would you do 2ohms or 4ohms?

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im curious which ohms with these criteria's would you go with? im just kinda curious why would we want to go with one or the other. 

*watts rms.

2ohms or 4ohms is the criteria. same woofer but it has the option of either ohms. 

woofer spec is 400rms on either ohms. max is 1400watts

given you have an amp that can play either.

the amp spec is, 800rms at 4ohms and 1400rms at 2ohms. 

which one would you do  and why?

why would you not want to do the other?

im just going with the basic thinking is that wouldnt a person want more power if given the choice? 

 
Its always a good idea to post model numbers of the items you are asking about. As it stands now, you seem to be asking if its better to run 800 watts or 1400 watts through a 400 watt speaker.

Keep in mind that impedance rise is frequency based. Its a much bigger issue to SPL guys who burp at a specific frequency than it is for daily systems that are required to play a wide(r) frequency spectrum. Trying to run a 400 watt sub with a 800 or 1400 watt amp in a daily system is likely to lead to speaker failure.

Also, unless you mean the same speaker model but a different version, there should never be any one single driver that can be 4ohms or 2ohms, unless its a dvc 2ohm and you are contemplating running only one coil, which would present a few new issues to account for.

 
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always have more power than needed, you'll get the output you want, clean signal and the amp is not 100% redlined which helps everything stay nice and cool. Nothing is going to fail as long as you set the gains properly to keep the speaker well within limits.

 
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