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What amp should I buy for 2 Pioneer TS-W309D2 subs?
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<blockquote data-quote="Full Tilt" data-source="post: 8066987" data-attributes="member: 640249"><p><a href="http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp~Q~2~I~22" target="_blank">Subwoofer Wiring Diagrams, Two 2 ohm Dual Voice Coil (DVC) Speakers</a></p><p></p><p>Boom.</p><p></p><p>Basically, the way you wire your subwoofers up is what determines your final impedance that the amplifier is seeing. Check out those pictures in the link I posted - The12Volt.com is an awesome site to look up stuff that you might need to know. All I had to do was google 'Subwoofer wiring diagram the12volt and it came up - I put in '2 subwoofers' and '2 ohm DVC' and it brought up every wiring configuration possible for your setup, which I posted above. Those diagrams will show you all of the ways you can wire your subs for the different impedences available to you.</p><p></p><p>By the way, no impedance is really 'better' or 'worse' than any other ones. You just use different ones to achieve different impedences, depending on what your setup looks like. Some people argue that parallel is better to run, just because most amps are more efficient at lower impedances, which is what 'parallel' does. However, there are many situations where wiring in series is more appropriate, because some amps can't operate below 2 ohms. So, if somebody had a 1-ohm DVC sub but an amp that ran at 2 ohms, they'd have to run a 'series' load. I hate to confuse you, it's just install-dependant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Full Tilt, post: 8066987, member: 640249"] [URL="http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp~Q~2~I~22"]Subwoofer Wiring Diagrams, Two 2 ohm Dual Voice Coil (DVC) Speakers[/URL] Boom. Basically, the way you wire your subwoofers up is what determines your final impedance that the amplifier is seeing. Check out those pictures in the link I posted - The12Volt.com is an awesome site to look up stuff that you might need to know. All I had to do was google 'Subwoofer wiring diagram the12volt and it came up - I put in '2 subwoofers' and '2 ohm DVC' and it brought up every wiring configuration possible for your setup, which I posted above. Those diagrams will show you all of the ways you can wire your subs for the different impedences available to you. By the way, no impedance is really 'better' or 'worse' than any other ones. You just use different ones to achieve different impedences, depending on what your setup looks like. Some people argue that parallel is better to run, just because most amps are more efficient at lower impedances, which is what 'parallel' does. However, there are many situations where wiring in series is more appropriate, because some amps can't operate below 2 ohms. So, if somebody had a 1-ohm DVC sub but an amp that ran at 2 ohms, they'd have to run a 'series' load. I hate to confuse you, it's just install-dependant. [/QUOTE]
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