How do I get a 1 ohm load? Can I hook up a 4 ohm sub and a 2 ohm sub connected in parallel to get a 1 ohm load?

Thanks, Ryan

 

No but 2 2ohm speakers will give you a 1 ohm load if hooked up in parallel. I think a 4 and a 2 would give you a 3 ohm load??

 

check here http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/le...rs_wiring.html

 

Try this link for JL Audio. You can choose either single voice coil or the dual voice coil. Gives you illustrations for hooking up to 6 speakers with different loads. Hope this helps. http://mobile.jlaudio.com/support_pages.php?page_id=145

 

a 4 and 2 ohm parralleled would be 1.33 ohm but the 2 ohm speaker would reach its limits far before the 4 ohm driver. I would highly advise against mixing different drivers with different perameters like this tho

 

If I may ask, why are you wanting to configure subs to get a 1 ohm load?

 

I have a Kenwood KAC 9152D 1800 watt amp and it is stable at 1 ohm. I was going to get some kicker cvr12's.

 

Nothing wrong with what you have in mind other than it's very overrated, what running low ohm set-ups really do. For instance, using that amp at 900 watts into 1 ohm vs. 500watts into 4 ohm will be worth less than 3dB in SPL. Plus the 4 ohm set-up will be MUCH easier on the amp. And, the damping factor of the amp is MUCH higher into 4 ohms than 1, which is a great thing for quick, tight bass.

 

every tenth counts

 

I also understand this thinking. If getting that extra bit is important to the user, then they should go for it. But tenths are not audible, they just show up on the meter. Anything less than 1dB isn't noticeable just by itself. That's why I posted what I did. Some young guys are led to believe that running low ohm loads and adding big amounts of power make a huge differences in SPL, and it just is not true. Very often guys will say something like, "I doubled my power and I can hardly tell any difference in SPL". Well, that's because there is very little difference by doubling power when you get into full volume subwoofer use. Like going from 500 watts to 1000 watts is good for 3dB. While that is noticeable, it is not what some expect. That was my point. Very often one can gain as much by concentratng on sound damping and building a correct enclosure without cutting corners and mucking up their installation. Very often people "leave SPL on the table" so to speak, because they're lazy or incompetent in their installation, or both. If you are getting 140dB at the listener's position, your ears do not know if it is totally from power output, or from less power and some really good damping, or a combination of the two.

 

I want 140.1 :P