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So I went out at 12 midnight the other night to install the new amp and temporary setup of 1 of the 2 RE subs in my old enclosure. Let me tell you, this sub sounds so much better than the old RE sub I had in there, and this is ~125W less power! I cant wait to hear 2 of them with 375W of power in my own enclosure!

On a side note, I got both my amp and subs in. I have been torturted for the past week without any bass so I decided to throw in a new sub in my old enclosure with my new amp. I wired up the dual 4 ohm in an 8ohm final configuration and bridged the amp, giving me 175W x 1 @ 8ohm. This will satisfy my needs until I finish the box and install the other woofer

No you can't wire a dual 4 ohm woofer for a final load of 4 ohms.

And I wouldn't wire the coils to each side of the amp UNLESS your running a dual mono and can match your outputs.

When I set the output on my Eclipse deck, and the input and output on my DQS there was some pretty big differences in output between right and left. Especially with the DQS,

Add in a regular 2 channel amp with one gain adjustment, and now the difference is even bigger. If you were to hook a dual voice coil sub up the coils would see different voltages, and start fighting each other.

If your running a dual mono or 2 different amps (as long as your input is mono) you can match the outputs so the coils work together.

As for your original question about overpowering your subs, I wouldn't worry about it. Set the gain how you would any other day and back it down a little to match the front stage. As long as you don't run the amp into clipping a little overhead isn't going to hurt.

Ryan from Ohio wrote:Yuppers.
Thats what I would do.
I thought you were going to wire each coil to a channel on the amp.

Would that have given me a 4ohm load? I did some searching and no one has said to have been able to wire a dual 4 ohm sub for a final impedance of 4ohm.

Yuppers.

Thats what I would do.

I thought you were going to wire each coil to a channel on the amp.

I am thinking about it again and I dont think I can wire my DUAL 4 sub to get a final impedance of 4ohm. I was thinking, if the amp can do 350W x 1 @ 4ohm bridged, wouldnt that equate to ~175W x 1 @ 8ohm bridged?

You will probably be fine.

But as always, when you got past the RMS you are taking a chance.

For straight cuts with a circular saw buy a 1" x 1" X 1/8" Aluminum Angle Iron and two 2" C clamps. Works like a champ.

as a temporary setup while i build my box, i want to use my old box with one of the new subs. the sub is dual 4 ohm and the amp is 110W RMS x 2 @ 4ohm. If I just run a wire from the positive and negative of the sub to the amps positive and negative, that would output 110W to each voice coil, making it a total of 220W, correct? If i keep the gain down, this wouldnt be a problem right?

yea it looks pretty cool. tiny little thing!

I went to home depot didnt even bother asking them if they could cut it. Ended up with (2) 2'x4' pieces of 3/4" MDF. I cut the 3 8"x11.5" pieces and 2 11.5" x 26". I ended up being a little narrow on the 26"ers and one of the 8"ers because this is my first time working a circular saw. I will try and work on it during the weekend... in sunlight lol

Ya I know, was replying to Mike.

Thats cool. Does it look as good as the pictures?