Woofer Wiring, 1 Channel Mono or 2 Channel Stereo?
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Topic: Woofer Wiring, 1 Channel Mono or 2 Channel Stereo?
Posted By: superstreet786
Subject: Woofer Wiring, 1 Channel Mono or 2 Channel Stereo?
Date Posted: November 09, 2003 at 1:41 PM
Ok, I have 2 12's in a Sealed box and I need to wire them up to my amp to get the most power... my amp is 600x1 @ 4 ohm... my subs are 8 ohm and they cut down to 4 ohm with the 2 wires out the back of the box. do i bridge this to get the 600 watts or just hook it up to one channel?
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---- 1996 Chevy S10 ----
1 Lightning Audio S2.600.2 Amp
2 Lightning Audio 12" Subs
1 Lightning Audio 1 Farad Cap
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Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: November 09, 2003 at 2:35 PM
need more info about the subs, are the both 4ohm dvc? if so run them in series parallel, or parallel series to get your 4ohm load to the amp.
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Posted By: superstreet786
Date Posted: November 09, 2003 at 2:48 PM
they are 2 SVC 8 ohm subs. They are in a MTX box and they are wired up to where it is 4 ohm coming out of the box
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---- 1996 Chevy S10 ----
1 Lightning Audio S2.600.2 Amp
2 Lightning Audio 12" Subs
1 Lightning Audio 1 Farad Cap
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: November 09, 2003 at 3:53 PM
Run your 4 ohm sub load to your amp and connect it bridged.
Posted By: superstreet786
Date Posted: November 09, 2003 at 4:16 PM
Thank you both Ketel and DYohn
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---- 1996 Chevy S10 ----
1 Lightning Audio S2.600.2 Amp
2 Lightning Audio 12" Subs
1 Lightning Audio 1 Farad Cap
Posted By: Steven Kephart
Date Posted: November 09, 2003 at 4:27 PM
When I was hooking up my sub to my amp, I was fortunate to have the CEO/engineer of the company who built my sub present. It is a dual 2 ohm voice coil sub and I am hooking it up to an Arc 1500dr 2 channel amp. I asked him if it would be better to hook it up bridged at 1 ohm, or 2 ohm "stereo" since both provide the same amount of power. He said it was a little easier on the amp to hook it up to each channel instead of bridging. In your case, if the subs share the same air space then make sure your signal is mono going to the amp.
Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: November 09, 2003 at 4:37 PM
its my belief that a mono signal to subs is always better because the right and left channel can change which would make the subs hit differently ------------- Quad L Handyman services
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