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Mar 6 2012 04:17pm
I'm wanting to know before I wire everything to drop to 2 ohms, that I am doing it correctly.
So i made this charge, and hopefully someone knowledgeable enough can confirm this is all correct.

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Mar 6 2012 06:18pm
Iso some confirmation that this all checks out ok please.

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Mar 6 2012 09:11pm
You're better off getting 2 amps. A 4 channel and a 2 channel.
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You're better off getting 2 amps. A 4 channel and a 2 channel.


Explain please, because then i wouldnt be able to drop the ohms to 2 with all speakers unless i wasted rms on 2 empty channels (considering i will be dropping to 2ohms)

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i dropped some ohm runes by act2 stash
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i dropped some ohm runes by act2 stash


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Mar 7 2012 03:35am
the diagram is right i just don't know how well its going to work out. i've never wired different ohm loads on the same amp but it should be okay.
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Explain please, because then i wouldnt be able to drop the ohms to 2 with all speakers unless i wasted rms on 2 empty channels (considering i will be dropping to 2ohms)


The only reason I say that is because most likely you arent going to see the power that you want from the amp. If you ran them at 4 ohms, which would probably sound a bit better, yea you wouldnt be powering them fully, but you have to remember, you'd also be removing 4 speakers which would give you more power. Speakers are better to run at 4 ohm than 2 or 1.

Yes the ohms are correct.


Buuut, might I suggest getting crossovers for the mid range/tweeter combination?
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Mar 7 2012 04:09pm
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The only reason I say that is because most likely you arent going to see the power that you want from the amp. If you ran them at 4 ohms, which would probably sound a bit better, yea you wouldnt be powering them fully, but you have to remember, you'd also be removing 4 speakers which would give you more power. Speakers are better to run at 4 ohm than 2 or 1.

Yes the ohms are correct.


Buuut, might I suggest getting crossovers for the mid range/tweeter combination?


When you have speakers that handle a lot of power more often than not 2 ohm is better... I run 2 ohm to my door speakers and notice no SQ difference just that they got almost twice as loud.

That diagram is correct and will work fine, you'd be suprised what you can get away with, with ohm loads.

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Quote (Hellish Orc @ Mar 7 2012 05:09pm)
When you have speakers that handle a lot of power more often than not 2 ohm is better... I run 2 ohm to my door speakers and notice no SQ difference just that they got almost twice as loud.

That diagram is correct and will work fine, you'd be suprised what you can get away with, with ohm loads.


How are your door speakers wired up? You dont have crossovers, how did you run them @ 2 ohm? I dont even remember what you had for door speakers. All I remember is that they are in the stock locations.
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