I have two Eclipse SW8122 subs. they run at 4 ohms. I'm trying to find a good amp relatively inexpensive that will give these about 225-250 RMS. But cant find anything under 500 to do this. Is there any way the subs can be run in 2 ohm? If not what do you guys suggest for a amp. Thanks Jim

 

One thing you can do is run them in parallel on a class d monoblock amp.
When you put them in parallel, they look like (1) 2 ohm speaker.

I just bought an alpine mrd-m300 that I'll be installing soon... looks like an awesome amp, very configurable. (It's digital, not mosfet) I paid 140 at circuit city on clearance, but you can find it online at around $200. It puts out 300W RMS to a 2-ohm load.

Check out www.sounddomain.com for some possibilities. they have some good open box specials.

 

sorry for this stupid question....but how do you run in paralell? Is that when you link them together and only run one speaker wire to the amp?

 

Hey man-no question is stupid if your not sure.

The way you wire them in parallel is by connecting the positives of each speaker together and hooking it the the positive on the amp-and the negitives of each sub together and to the negative of the amp.

Depending on speaker Ohm and weather(sp) it is a dual or single voice coil speaker will make the outcome different.

Check out crutchfieldadvisor.com
They are pretty informative and have a diagram with different wiring configurations.

 

thanks