10w6v2 wiring question

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Topic: 10w6v2 wiring question

Posted By: snowdeath
Subject: 10w6v2 wiring question
Date Posted: January 12, 2004 at 11:16 PM

Would it be possible to run two jl 10w6v2 at 4ohms powered by an Ample Audio Exonic 1500dx amp. The amp is 800w x1 @ 4ohms. The subs have a 400w rms rating.

Amp: https://www.ampleaudio.com/product2.html
Subs: https://jlaudio.com/subwoofers/10w6v2.html

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Posted By: snowdeath
Date Posted: January 12, 2004 at 11:18 PM

one more question... Would it be better to run the subs at 4ohms with this amp, or get a different amp and run the subs at 2ohms?

Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: January 12, 2004 at 11:23 PM

Wire your subs in series - parallel https://www.audiobahninc.com/tech/wiring/Series_Parallel_dual_4_ohm.pdf for a 4 ohm load on the amp for 800X1 watts total or 400 watts per sub

Posted By: wvsquirrel
Date Posted: January 12, 2004 at 11:28 PM

Yes, you can run (2) 10W6V2's at 4ohms. Since they're 4ohm DVC's, you would wire them in series/parallel for the 4ohm total load.

I haven't heard of the amp you listed above, but I would choose a Class D mono amp over a Class AB amp for subs any day (since the sub performs the same at 2 and 4 ohms). If you ran those subs at 2ohms, you would need to either use (2) Class D amps or (1) Class AB 2-channel amp. If you can get the required wattage from a quality Class D amp at 4ohms then IMO go for it...

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Posted By: wvsquirrel
Date Posted: January 12, 2004 at 11:29 PM

You beat me to it again bberman! I need to start typing faster!!!

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Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: January 12, 2004 at 11:37 PM