1 ohm or 2? Orion H2 15

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Topic: 1 ohm or 2? Orion H2 15

Posted By: jettagli03
Subject: 1 ohm or 2? Orion H2 15
Date Posted: July 01, 2005 at 5:07 PM

I was wondering how stable or safe would it be to run an Orion H2 15D2 with a Orion 2500D running a parallel circut at 1 ohm for a daily driver or if I should sacrfice some power and purchase the Orion H2 15D4 and run it in parallel curcuit at 2 ohms.

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Posted By: boulderguy
Date Posted: July 01, 2005 at 5:48 PM

For pure SQ reasons I'd go with the 2 ohm anyday. You'd have twice the headroom. But given that you've "fried me Brahma," you may want to re-evaluate some things, IMO.

Posted By: jettagli03
Date Posted: July 01, 2005 at 7:43 PM

Yeah I was thinking I probly dont even need the extra power anyways, I drive a Jetta posted_image

and its pretty dang small. 2 OHM IT IS!

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Posted By: boulderguy
Date Posted: July 02, 2005 at 1:32 AM

Along those lines, there really aren't any single drivers built to handle that kind of power for daily use. An amp that size is really for multiple drivers and/or SPL contests. The exception is some very atypical box designs, something like a 15" driver in 1/2 cu ft box. Check out Carver's home theater subwoofer - a true 2k watt amp built into a very small cabinet with a single driver. He operates under a different company name these days, I forget what it's called.

On the other hand, it's always nice to have power to spare...