blown sail panel sub
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blown sail panel sub OK, so ive been doing a ton of searching and havent really come up with the solution im looking for. I just blew a sail panel sub in my T/A. Now, I understand its a dual voice coil and has 4 wires, on the back of the speaker it says 4ohm/4ohm. Im guessing this means each voice coil has 4ohms each. My question is, is it possible to install a regular 4 ohm speaker that will handle higher RMS and wire both positive wires to the one positive terminal on the speaker and do the same for the negative. Or can you get away with just using two of the wires in each connector? Im asking because Im going on a trip in the next couple days and I want to find something locally I can use, I dont think an internet order will be here soon enough. Or should I just leave it unplugged for now until I can get a set up from KeeAudio? Thanks in advance for the help
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It is not a good idea to connect both amplifier channels to one set of speaker connections. In effect, that is bridging the channels of an amp that isn't designed for bridging.
You could just hook up one channel and leave the other disconnected. That would cut your total power to each sub in half which results in a 3dB drop in volume - noticeable but not that much. (It takes a 10x change in power to cause a 2x change in volume... e.g. reducing a 300W amp to 30W would cut the volume in half.)
You could just hook up one channel and leave the other disconnected. That would cut your total power to each sub in half which results in a 3dB drop in volume - noticeable but not that much. (It takes a 10x change in power to cause a 2x change in volume... e.g. reducing a 300W amp to 30W would cut the volume in half.)
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If you get a pair from them i would buy the other good one you have now because i have one that is blown. Also it is my understanding that the resson they went to dvc on these cars was to get a mono bass instead of stereo. You get your depth from the midbass drivers in the doors. Plus the lower the freequancy the less directional it is. You guys ever listen to a 4th gen monsoon with a 8 inch sas tube with built in amp thats waht i have and it is the **** for its size.
If you get a pair from them i would buy the other good one you have now because i have one that is blown. Also it is my understanding that the resson they went to dvc on these cars was to get a mono bass instead of stereo. You get your depth from the midbass drivers in the doors. Plus the lower the freequancy the less directional it is. You guys ever listen to a 4th gen monsoon with a 8 inch sas tube with built in amp thats waht i have and it is the **** for its size.
