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two dual voice coil speakers to a mono amp?


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I am going to hook up two dual voice coil speakers to a mono amp at 1 ohm. How do I do this? Is it better hooking them up parallel? And how do I do that. Also do you get better performance from a speaker thats hooked up at one ohm rather than 2 or 4, or does it even matter as long as the RMS matches up with the amp?Thankyou
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what is the impedance of the dual voice coil speakers?  Like dual 2 ohm? dual 4 ohm?
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Dual 2 ohm

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two dual voice coil speakers to a mono amp? -- posted image.

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What about a 1 ohm load? Do you have a diagram of that?

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Also, if I hook up the speakers like it shows in the diagram to a 1 ohm stable amp, will that bring them to 1 ohm instead of two? How do you hook up a 1 ohm load?
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And where did you get that diagram?
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You can't get 1 ohm out of 2 2Ohm DVC speakers. But only 1 2 Ohm DVC can be wired in parallel, but can one speaker handle all those Watts of power? What is the amplifer (are you sure it can be wired for 1 Ohm loads)?
2 4 Ohm DVC subs can be both wired in parallel (and the individual coils in parallel to get a 1 Ohm load)
Basically, (4) 4 Ohm Parallel Impedances = 1 Ohm
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Diagram is from Rockford's site. This forum also has a calculator page in the left hand menu...
https://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/boxcalcs.asp
Hope this helps.
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The speaker is a 15 inch Eclipse Sub and it is 1 ohm capable. What is parallel? And I haven't got the amp yet, I'm trying to figure out which one to get.
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