What The Hell Do These Ohm's Mean?

[andre_jeong]

if a sub says impendance 2 ohms then does that mean i have to get a amp that is 2 Ohms???im new to this....i plan on getting a single 12 inch alpine type r or a single 12 inch kicker cvr...which amp will be best for these subs??and which sub is gonna be louder???THANKS!!!

[Decaf]

ohm is resistance so

type r's have two voicecoils wrapped together so each coil (positive and negative on each side of sub) should read around 4 ohms or 2 ohms depending on which model you get

same goes for kicker using dvc

personally ive seen ALOT of type r setups that are very loud

id suggest any amp that puts out 5-700w as type rs are infamous for taking more than they're rated

never liked anything kicker

ie: (1)12" alpine type r dual 2 ohm powered by rockford fosgate t500-1bd would be nice

[andre_jeong]

ohm is resistance so

type r's have two voicecoils wrapped together so each coil (positive and negative on each side of sub) should read around 4 ohms or 2 ohms depending on which model you get

same goes for kicker using dvc

personally ive seen ALOT of type r setups that are very loud

id suggest any amp that puts out 5-700w as type rs are infamous for taking more than they're rated

never liked anything kicker

ie: (1)12" alpine type r dual 2 ohm powered by rockford fosgate t500-1bd would be nice

should the amp be 2 ohms????...do amps have ohms??...i dont know anything about this stuff

[Decaf]

ohms are a measurement of resistance, the less resistance the more power

so most 1 channel or mono amps produce power from 1-4ohms, the lower the ohm the more power

the amp i suggested puts the most power at 1 ohms, so u need a dual 2 ohm type r cause it will walk all ofer that kicker

[Torres]

if your kicker is a 2 ohm dual voice coil sub, wiring just that 1 sub to your amp will give you either a 1 ohm load, or 4 ohm load. 1 ohm load wired in parallel, or a 4 ohm load wired in series.

a 1 ohm dual voice coil sub will give you a .5 ohm load wired in parallel, or 2 ohm load wired in series.

4 ohm dual voice coil sub will give you a 2 ohm load wired in parallel, or 8 ohm load wired in series.

see the pattern that follows?

[pstone11]

ie: (1)12" alpine type r dual 2 ohm powered by rockford fosgate t500-1bd would be nice

A type r can handle 1000RMS daily? Both t500bd's i've got put out just over 1000 watts rms@1.

I'm just curious, seems like a little too much power for it.

[Guest]

Get an amp that is "2 ohm stable" which is practically every amp made

I would get a Kicker 750.1 to start off on that. its 2 ohm stable so you can use your R

or you can get a Hifonics amp and it is 1 ohm stable.

[IH8PunkRok]

we need a sticky on this

cause there have been more than one of these threads around here lately

also krannyman u cant get 2 ohms out of a 2 ohm dvc sub

he needs 1 ohm or 4 ohm

Edited May 1, 2008 by IH8PunkRok

[NAH916]

we need a sticky on this

cause there have been more than one of these threads around here lately

also krannyman u cant get 2 ohms out of a 2 ohm dvc sub

he needs 1 ohm or 4 ohm

I believe we did have some type of sticky in the subwoofer/enclosure section...... but I could be wrong.

[Guest]

oh oops, didnt know it was a dual 2.

I suggest a Hifonics TXi 7508 750rms at 1 ohm

off topic, but he has to bump his electrical up a little bit. 700w can take a toll on a crap electrical