- To use a lower impedance speaker than you normally could with an amplifier or stereo.
- To use a higher impedance speaker where a lower one is needed (for example: speaker crossover designed only for a certain Ohm rating speaker).
Can you run a 4 ohm speaker on a 1 ohm amp?
Amps can generally be safely wired at 4 or 2 ohms and some even at 1 ohm depending on their design. If you have an amplifier wired to a single-voice-coil (SVC) subwoofer, there is only one wiring method, so the SVC impedance is what the amplifier must match.
What hits harder 1ohm or 4ohm?
The reason is that at 1 ohm you're straining the power supply and output devices of the amplifier. The effective headroom of the amplifier is cut down by a large amount in comparison to 4 ohm, the damping factor is substantially lower, the distortion is much higher, and the amplifier will run much hotter.Feb 15, 2006
Can you wire different ohm subs together?
So if wiring two Single 4 Ohm subs you would take 4 Ohm and divide it by the number of voice coils. So 4 Ohm divided by two voice coils will equal a 2 Ohm load. ... However, the dual 2 Ohm subs will use a combination: first we wire each subwoofer in a series and then wire them together in parallel at the amplifier.Mar 20, 2012
Can one amp power 4 subs?
If you do go with 4 drivers, you might consider wiring two in parallel times two. This will give you two 2 ohm loads and the amp is rated at 190 Watts per channel in bridged mode into 2 ohms. This would gain you 30 Watts total output over the 4 ohm load.Apr 10, 2010