1ch or 2ch

It means the copper is wrapped around the coil 4 times. Also need to see what the amp is stable at.

i would imagine that unless he's running a high end amp it's only stable down to 2 ohms, but yeah the amps ratings are always a nice feature to know when trying to diagnose the actual situation.

Finally, someone hit on the most important point, impedence. It depends on what impedence (ohm) your two subs are. If they are 4 ohm single voice coil subs, then if you were to get a d-class amp that makes max power at 1 ohm or lower, then you would only get half of what that amp is capable of. Vice versa if you have 2 2ohm subs (svc) and bridged them down to 1 ohm mono on 2 channel amp that in only stable down to 2 ohm mono, you run the risk of damaging the amp. But you do have to ask yourself what you want, something just plain loud, or some sound quality, then make sure the equpement you have matches up (according to impedence). Just some food for thought.

Edited: 7/19/2006 1:03:41 PM by Draggin87Yota

not really sure i havent bought them yet i ordered them,heres a pic of the back of it,

the amp im looking at is this onePeak Music Power 2000 WattsNumber of Channels 1Load Impedance Capability 2~8 OhmContinuous Power (4 ohm) 500 Watts x 1Continuous Power (2 ohm) 1000 Watts x 1Frequency Response 10Hz ~ 240HzTotal Harmonic Distortion 0.05%Signal-to-Noise Ratio 90dB

Edited: 7/19/2006 1:06:22 PM by msturg

looks like a single voice coil to me

If you have two of them you should be more than fine with that amp. Also just to let you know that's a 1000 Watt amp. You'll never see 2000 out of it.

Sorry it's just a little pet peeve of mine when someone goes by the "sticker" wattage.

who makes that sub? it looks really shallow.

yea... like they are saying. u need to look at the subs first. how many voice coils, impedence per coil, and RMS(continuous power) and max power per sub. u said they are 1400 watts...but is that max or continuous power?

next, after u figure that out and u know how many subs ur gonna run, pick the amp that best suits ur design. for instance, 2 12's that are single 4 ohm coils handleing 500 watts RMS a piece...u would want an amplifier that pushes a constant 1000 watts at 2 ohms. i personally prefer mono blocks myself. esp if ur running 2 dual voice coil subs. ive never seen a 1 ohm stable 2 channel amp. IMO...mono block amps are more consistant power overall. 2 channel amps, even bridged, are pulling a lot of power, but they werent necessarily meant for that in all cases.

they are pioneer premiere's they are made for trucks n shit,im getting them cuz i dont have alot of room in my truck.

Ok if ur going to run 1 single 4ohm sub then a 2 channel amp will be fine but if ur going to run more than 1 weather they r dual voice coil or single u need to get a mono block 1 channel. IF ur using 2 of them pioneer's than u will need a 2ohm stable amp just make sure u match up the rms of the subs to the amp and not the peak cause the peak don't mean shit

Originally posted by rickster6924



Ok if ur going to run 1 single 4ohm sub then a 2 channel amp will be fine but if ur going to run more than 1 weather they r dual voice coil or single u need to get a mono block 1 channel. IF ur using 2 of them pioneer's than u will need a 2ohm stable amp just make sure u match up the rms of the subs to the amp and not the peak cause the peak don't mean shit

it does matter if they are dual voice coil. the ones he is running are not so he is fine. If they were dual voice coil at 4 ohms per coil then he would either need to run a mono block on each or have to run a 2 channel. If you tried to hook up 2 dual 4ohm voice coil subs, you'll either get 1 ohm or 4 ohm. 1 Ohm would cause a typically mono block to pop fuses and cut off, 4 ohms wouldn't be pushing but half the power of the amp.