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Old Jul 18, 2011 | 07:51 PM
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Are you able to wire a 4ohm dvc sub to a 4 ohm amp? Thanks in advance
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Old Jul 18, 2011 | 07:57 PM
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Assuming the DVC is a "4+4", you can run it as an 8 or a 2 ohm load. If you run it at 8 ohms, it would probably be stable but you won't get much current though it. If your amp is 2 ohm stable, that would be your best option. Otherwise, you could buy another identical DVC cone and run them as series/parallel and the amp would see both of them together as a 4 ohm load.
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Assuming the DVC is a "4+4", you can run it as an 8 or a 2 ohm load. If you run it at 8 ohms, it would probably be stable but you won't get much current though it. If your amp is 2 ohm stable, that would be your best option. Otherwise, you could buy another identical DVC cone and run them as series/parallel and the amp would see both of them together as a 4 ohm load.
This is what I figured. Thanks for the quick reply. Problem is, the amp im using right now barely has enough power to push the single sub, let alone 2 of them. And yes, the amp is only 4 ohm stable.
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