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[Studious]

i just got a rockford fosgate he2 2 ohm DVC 1000 watt 12' i blew it out and then it was replaced with a 4 ohm bla bla bla same thing just 2 more ohms... My question is which is better i have a MTX Thunder 6000 AMP

[[SMAN]]

Ohms is a masure of resistance, so the higher the ohms, the more resistance, the more resistance, the more power it takes to produce the same sound so if u want it loader, get a one with lower ohms, if your running too much power into it, higher ohms.

[Studious]

ok so help me out on this one:
my amp:
450 watts x1 into a 4 ohm load
775 watts x1 into a 2 ohm load

which sub should i use the 2 ohm 1000 watts or the 4 ohm...

[brink]

And for what it's worth, a lower ohm (resistance) is going to give you more booming sound but less definition. Higher ohm will be tighter, but less boom.

[[SMAN]]

it all depends on what the RMS rating is on the sub
if it's 500 watts RMS take the 4 ohm
or take the 2 ohm and turn your amp way down
if the RMS rating is 750, go with the 2 ohm. The point is you don't want to be putting out more power from your amp than your sub can handle.

[prophesized]

ohm load has absolutely nothing to do with how a sub sounds.

in this situation the 4 ohm sub woud be better becase you can run your amp at a lower impedance and get more power to the sub.

[Studious]

the ohm load must have somin to do with it becuase the 2 ohm hits harder than the 4 but i don't want it if its going to keep blowing out on me, and it was actually a fuse that blew out

[88 LE]

Originally posted by Studious
the ohm load must have somin to do with it becuase the 2 ohm hits harder than the 4 but i don't want it if its going to keep blowing out on me, and it was actually a fuse that blew out

How did you wire up the sub?

With 2 ohm dvc (dual voice coil) you can wire it for 1 ohm (parallel) or 4 ohms (series).

With 4 ohm dvc its 2 ohms (parallel) or 8 ohms (series).

So from the specs you gave earlier the 4 ohm dvc wired in parallel would work the best.

[brink]

Originally posted by prophesized
ohm load has absolutely nothing to do with how a sub sounds.

Sorry I should've qualified that. In terms of your overall setup it will affect your sound. Like if you want loud and don't care about absolutely precise tones, you'd go with 2 ohm, ported enclosure, etc. Just by itself the resistance doesn't determine the sound, but it has an effect on the overall system.

[prophesized]

Originally posted by brink

Sorry I should've qualified that. In terms of your overall setup it will affect your sound. Like if you want loud and don't care about absolutely precise tones, you'd go with 2 ohm, ported enclosure, etc. Just by itself the resistance doesn't determine the sound, but it has an effect on the overall system.

why would you go with 2 ohms and not 4 or quad 1?

the ohm load must have somin to do with it becuase the 2 ohm hits harder than the 4 but i don't want it if its going to keep blowing out on me, and it was actually a fuse that blew out

thats because the sub is getting a different amount of power

[DrtySthV6SE]

yes the Ohms only effects the sound in an INDIRECT way by limiting power, for clarity, SQ, or High definition use higher ohms. For more loudness use lower ohms, just so your amp can take it which almost all now can take 2 ohms if not 1.

[prophesized]

higher loads dont mean better sq and lower loads dont mean its louder. an ohm is simply a measure of resistance to best match your sub with an amp.

[DrtySthV6SE]

amps can take just about any Ohmage from 2-10, same with subs they can be wired to almost any ohm, you dont have "2 ohm amps" that hook up to "2 ohm subs"

[prophesized]

yeah i know and that is why ohm loads having nothing to do with sq or spl.

[Studious]

tx to all the u experts who responded... but in the end i'm stayin with the 4 ohm just becuase i have it now and my car still hits hard.....