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Old 08-25-2010, 12:01 AM
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Okay I'll just help you out a little and clear some things up. Saying the subs are "1 ohm stable" is kinda misleading. When you say "1 ohm stable", you should be referring to an amplifier. Now, since the subs are DVC (dual voice coil) 4 ohm subwoofers, you can run them at 1 ohm. The way you would do this is by wiring the subs together in "Parallel". Go on google and search "wiring diagrams for subwoofers" and make sure the diagram is demonstrating how to wire DVC(dual voice coil) 4 ohm subwoofers to 1 ohm, and not another impedance(which is another way of saying ohm). Wiring at 1 ohm will NOT hurt your subs in any way; It may however damage the amplifier if it is not 1ohm stable, but since the amp lists it's power @ 1 ohm it is stable that low. "Impedance 4-Ohm x 2" that basically just means there are two sets of terminals on the subwoofer. If you were to take it out of the box, you would see 2 positive terminals and 2 negative terminals. 1 pos. and 1 neg. for each voicecoil. The voice-coils are made in different impedances to allow more ways of wiring the subwoofers.
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