AUDIO GUYS, I have a question
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Staging Lane
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AUDIO GUYS, I have a question Ok, so I have a 2000 SS with the monsoon system. I got some 6.5" subs for the sail panels, but they are 2ohm DVC, the stockers are 2ohm SVC. Can I use them? If so, how do I wire them. Thanks
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Yes, you can use them but the configuration will not be ideal. You would have to connect only one voice coil of each sub effectively using them as SVC. That's the only way to make them work as a 2-ohm SVC replacement.
Your other option is to connect the voice coils in series creating a 4-ohm SVC sub. That gets the most out of the speaker but the increased impedance to the amp will cut your power output there. Cutting the power in half doesn't cut output in half... it causes a 3dB drop in output which is about one click of the volume ****. The amp can easily handle the higher impedance but it could not handle the 1-ohm impedance that would result if you were to wire the voice coils in parallel instead of series.
Your other option is to connect the voice coils in series creating a 4-ohm SVC sub. That gets the most out of the speaker but the increased impedance to the amp will cut your power output there. Cutting the power in half doesn't cut output in half... it causes a 3dB drop in output which is about one click of the volume ****. The amp can easily handle the higher impedance but it could not handle the 1-ohm impedance that would result if you were to wire the voice coils in parallel instead of series.
Thread Starter
Staging Lane
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 85
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Yes, you can use them but the configuration will not be ideal. You would have to connect only one voice coil of each sub effectively using them as SVC. That's the only way to make them work as a 2-ohm SVC replacement.
Your other option is to connect the voice coils in series creating a 4-ohm SVC sub. That gets the most out of the speaker but the increased impedance to the amp will cut your power output there. Cutting the power in half doesn't cut output in half... it causes a 3dB drop in output which is about one click of the volume ****. The amp can easily handle the higher impedance but it could not handle the 1-ohm impedance that would result if you were to wire the voice coils in parallel instead of series.
Your other option is to connect the voice coils in series creating a 4-ohm SVC sub. That gets the most out of the speaker but the increased impedance to the amp will cut your power output there. Cutting the power in half doesn't cut output in half... it causes a 3dB drop in output which is about one click of the volume ****. The amp can easily handle the higher impedance but it could not handle the 1-ohm impedance that would result if you were to wire the voice coils in parallel instead of series.
