2ohm or 4 ohm?

[WeaselBirdW68]

OK, ive been putting off getting the EU-700's from ED for awhile now, (financial reasons) but now its time that i take care of it. I was about to order, but now im stumped. I have the monsoon sound system in the car. Are the monsoon 6.5's 2ohm subs or 4? When i order form ED, should i buy the 4ohm dual voice coil or the 2ohm dual voice coil?

Ty in advance =)

[CAMAROWIDBASS]

I think the monsoon runs at 2 ohms, so you would want to get the dual 4 ohm VC, so this way you can wire the VC's in parallel and acheive the 2 ohm load.

[WeaselBirdW68]

Ah, i see. I'll just need to learn how to do that. Last time i started a topic about this, somone posted a link that had a chart showing how to run the wires parallel. But, im a retard and wasnt to sure what to do even with the chart. Can somone explain what it means and how to run the wires parrallel?

[articacid]

just run the + wire to both voice coils on the speakers and then the - to both voice coils.

i thought you would have to get daul 2's and wire them in series though.

[WeaselBirdW68]

sounds simple enough. But is it the 2ohm or the 4 ohm that i need for sure? lol, i was doing a search and diffrent people were saying diffrent things, which is why i needed to make this post. Camaro....are you 100% sure that i need the 4ohm?

[CAMAROWIDBASS]

you can go with either, if you get a dual 4 you can wire it so you end up with a 2 ohm load.

If you go with a dual 2 you can wire it so you end up with a 2 ohm load.

[chets bird]

get dual 4 it is easy! i just finished my elemental designs eu 700 and components!!! very nice!!!!

[mwh27]

Originally posted by CAMAROWIDBASS:
you can go with either, if you get a dual 4 you can wire it so you end up with a 2 ohm load.

If you go with a dual 2 you can wire it so you end up with a 2 ohm load.

Uhhh not so much.

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for further reading.

[NCState98]

Yeah, no way.

Get the DUAL 4-OHM SPEAKERS

Wired in parallel as stated above (same + wire attached to both + terminals on the sub, and - wire attached to both - terminals on the sub.)

This will half the overall resistance... 2 ohms, which is the matched load for that monsoon amp.

Just to clarify,

i thought you would have to get daul 2's and wire them in series though.

In series, 2 ohms + 2 ohms = 4 ohms.

2 identical resistors in series, add the total.
2 identical resistors in parallel, half the total.

[WeaselBirdW68]

Originally posted by NCState98:
Yeah, no way.

Get the DUAL 4-OHM SPEAKERS

Wired in parallel as stated above (same + wire attached to both + terminals on the sub, and - wire attached to both - terminals on the sub.)

This will half the overall resistance... 2 ohms, which is the matched load for that monsoon amp.

Just to clarify, </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> i thought you would have to get daul 2's and wire them in series though.

In series, 2 ohms + 2 ohms = 4 ohms.

2 identical resistors in series, add the total.
2 identical resistors in parallel, half the total. </font>[/QUOTE]perfect, ty.

[v6mOtOrhEAdftOp]

Originally posted by NCState98:
Yeah, no way.

Get the DUAL 4-OHM SPEAKERS

Wired in parallel as stated above (same + wire attached to both + terminals on the sub, and - wire attached to both - terminals on the sub.)

This will half the overall resistance... 2 ohms, which is the matched load for that monsoon amp.

Just to clarify, </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> i thought you would have to get daul 2's and wire them in series though.

In series, 2 ohms + 2 ohms = 4 ohms.

2 identical resistors in series, add the total.
2 identical resistors in parallel, half the total. </font>[/QUOTE]couldn't ahve put it better myself.

[NCState98]

I've learned a little studying as an electrical engineer [img]smile.gif[/img]

[v6mOtOrhEAdftOp]

Originally posted by NCState98:
I've learned a little studying as an electrical engineer [img]smile.gif[/img]

lol unfortunately, I'm going for mechanical, so I have to learn the crap too. I also work at best buy in car audio