can 2 2ohm dvc’s be wired to 1ohm?
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Topic: can 2 2ohm dvc’s be wired to 1ohm?
Posted By: jcassonjr
Subject: can 2 2ohm dvc’s be wired to 1ohm?
Date Posted: May 24, 2007 at 10:35 PM
Can a pair of 2ohm dvc subs be wired to 1ohm?
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Alpine cda-9855
Alpine Mrd-m1000
1 farad digital Rockford cap
2 Treo SSi 12's
Large centerport box
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Posted By: tdsteele
Date Posted: May 24, 2007 at 10:38 PM
No, they can be either wired for 2 ohm or 8 ohm.
Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: May 24, 2007 at 10:50 PM
The caveat is, of course, that yes they can if only one coil on each sub is used. But that is beside the point. The fact is, if you want to run two subs at 1 ohm you should buy subs that will yield that impedance. Two DVC 4's. My advice, though, is to enjoy the response you will get with your current subs at 2 ohms impedance...and forget about wishing for that ultimate 1 ohm SPL. It ain't all that.
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Posted By: jcassonjr
Date Posted: May 24, 2007 at 11:57 PM
Right now they are wired at 4 ohms, according to my meter. How the hell did that happen?
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Alpine cda-9855
Alpine Mrd-m1000
1 farad digital Rockford cap
2 Treo SSi 12's
Large centerport box
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: May 25, 2007 at 8:12 AM
jcassonjr wrote:
Right now they are wired at 4 ohms, according to my meter. How the hell did that happen?
4 ohms EACH, or 4 ohms TOTAL? If total, you DON'T have DVC 2 ohm woofers - you CAN'T. EACH, that's a perfectly possible result, by wiring the VCs in series, that'll give you the 4 ohms. ------------- 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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