Socketman

Hey

I have a svc sub rated at 4 ohms and an amp capable of 2 ohm operation. What would happen if i gutted another 4ohm speaker and wired it up in paralell ,would this force the amp to provide its full 2ohm rating or does it require the resitive load provided by the basket.

Gmac

you want to take the vc out of another sub?
I would assume the amp would provide its full power but half of it would be wasted. This is not a good idea at all.

Sassmaster

iTrader: (2)

umm bad idea. unless the heater in your car's broken, in which case, if U put a big enough fan you could use your amp to heat your car by blowing the heat off the 2nd voice coil.

Socketman

Gmac

not the voice coil just the cone,how would this be any different than running a dual voice coil sub in paralell.

MR2NR

iTrader: (66)

Runnind a second cone is similar to a passive radiator , it has no effect on loading of the amplifier but in most cases results in more bass being produced. Without a voice coil moving in and out of a magnet and connected to an amp or another speaker, it will not change the load on an amp. No matter what way you slice it you cannot and will not be able to make the amp see a 2 ohm load unless you wire in parallel another 4 ohm sub. There is no magic sub dust that can make this happen.

Should you say take a 4ohm resister and wire it in parallel sure the amp will see a 2 ohm load and procude it's full rated power which will be split equally between the resistor and the sub, thus it will be no louder but the car might get a little warmer.

You should also consider the amp that you have, is it a 2 ohm capable 2 channel amp or is it a mono sub amp. Just because an amp says it can play at 2 ohms does not mean that it can do this in mono.

noid_19

nice try lol