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series vs parallel

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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: May 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM


Topic: series vs parallel

Posted By: the0ne
Subject: series vs parallel
Date Posted: January 25, 2005 at 4:26 PM

I have a 600W amp, and a 600W dual voice coil subwoofer. Would it be better to hook each voice coil to a seperate channel, or bridge the amp and connect the voice coils in series -or- keep the amp bridged and connect the voice coils in parallel??




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Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: January 25, 2005 at 4:31 PM
what amp/sub, need to know what the amp is stable to in ohms, is the woofer a dual 4 ohm, a dual 2 ohm???

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Posted By: the0ne
Date Posted: January 25, 2005 at 4:36 PM

600W Kenwood amp, 12"  audiobahn 4 ohm dual voice coil




Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: January 25, 2005 at 10:44 PM
Best choice is number 2.  Series wire the coils to make an 8 ohm sub.  Bridge to the amp for an 8 ohm bridged output (half the output of the rated 4 ohm output.)  Number 1 is the same output.  And number 3 will be too low an impedance for the amp.
 


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