hawkeyeZ28

which is better?

onebadwagon

theoretically, the higher the resistance of a woofer, the better control over its movement an amp will have. so if you took an 8 ohm woofer, and put 500 watts, it would sound better than the same woofer, wound with a 4 ohm coil, and 500 watts, but it takes alot of money to push much power into high resistance woofers.


that should be some food for thought, but for me, the main thing is how much power can the woofers take, that helps me decide how to wire them.

i personally have a very powerful sub amp, that is one ohm stable, so if i wire it up at 4 ohms, i have 500 rms, at one ohm, i should have close to 2000 rms, (more like 1700),

so i have dual woofers that will hold 350ish rms, with dual 4 ohm voice coils, wired up in series/ parrallel to get a final load of 4 ohms.

that puts me in the sweet spot of the woofer, and it hits.

sorry for the novel.

adam