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awd_sr 
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Posted: June 26, 2002 at 1:51 PM / IP Logged  

ok, here's yet another question in my quest for bass in little as possible space...

My MTX Thunder 280 amp can deliver 80W RMS/channel at 2ohms, and 160W RMS bridged into 4 ohms.   So, would I be better off getting a 2ohm dual voice coil sub and pushing 80 watts to each coil, or getting a regular 4ohm sub and pushing the 160 watts to it?  Or will they be equal?

Thanks for any input!

DjRDifacs 
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Posted: June 26, 2002 at 2:00 PM / IP Logged  

get a single 4 ohm sub ....if you get a dual 2 ohm and wire 'em to each channel, you could blow the sub

i used to have a 12 inch pioneer diamond coned sub and its 160W RMS and it hits pretty hard .....my girlfriend has the same sub but mine hit harder cuz i gotta rodeo, and she has a 4 door integ.

now i gotta 10 inch infinity perfect and a bazooka el1500 mono amp and it hits hella hard. 

GlassWolf 
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Posted: June 26, 2002 at 5:24 PM / IP Logged  
for use with a single driver, I'd go with a single 4 ohm sub, and bridge the amp to mono. the amp will "see" a 2 ohm load and double the power output to the sub, so you'll get more power that way. a 2 ohm sub on a bridged amp, will show a 1 ohm load, and I only know a few amps that are built for that sort of load... and they don't come cheap.
-GlassWolf
Pioneer Stage-4, Orion, DynAudio, Fi
awd_sr 
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Posted: June 26, 2002 at 7:44 PM / IP Logged  
thanks GlassWolf, I never thought of it like that, it sees the 4 ohm load in parallel with itself I guess.  Cool, I found this shop that has an Audiobahn AW1251X for 75 bucks, should I throw that in my box?
Static Revenger 
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Posted: June 27, 2002 at 1:55 PM / IP Logged  

An note about the Thunder 280 amps,they usaully put out a good bit more power than they are actually rated at i.e. I had one of the thunder amps don't remember the model # but it was rated @ 40x2 12v & 60 or 70x2 @ 14.4v but it tested @ 78x2 @ 12v & 128x2 @ 14.4v. Dual Voice Coil versus Single - Last Post -- posted image.

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awd_sr 
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Posted: June 27, 2002 at 3:11 PM / IP Logged  

man, I need to step up my voltage then, do you know how I can step it up to 14.4 for this amp?  Maybe a voltage regulator of some sort??? Thanks Static Revenger, i did notice the diffence in the advertised specs.

GlassWolf 
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Posted: June 29, 2002 at 1:01 AM / IP Logged  
yup.
exactly.
see if your alternator uses an external regulator, and set it to 14.4V above idle.
that's how my Festiva was wired with it's Lestech 150-ampere alternator and ext. reg.
-GlassWolf
Pioneer Stage-4, Orion, DynAudio, Fi
awd_sr 
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Posted: June 29, 2002 at 5:23 AM / IP Logged  
thanks GlassWolf, I';ll check that out...NOW in fact ;)

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