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perrin_07
So i have 2 12" 2ohm dvc subs. What can i set them to? I have read to 1,2 and 4 ohm, yet other sites say just 2 and 1 ohm. Others say 1 and 4 ohm and its all very confusing.
I always thought i had to wire it at 1 or 4 ohms....tongue.gif
I hate been a newbie! I think im getting somewhere then POW, another deadend!
Louie
The RF website has a decent wiring wizard, put in the details and you get what and how to wire it all up. JL have one as well.

For 2x DVC2ohm you can go 0.5/2/8 by wiring parallel, parallel / series, parallel / series, series (voice coils, subwoofers). Though you wouldn't wire 2 subs in series together, as you can get some negative feedback in the subs, so effectively you can wire to 0.5 or 2ohms.
~thematt~
You cant change the impedance of a sub. You can only change what the amplifier sees. When you buy a subwoofer, thats it, its fixed.
Cyberpunky
1 and 4 are about the only loads you cant get... as stated above its 0.5 ie you wire each sub to 1 ohm(each 2 ohm VC in parallel= 1 ohm÷2 equals) 0.5... 2./ or you wire subs in parallel and then wire subs in series and get 2 ohm.

Or you wire subs in series and VC in series and get 8 ohm ie 2 x 2 x 2 =8 ohm

peace
cyberpunky
perrin_07
ah cheers guys, cleared it up smile.gif
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