its usually best practice to use both voice coils, even if you've got a 300w at 4 ohm amp and dual 4 ohm sub, you're better off running 200w into both voice coils in series at 8 ohms rather than 300w into a single voice coil. Essentially what happens is even though you've only got half the current, you've got twice the length of voice coil inside the voice coil gap, so it makes up for it. If you've got a 2000w dual voice coil sub, and only have the option to use one coil for whatever reason, I'd also not want to go much above 1000w to be safe, in theory it should handle say 1500w due to the unpowered voice coil still acting as a heat sink, though the used voice coil isn't going to perfectly transfer heat, so it could cook on full power.
i built a small box for my mids and highs that houses two 4 ohm tweeters and two 8 ohm mid range speakers..how can i wire all 4 of these speakers to one amp?.. the amp is a taramps DS800.4 4 channel, 2 ohm amp thanks
Ideally if the amp had high pass and low pass per channel, you could just run one channel per speaker, pair left speaker and tweeter with right speaker and tweeter, set a crossover at around 3KHz, and set levels to what sounds good. Be careful not to blow up the tweeters though. Tweeters are often more efficient than speakers, so tweeters in series and speakers in parallel running off a single channel should work well if you're ok with mono. You might want to consider using a crossover also, crossovers can be daunting, there should be some tutorials on youtube. Using tweeters and midranges of different impedance makes it a bit trickier. At the very least use a crossover calculator online to work out the value for a capacitor for the tweeters, a capacitor in series is the most basic crossover/protection there is.
I always ran my subs and amplifiers at 1 ohm stable, And I never blew an amp. I've only blown one subwoofer, But I've literally beat the crap out of them for 2 years straight with no problem before I've blown it. If you really want to learn more about how to wire your subs and amps you have to go to Steve Meade's channel because he is an expert. This guy is telling us to run our subs off of a headphone amplifier?? Wth??
Keep em coming man these are some of the best audio education videos I've seen. I loved your horn build, it would be cool to see the new dd sub in a tapped horn or a similar high efficiency box.
yeah... see the driver in the new build... yeah the driver was a right pain in the ass to get in, so all that's visible right now is the cone, currently rendering the next horn episode, will upload soon
DAK, thank you for this video and the knowledge. You make good sense of this subject for those who may not understand parallel and series, or combined circuits. A big shout out from the heartland of the U.S.!
So I got 3 12 inch JL Audio W6 old school subs that I’m got run to a CT Sound 1400.1 it’s 1 ohm stable .... what’s the best ay to wire it and the best box measurements for the subs ? Please help want to get the best out of the amp and subs
dual 2 ohm sub by itself would be parallel to get to 1 ohm, though if you mean you have both a dual 2 ohm sub and a 4 ohm sub, i'd suggest wiring the dual 2 ohm sub in series to 4 ohms, and running both subs in parallel to get to 2 ohms, unfortunately 1 ohm isn't possible. 0.8 if everything is wired in parallel. I personally don't really suggest mixing and matching different subs, especially in the same enclosure and/or on the same amp. But, if you want each sub to perform similarly, running both at 4 ohms for slightly less power from the amplifier is best case.
@@Dakoustics I converted dual 2ohms sub into 4ohms. ua-cam.com/video/cHhsWzLORo0/v-deo.html This is my setup. Sorry if video doesnt show much. The second sub is 4ohm and wires from the box are connected to bridge mode on the amp. The amp is Ground Zero GZTA 1.1200DX subs: 1x Ground Zero GZRW 300X 1x Ground Zero GZRB 300BPX The sound is great , no overheating on amp. But i im not sure what i got and am i safe to use this combination. I am unable to buy new subs bc they don't sell those anymore. Tnx
@@Krupnoklipac Ah yeah, I watched the video, correct me if I'm wrong, though it looks like the GZRB 300BPX came with the box, and is a single 4 ohm, and the GZRW 300X is a replacement driver for one which blew in the past or something. If that's the case, this is spot on, and it's pretty well perfect, each driver should act exactly the same, the only difference should be that one is a dual vc and one is a single vc.
@@Dakoustics No, this box brand is: www.google.com/search?client=opera&hs=eta&biw=1707&bih=850&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=mvxjXMqtH6mwrgS0mJb4BA&q=Crunch+gtr+800&oq=Crunch+gtr+800&gs_l=img.3...188713.191957..192384...0.0..0.96.456.5......1....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i7i30.qLL262DQcnY#imgrc=XwJnKtYNN0TYYM But the original subs are crap and this 2 Ground Zero subs was not in use , so i installed them instead. Thank you for your help 👍
Amplifier: Good
Amplifire: Bad
Wow. Thanks for the explaining, now every question I had got answered
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Thank you very much.....i haber almost new old school, kicker sx 900.4. Its a bit tricky amp but now i know how to wire my speakers.
Cool...how about wiring up multiple mids and highs to one amp. Great vid...thanks
same thing as for subwoofers, though the "linear region" takes up more space, so it acts more like a 4 ohm than a 6 ohm if you get what I mean
Does it damage my subwoofer to use one of the voice coil’s instead of both?
its usually best practice to use both voice coils, even if you've got a 300w at 4 ohm amp and dual 4 ohm sub, you're better off running 200w into both voice coils in series at 8 ohms rather than 300w into a single voice coil. Essentially what happens is even though you've only got half the current, you've got twice the length of voice coil inside the voice coil gap, so it makes up for it.
