How To Wire DVC 4 Ohm Subwoofer
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Hey mate, quick question, i have a monoblock that runs 2 parallel channels & 1 DVC 4ohm SUB.
Can i stick one side of my DVC's positive and negative into one side of the amp and the other DVC positive and negative into the other?
Does that break it down to two ohm as its a monoblock? How would i get it back to 4ohm? Do i just use one side of the amp to stay at 4ohm? Last question, Sound wise, whats better, running my 4ohm 12 inch at 2 ohm or 4 ohm? thanks a lot.
Is a (330w/4 ohms) amp good for 1 sub that is (300w/4 ohms)?
Yep, just fine.@@xdarthpool6463
This video right here… have no words for it. Watch it and you’ll feel like you can do anything
Wow best video I’ve found so far thanks!!
great explanation.. I totally understand now.
😀Thanks for the video. You helped me figure out how to replace my 2 ohm kicker comp c with a skar VD-10 4 ohm parallel style wire & sounds much better, just need a bass knob. If only trimming my box was this easy.
so with a DVC Subwoofer to connect it to the 4-ohm amplifier - just connect to the two connectors?
Thanks for the explanation
thank you thank you for sharing this .... saved me some time so I can go drone more !!
Super helpful. Thank you!
Thank you!!!
Thank you for the nice video,
I'm a newbie with a silly question.
What is the consequence if wiring 8 ohm single sub to a 4 ohm amp, better low frequencies, tight bass, better sound quality and more control while losing some of the amp power?
Thanks again
Hello, I have an Alpine 5-channel amplifier (4x100w + 1x500w) and a 4 ohm focal P25DB double coil sub! In my case, what would be the best connection please? thank you for your help and thank you for your video!
Very well explained and straight to the point. Thanks for the video.
Great explanation on the video. I do have 1 question. I have a dvc 4ohm subwoofer and 2 4ohm 6x9 kickers wired to a 4channel amplifier. I bridged the 6x9s. And I wired my dvc sub to 8ohm and bridged that on a separate channel because I was told most 4 channel amps today can't handle 2ohm loads bridged. Is this true?I want to get the most out of my subwoofer without damaging my amp or speakers. Also this is installed all on a motorcycle which is why I am running them on a 4channel amp to save space. Should I be running my sub at 8ohm or 2ohm.?
The best thing you could do is look up the description of your amp it will say if it can be bridged at two ohm going up to eight ohm you are losing a lot of RMS wattage most amps can B bridged to 2 ohm without a problem and best of all you gain our MS wattage
So I have a kenwood kac 511 amp. It says in the description it can do 500 watt rms at 2 ohm and the amp is a 1000 watt. I want to use a 4ohm comp r sub with 500 rms and 1000 peak. If I wire the sub to end at 2 ohms, would I be good? And how should I tune the amp?
Just purchased a ds18 subwoofer have four cables do I connect positive to positive and negative to negative and then to the amplifier
I have a small 400w 2 channel amp laying around and wanted to add a little bass and was planning on 2 8" subs till I seen these can I run a channel into each voice coil on a dvc speaker or is that a bad idea
Interesting 👨💻👍🤔
I have 2 amp, 4 speakers, and a sub. Amp for the speakers is sony xplod xm-504z, rear speakers
Pioneer TS-A6970F, and front speakers Sony XSR1646, because the rear speakers are 100watts each and the front speakers are 50watts each, while the amp power is 4x50 @ 4ohms, i was thinking to connect the rear speakers at 2ohms, and the front speakers at 6ohms. will that give good sound without harming the system? or do you have better solution?
I am wiring 1 compR kicker to a 1200.1 mono amp. It is wired parallel currently and the sub cuts out? This is brand new equipment. Is there a better way? What am I doing wrong. Gain, bass boost... all controls are bottomed out. Please help.
What happens if only one side is connected in a dvc sub to the amp? Will it mess up? Also, if I run two dvc subs and they both are wired at 2 ohms each, what will be the ohms to the amp? Still 2?
I know this video is kinda old btw good info but I have a class d bluetooth amp with 3 channels two being 50watt one being 100 at 4ohm and I think the same at 8 I ran a goldwood 8inch tinsel lead broke one it so I plan on getting a planet audio 8inch 1200watt DVC 4ohm to wire to my amp I also bridged another speaker to my amp but far as the 8 inch should I be worried about anything
gracias brother
How about if I want keep it 4-Ohm amp??
Only connect one side of the sub and leave the other side unconnected
@3:24 is exactly how I wired both my shallow cerwin vegas in my truck. Then wired it to the terminals on each side of my box and then ran one to each channel and I gotta say it sounds good very good so far cannot wait till they break in. This was my first time installing a dual voice coil and I really do appreciate the pictures man those were all I needed honestly.
