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the0ne

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Posted: January 25, 2005 at 4:26 PM / IP Logged

I have a 600W amp, and a 600W dual voice coil subwoofer. Would it be better to hook each voice coil to a seperate channel, or bridge the amp and connect the voice coils in series -or- keep the amp bridged and connect the voice coils in parallel??

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Posted: January 25, 2005 at 4:31 PM / IP Logged

what amp/sub, need to know what the amp is stable to in ohms, is the woofer a dual 4 ohm, a dual 2 ohm???

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the0ne

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Posted: January 25, 2005 at 4:36 PM / IP Logged

600W Kenwood amp, 12" audiobahn 4 ohm dual voice coil

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Posted: January 25, 2005 at 10:44 PM / IP Logged

Best choice is number 2. Series wire the coils to make an 8 ohm sub. Bridge to the amp for an 8 ohm bridged output (half the output of the rated 4 ohm output.) Number 1 is the same output. And number 3 will be too low an impedance for the amp.

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