If you've got a 2000w dual voice coil sub, and only have the option to use one coil for whatever reason, I'd also not want to go much above 1000w to be safe, in theory it should handle say 1500w due to the unpowered voice coil still acting as a heat sink, though the used voice coil isn't going to perfectly transfer heat, so it could cook on full power.
Glad my amp is officially rated at 0.5 Ohms lol
i built a small box for my mids and highs that houses two 4 ohm tweeters and two 8 ohm mid range speakers..how can i wire all 4 of these speakers to one amp?.. the amp is a taramps DS800.4 4 channel, 2 ohm amp thanks
Ideally if the amp had high pass and low pass per channel, you could just run one channel per speaker, pair left speaker and tweeter with right speaker and tweeter, set a crossover at around 3KHz, and set levels to what sounds good. Be careful not to blow up the tweeters though.
Tweeters are often more efficient than speakers, so tweeters in series and speakers in parallel running off a single channel should work well if you're ok with mono. You might want to consider using a crossover also, crossovers can be daunting, there should be some tutorials on youtube. Using tweeters and midranges of different impedance makes it a bit trickier. At the very least use a crossover calculator online to work out the value for a capacitor for the tweeters, a capacitor in series is the most basic crossover/protection there is.
what. would. happen. if. both. speakers. 10. inch. twine. together. in. a. bridge. mode.. in. m.ono. and. has.2. 8. inch. speakers. and. 2. tweeters. in. it. and. the. amp. is.a.4. channel. what. do. think. would. happen????
Need another box for the other 12s and just stack on top with some braces would hit much louder
I think I killed my sub when I hit it with a full 30 round clip.
Popped a cap in it
I always ran my subs and amplifiers at 1 ohm stable, And I never blew an amp. I've only blown one subwoofer, But I've literally beat the crap out of them for 2 years straight with no problem before I've blown it. If you really want to learn more about how to wire your subs and amps you have to go to Steve Meade's channel because he is an expert. This guy is telling us to run our subs off of a headphone amplifier?? Wth??
Keep em coming man these are some of the best audio education videos I've seen. I loved your horn build, it would be cool to see the new dd sub in a tapped horn or a similar high efficiency box.
yeah... see the driver in the new build... yeah the driver was a right pain in the ass to get in, so all that's visible right now is the cone, currently rendering the next horn episode, will upload soon
DAK, thank you for this video and the knowledge. You make good sense of this subject for those who may not understand parallel and series, or combined circuits. A big shout out from the heartland of the U.S.!
very nice and informative. best impedance explanation on youtube
Does it have bandpass box results on this software?
Nice!
Also how to know if the subwoofer will run good in a sealed enclosure.😀
I'll make a video on this later, but look up "speaker EBP" and you should find some answers, i mention it a bit in my 2 small subs vs 1 big sub video
Very epic
Hoh, sexcellent
So I got 3 12 inch JL Audio W6 old school subs that I’m got run to a CT Sound 1400.1 it’s 1 ohm stable .... what’s the best ay to wire it and the best box measurements for the subs ? Please help want to get the best out of the amp and subs
I’m probably not getting too deep into the sound game but this is such a good video I can’t leave without subscribing
Awesome info as always. Thank you sir.
Thanks for the knowledge.
Mono block amp, dual 2ohms sub and 4ohm sub. How do i connect them into 1ohm ?
dual 2 ohm sub by itself would be parallel to get to 1 ohm, though if you mean you have both a dual 2 ohm sub and a 4 ohm sub, i'd suggest wiring the dual 2 ohm sub in series to 4 ohms, and running both subs in parallel to get to 2 ohms, unfortunately 1 ohm isn't possible. 0.8 if everything is wired in parallel.
I personally don't really suggest mixing and matching different subs, especially in the same enclosure and/or on the same amp. But, if you want each sub to perform similarly, running both at 4 ohms for slightly less power from the amplifier is best case.
@@Dakoustics I converted dual 2ohms sub into 4ohms. ua-cam.com/video/cHhsWzLORo0/v-deo.html This is my setup. Sorry if video doesnt show much.
The second sub is 4ohm and wires from the box are connected to bridge mode on the amp.
The amp is Ground Zero GZTA 1.1200DX
subs: 1x Ground Zero GZRW 300X
1x Ground Zero GZRB 300BPX
The sound is great , no overheating on amp. But i im not sure what i got and am i safe to use this combination. I am unable to buy new subs bc they don't sell those anymore. Tnx
@@Krupnoklipac Ah yeah, I watched the video, correct me if I'm wrong, though it looks like the GZRB 300BPX came with the box, and is a single 4 ohm, and the GZRW 300X is a replacement driver for one which blew in the past or something. If that's the case, this is spot on, and it's pretty well perfect, each driver should act exactly the same, the only difference should be that one is a dual vc and one is a single vc.
@@Dakoustics No, this box brand is: www.google.com/search?client=opera&hs=eta&biw=1707&bih=850&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=mvxjXMqtH6mwrgS0mJb4BA&q=Crunch+gtr+800&oq=Crunch+gtr+800&gs_l=img.3...188713.191957..192384...0.0..0.96.456.5......1....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i7i30.qLL262DQcnY#imgrc=XwJnKtYNN0TYYM
But the original subs are crap and this 2 Ground Zero subs was not in use , so i installed them instead.
Thank you for your help 👍
@@Dakoustics Subscribed. It is very hard to find help. Thank you once again!