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derek1002 
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Posted: March 07, 2007 at 6:10 PM / IP Logged  

I have a Orion amp that i would like to run at one or two ohm's becouse it puts out alot more power at lower ohm loads.I want to do this with 1 woffer that is 4 ohm's.Iwas told it could be done with a resistor but i could not figue out what resistor i needed on the resistor page.Is this possible? and will it dammage the sub?

Thanks,Derek

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It won't damage the amp but it will use up all the extra power your amp will make, and also make a lot of extra heat that you will have to dissapate. Save your money and get a dual voice coil woffer with dual 2 ohm coils.
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Posted: March 07, 2007 at 6:42 PM / IP Logged  

Think about it, Derek.  You've got a 4 ohm load (the woofer) and you want to add another 4 ohm load using a dummy resistor load.  The woofer actually makes sound but the dummy load only turns power into heat.  You're making the amplifier work much harder and using a lot more of your car's energy resources, while the sub is still putting out the same power it would put out if you just attached the sub to the amp at 4 ohms.  The other half of all this "extra power" is burning up in the resistor.

Dummy loads are used for testing, by the way.  Here is an example.

Build the box so that it performs well in the worst case scenario and, in return, it will reward you at all times.
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yup the resistor will just make heat and wont handle much power eather. a speaker is a resistor...
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Posted: March 07, 2007 at 10:57 PM / IP Logged  
Not to mention (and everybody always forgets this) when you double your power, you will only gain 3dB in output THEORETICALLY. Barely a noticeable difference, while overworking every component in your car... Not worth it, unless you are competing in the SPL arena. Are you competing in the SPL arena? No? Forget about it, then...
It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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