Will someone explain lower impedences

 

Chris Brewer
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i don't understand why people wire their speakers down to low ohms such as 1 ohm. What is the difference between lower ohms and higher ohms and does it make any difference in sound or bass output?
 

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Username: Zacdavis

Beloit, Wi

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no, do a search. Its been explained numerous times in this forum. And you will also get the correct answer faster.
 

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Username: Addicted2bass

Miami, Florida USA

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Registered: Nov-04
simply put..more power sometimes when its lowered..less pwoer when the ohm load is higher unless you dealing with jlaudio amps
 

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Username: Taylor17

Kopperl, Texas

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Lol yup... JL is the exception to the rule.
On most amps though, they will put out its full power at 1/2 ohms, then every time the ohm load doubles, the power halfs.
 

Infinity_Addict
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people wire down to one ohm because they need the power for their subs. its not like going to one ohm makes it sound any better, its all a power issue.

say you have two DVC subs that each run 400W RMS @ 4ohms. your amp puts out 400W RMSx1 channel @2ohms or 800W RMSx1 channel @1ohm. for this application you'd wire the subs in parallel and sum their wires together to get a 1ohm load because you want to give each sub 400W, like this. again, wiring is all a power issue, it has nothing to do with sound quality.
 

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Infinity_Addict
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Username: Insearchofbass

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Username: Insearchofbass

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Username: Addicted2bass

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