Wiring 3, 4ohm dual Voice Coil subs?

[Vegas WRX 10+ year member]

Is it possible to wire 3 dual 4ohm subs down to near 1 ohm?

I was at an audio shop and the guy said I could wire them 2 in series 1 in parallel (or was it 2 parallel and 1 in series?)

I said it didnt sound right, so he took 3 dual 4's out, Is jumpers and speaker wire and wired them as such, hooked up the meter and it read 1.3ohms. So I know it can be done, but i think it wouldnt work because the subs would see different powers. He told me that you just power to one and it will distribute through them all since its a 1.3 ohm circuit they will all see the same power.

IS THIS TRUE? Or is 2.67 the best I can get too?

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[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

2.66 or 6 ohms...

 

[GlassEyez 10+ year member]

2.66 or 6 ohms...

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[Vegas WRX 10+ year member]

This is what I thought. But I saw it with my own eyes so I wanted to clarify.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

2.66 or 6 ohms...

.6

more like .7, it depends on what your coils read, even though they say 4 it might be more like 4.3, measure them, also you will have box rise so your amp might handle it fine

 

[Vegas WRX 10+ year member]

The rise would actually make it worse on the amp. I have a sundown 1200d. I need to get down to 1 ohm to get the most of it.

Not sure what I am going to do.

 

[cx-7heaven 10+ year member]

.6
more like .7, it depends on what your coils read, even though they say 4 it might be more like 4.3, measure them, also you will have box rise so your amp might handle it fine

This is correct for you