What's louder?

[Jer510 10+ year member]

What's louder. Paralleled voice coils/series woofers or series voice coils/woofers paralleled? Both are wired to 2 ohms.

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[schackel 10+ year member]

the same.

series multiplys by 2

parrel divides by 2

so x=sub ohms

2x/2 = x

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

Seriously? I used to have two dual 4 ohm subs hooked to my kicker zx 750.1 and I was only getting half the amps power. Today I got the dual 2 ohm subs thinking it would be louder but it sounds all most the same. I thought maybe the wiring was wrong..

 

[schackel 10+ year member]

the 2 ohm subs should be louder. if they are the same subs ofcoarse

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

they are the same subs, they are 10s instead of 12s though..but the rms is the same

 

[I Like Waffle]

10s wont have the same output as 12"s by any means. About the original question though, i read that when wiring the VC's in series it increases motor strength (bl) for some reason, i havent tested it or anything though. I always wire everything in parallel inside of the box, then just series at the terminals, that way if i need to change something its simple.

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

So paralleled voice coils/series woofers vs. series voice coils/woofers paralleled pretty much sound the same?

 

[I Like Waffle]

series wired VCs is supposed to make a difference, however i havent tested it. Maybe someone with more knowledge will add some input on this

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

series wired VCs is supposed to make a difference, however i havent tested it. Maybe someone with more knowledge will add some input on this

series voice coil + paralleled woofer?

 

[Ferendon 10+ year member]

Yes.

And if you were only getting half the amp's power, then you were probably at 4 ohm, and your only other option was 1 ohm.

With dual 2s, you can get 2 or 8 ohm. Most monoblocks aren't 1 ohm stable, so they put out their best power at 2 ohm.

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

Yes.And if you were only getting half the amp's power, then you were probably at 4 ohm, and your only other option was 1 ohm.

With dual 2s, you can get 2 or 8 ohm. Most monoblocks aren't 1 ohm stable, so they put out their best power at 2 ohm.

Is it possible that the shop wired my two dual 2 ohm subs to have a 8 ohm final load at the amp. My amp is 2 ohm and 4 ohm stable.

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

Is it possible that the shop wired my two dual 2 ohm subs to have a 8 ohm final load at the amp. My amp is 2 ohm and 4 ohm stable.

anything is possible.

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

would the subs play if the ohm load was 8 ohms?

 

[MasterOfAllBass 10+ year member]

would the subs play if the ohm load was 8 ohms?

yeah, all its doing is telling the amp how much power to send to your subs.

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

could running the amp at a 8 ohm load mess it up?