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Old 01-29-2009, 02:16 AM   #5 (permalink)
djskorch
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yes that would not work unless the 8ohm amp is able to bridge to 4 or 2 ohms. its a little complicated at first but if you do some quick searchin on the net about running subs in series and in parallel, the difference between single and dual voice coil subs, and the difference that running amps at 4ohm vs 2ohm ect, you will understand alot quicker.

just a quick example. if you have a 4 channel amp that will run 4ohms per channel and put out 75 watts rms per channel, then if the amp can handle running at 2 ohms, you would bridge the from channels together, and the rear channels together to drop to 2ohms and then the amp would run 150w watts rms per channel. as far as running subs in series or parallel, if you have 2 single voice coil subs at 4 ohms each, you would run them in parallel meaning the positive on one sub connects to the negative on the other, and then the remaining positive and negative wires would run to your amp. doing this would drop the ohm load on the subs to 2ohms to match with the amp. i know it gets complicated but a quick bit of research should help you out. gl
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