ok, so I have no clue...

[Shift_Now]

well I;ve tried other places to find this information, and so far no luck. Well I'm looking into buying a single voice coil sub, and its rated for 4 ohms. But my amp is rated at 2 ohms. Would it still sound good and be safe to run this set up "as is"?

[DaveSmed]

Yes.

[StereoInstaller1]

Is your amp a 2 channel?

[Shift_Now]

yes, its a 2-channel. I could bridge it to bring it up to 4-ohms, but I was told it is better to run the amp at lower ohms, as long as it is still stable there.

[StereoInstaller1]

4 ohms bridged is 2 ohms per channel: the amp sees the load on both channels.

Any lower is going to blow the amp up sooner or later. Use a 4 ohm load ONLY.

Luke

[Shift_Now]

really? ok, sounds like a plan. Thanks Luke.

[TheEtaUnderdog]

he has a single voice coil sub rated at four ohms. I don't care how he bridges it, the amp is seeing only 4 ohms. Its stable and he's good to go

[TheEtaUnderdog]

Now if he had a DVC sub or 2 subs, then he starts running in to the ideas of parallel or series, and bridging or indepent channls. But as is, bridge the channels and it will see 4 ohms all day long. Now if u have a reallllllly pimp amp like the Incrimanator Audio 20.1 you can see .5 ohms or lower all day now and not worry :-D

[StereoInstaller1]

he has a single voice coil sub rated at four ohms. I don't care how he bridges it, the amp is seeing only 4 ohms. Its stable and he's good to go

Wait, what?

4 ohms mono = 2 ohms per channel...that is the correct answer.

If you think otherwise, go read and learn. You will find I am correct.

Luke

[ejnight]

Wait, what?

4 ohms mono = 2 ohms per channel...that is the correct answer.

If you think otherwise, go read and learn. You will find I am correct.

Luke

you are both saying the same thing and are both right.