror, or perhaps wall.

Because it would probably care more than us.

As for OP:

Boss is a lower end brand (to us). They're decent-quality budget equipment.

Unlike EndofDays, I have experience with Boss products. Over the summer I work with my Father (Used to, rather) on boats. Customers bring in stuff for us to install. I've installed numerous amount of Boss Audio speakers. They don't sound good, but they don't sound bad. I've seen some Boss speakers last as long as JL speakers (This is in a boat application, BTW. So speaker degradation is accepted due to boat's harsh conditions.), and other "Good" speakers.

I also have a Boss amp powering my subs. The heat sink rattled, so I had to fix that myself. But it runs well, sounds decent, and for the price I paid, I can't complain. I've been running it for over a year now, give it full tilt constantly. I went on a 4 hour road trip, full tilt the whole way, and it held up like a champ in the trunk during a hot Florida day. (Was probably 110+ Degrees in there.)

So, to answer your question in short... Boss Audio is a decent budget company.