2 ohm quad coil subs

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Topic: 2 ohm quad coil subs

Posted By: sackreligious
Subject: 2 ohm quad coil subs
Date Posted: March 06, 2009 at 7:48 PM

i know that this is going to sound like walkerhounds23 question its similar but different i have an audiobaun AWSI10P sub this speaker actually has 4 voice coils on the sight its called quad coil subs https://www.autoaccessorystore.com/home_n.asp?dir=detail&id=1151 the link is the only one i could find my speaker is the same but 10 inch and only 1500 watts The Immortal series when i first bought them just the look sold me however i really didn't pay attention to the coils i have a clarion dpx 1800 with one single Audubon AW1005Q ran at 4 ohms and Ive been happy with it but spent the money before reading so now i need to know what to do i have a 94 Honda accord 2 door coupe i would like to get the most out of the amp so I'm wanting to go into the 2 or 1 ohm rang and I'm totally lost on what to do should i get a cap should i run one of them or both of them can someone show me how to hook it up could someone come and hook it up lol just joking but a couple of diagrams wouldn't hurt oh and what kind of box do you recomend id like to show them off but dont have to

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Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: March 06, 2009 at 8:05 PM

Sentences, spaces and punctuation really do wonders to promote readership. That's exhausting trying to read that without taking a breath.

Ask someone who knows how to read their digital multimeter to check those coils for resistance. If a coil shows a true resistance of, say, 0.8 ohms then it's a 1 ohm impedance. If it reads something like 1.2 then it's a 1.5 ohm coil. If it reads 1.6 or so ohms resistance, it's a 2 ohm coil. I don't know if you'll find any other way to be sure.

Best box to use for that subwoofer is a totally clear extra thick plexiglass. You'll want to be able to see all of that sub. posted_image

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Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: March 06, 2009 at 11:35 PM

yeah, definitely, you need to give us what EACH coil is rated at because it makes a big difference overall. i have one friend that runs an immortal and believe me, it is definitely audiobahns BEST sub. more flashy than it is loud but it is definitely pretty loud im the right box. but, after you tell us what each coil is rated at, we can give you a much better answer.

p.s. use some kind of punctuation, please. it makes it so much easier to understand without having to judge where your sentences end and where they begin. thanks

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Posted By: whiterob
Date Posted: March 08, 2009 at 1:50 AM

stevdart wrote:

Best box to use for that subwoofer is a totally clear extra thick plexiglass. You'll want to be able to see all of that sub.

lol

Posted By: sackreligious
Date Posted: March 09, 2009 at 10:41 AM

OK,

Well as far as the manual goes it says its an Audiobahn Quad 2 Ohm Voice Coil Sub. So im asuming that it has 4 voice coils that have a 2ohm load each. When i hook an ohm meater to each coil they show a load more like 1.5 to 1.8 each. I dont know if thats anymore help or not but lets go from there.

Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: March 09, 2009 at 11:14 AM

ok just look at this diagram. it shows 2 subs but dont pay attention to that, its only the number or voice coils that matters. i would suggest wiring it to 2 ohms unless you want to go through the trouble to find an amp that is half ohm stable

quad 2 ohm sub diagram

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