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corsa_pro
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AS ABOVE?

ANYONE KNOW?
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2 ohms
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quality reply. I cant believe I didnt think of that. ha ha
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haha
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very funny! but really what is the difference?
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Difference as in what??
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whats the difference between running an amp in 2ohm or 4ohm?
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2 OHM AND 4 OHM is the impedence.
the lower the impedence the less resistance to current flow and hence more power
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im lost someone explain! which is best then to run a 12" vibe sub, its 700 max, 300 RMS but need to run some 6x9's off as well
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How many channels?
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U NEED EITHER 1 4 CHANEL AMP OR IF U WANT MORE POWER USE 2
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you lower the impedence when you bridge channes on your amp
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Some amps allow you to use two channels for your 6x9 AND bridge a sub on these two channels. obviously you'll need some inline filters.
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impedence is the oposition offered to current by components. in this case the components are the amps and speakers. When u connent the components, u can either connect them im series or parallel. depedning on which way u connect them ,depend on the impedence u end up withe. thats why some subs come with dual voice coil so that u can connect them in parallel and get a lower impedence and therefor more power.
its a little complicated to understand unless u do physics a level (like me), but i still find it complicated lol
hope this makes some sence
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didnt do physics a level, i understand it.
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well its not that hard gets a bit more complicated when u start calculating the impedence of capacitors etc. u dont really need to know everything anyway just which way to connect them up
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To achieve maximum power transfer, the output impedance of the supply device (ie Amp) should match the input impedance of the receiving device (ie Speaker) So if the o/p impedance of your amp is 2 ohms then the device you match to it should also be 2 ohms to get max power. Same for 4 ohms or 8 ohms etc etc... ONC electronics! In the old days, if you put too low an impedance speaker on your amp you ended up blowing the output/driver transistors of your amp. Nowadays, modern amps have built in safety circuits to help stop that happening. If you put 2 speakers in series then you double the resistance. So 2 x 2 ohm speakers = 4 ohms. If you connect them in parallel then the resistance is worked out as follows. Remember, parallel resistance is NOT the same as averaging. It uses the formula Resistance Total = 1 / ((1 / R1) + (1 / R2) + (1 / R3)) etc. So Total resistance for 2 x 2 ohm speakers connected in parallel = 1/ (1/2 + 1/2), therefore 1 ohm!

(Just to confuse things even more…in electronics, resistance is NOT exactly the same thing as impedance…but don’t worry too much about that!)

Hope this all helps?

Here's a good link to help work out parallel resistances:

http://www.raltron.com/cust/tools/parallel_resistance.asp

Pal

 
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