2ohm or 4ohm subs? what's better?

Originally posted by rickster6924



I've been installing systems 4 about 13 years i know what i'm talking about

ya and everyone that installs is an expert lol i guess its like anything else everyone has opinions and no matter what the subject is you will get both sides of a story and each side says they are right and the other guy is wrong, all i know is from experience i would over power a sub before under powering it, i guess its better to have the power and not need it then to need the power and not have it lol

The "Dirty" Truth About Distortion
Contrary to popular belief, distortion does not cause speaker damage. Distortion is merely the audible detection of signal "clipping". Clipping is when an audio component can no longer provide enough power supply voltage to "cleanly" amplify the audio signal. Clipping can occur at any point in the signal chain (souce unit, signal processor, amplifier, etc.) The popular belief is that if an amplifier "clips" it will send D.C. current to the speaker's voice coil and "burn" it. THIS IS NOT TRUE. It would surprise you to realize nearly every car audio system's amplifier "clips" when listening to music at moderate -to- loud levels. Electrically overpowering a speaker is caused by continually playing the audio system loud, resulting in applying more power to the speaker than it's "rated" specifications. This is what causes speaker voice coils to "burn".

However, for "sound quality" reasons it is important to match the source unit, signal processor and amplifier gain settings to optimize levels and minimize noise floor (system hiss.)

i have a 1200 boss amp and i want to get me 2 kicker cvr but i dont know what should i buy the 2 & 4 OHM do ya know???

i have a 1200 boss amp i want to buy me 2 12 kicker cvr but i dont know what to buy the 2&4 OHM do ya know ??

if your running a 2 channel amp dual 4 ohm subwoofers would be best .. bridged and wired in a series they would be 2 ohm stable like you mentioned your amp being capable of.