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ridr4lif wrote:Also, i was looking on Adire's site about the shiva, and it says 2 shiva's wired in parallel equal a 2 ohm final impedance. I thought that (2) 4 ohm subs wired in parallel equaled 1 ohm final?............

the shiva and tempest come as dual 8 ohm nominal drivers... parallel each woofer's coils together, and into the amp results in a 2 ohm nominal load...

personally... I'm a big fan of those drivers vented.. but they do perform nicely sealed.. since you're strapped for cash, I can't justify the XXX...

Loyd L.

Yea...ive had sealed boxes for all my past systems, and i like how stuff sounds sealed. I would love to get more SPL out of a vented box, but like the SQ of a sealed box. I dont plan on competing ne time soon...so sealed is fine for me

Ok...now i know a lot of people on this site dont agree with audiobahn, but the amp from my old system is an audiobahn 3201q that is 300x2 at 4 ohms...good enuf to push 2 tempest in a sealed box temporarily?