Did you bridge them
What about showing us a final impedance of 4 ohms. This really is hard to find this info online. A single 4 ohm sub wired specifically to a 4 ohm amp. Why is that so hard to find?!
Because it's a direct connection, if it is a SVC 4 ohm sub, simply connect your speaker wire to the only terminals on the sub, and connect those directly to the amp. There is no parallel / series connection being there is only one sub, and one coil to connect.
@@ProvoBeastAudio if I wanted to get 4 ohms from a DVC sub, would I just connect one side of the terminals to the amp like a SVC one?
Can I working a dvc 4 ohm sub to a 2ohm for more power?
I want to bridge my 2 channel to a 600 rms dvc L7. Amp says stable at 4 ohms
Does thebrand matter when applying this ?
I was wanting to know how to hook up a DVC sub to a SVC?
i have a 4 ohm DVC wored to 2 ohm final impedance when tested it shows closer to 3-4 rather than closer to 2
What is the name of that style of connector? The one you push down to slide the wire into?
What’s the red wire at the end of the video just copper? Could I use the speaker wire
How do I know if my original Sub was 2 or 4? I ordered one (4 ohm) and now not sure if I connect without Parallel what would happen if it turned out to be 2ohm amp
I have two 8 inch pyle woofers.I hooked them up just like your saying in video but do I have to do that? My friend gave two wooden speaker boxes that had blown two cerwin vega speakers .The pyle 8 inch was a perfect fit.I know it has to do with ohms.
I figured it out.I hooked the two woofers up on their own 400watt Amp.I have 2-15s one old timey sony speaker.Now with the two amps it is loud and it sounds great.1000watts do you think that is a bit much in a Bedroom?
My 2 JBL is wired the 2nd way you showed thay banged real good so witch way is the most loudest and bang
Hey ricky, are you asking a question, or making a statement?
Is this the best way to connect with spring clamps? Using just wire or are banana plugs or other connection preferable?
I personally like the spring ones don’t have to worry about the wire ever coming out
Im sorry i have question will appreciate help so i have a 2013 focus st which i believe has a 2 channel 2 ohm wiring going to oem dual coil sub im going to change it to a slightly better speaker and it has dual coil at 4 ohms what's best way to wire like the oem each Channel to each coil or is there something different that i can do for power and safety
that's exactly what I'm hear for om my 2015 st lol I'm planning on just adding a new app the uses the same speaker wire so I don't hurt the oem sub or amp
You think I should use 12g or 10g speaker wire for my 500w rms 1000w peak subs? Subs wired together then to my amp will prolly be around 8ft 10ft max. Thanks
12 will be fine
Might sound silly but, is it possible to get 6 ohms out of 1 dvc 2 ohm sub or 1 dvc 4 ohm sub. I want to replace home audio woofer that reads out about 6 ohms with a 2 or 4 ohm dvc Car audio sub. 8” woofer. Thank you.
The math here is: wiring speakers in parallel gives you the inverse of the sum of the ohms' inverses, in series it just adds the ohms. Since a DVC has the same resistance on both coils the rule becomes parallel = half, series = double. Since most car speakers come in 2 or 4 ohms you can not get to 6 with a single DVC. Somw workarounds / caveats:
1) Ohms listed my mfr are not always exact. In fact the speaker demo'd in this video resulted in just over 6 ohms when wired in series (instead of 8). So "somewhere between 6 and 8" is a safe bet for wiring that specific 4ohm DVC in series. You could hook that up and if the ohms were a bit high you'd sacrifice a bit of performance but wouldn't blow your amp.
2) If you had 2 DVC speakers you have many different ways of wiring them. Wire one of them in parallel to itself to get 2 ohms, then wire that whole mess in series with a single 4 ohm coil on the other speaker. You'd then have 6 ohms of impedance for the set. Verify with a MM.
If you're running a 1ohm mono amplifier, is it okay to run that to a 2ohm set up or should / can you wire the subwoofer down to 1 ohm to match or does that matter?
I think if you run them all parallel it puts out 2 ohms. I'm not sure tho. I'm new and hearing alot of different info
You can wire the speaker down to one ohm take the positive from each voice coil and connect them at the terminal and take the negative from each voice coil and collect it to the terminal and you now have one ohm
Quick question Sr I have Fosgate R500x1d amp, I only need a 8" sub which one would you recommend and I was thinking a Alpine S-w8d4 let me know thank you.
Depends who makes the 8",How many watts are you going for?
I know it’s probably too late but I would go with it’s one love bad ass speaker 900 W RMSthe 8 inch scar ZVX
Im going to be installing a Skar Audio VD-10 D4 10" 800W Max Power Dual 4 Ohm Shallow Mount Car Subwoofer in a box built for a single 10" sub speaker and I am also installing a Kenwood KAC-7205 amp 500 watts RMS x 1 bridged output at 4 ohms (4 ohm stable in bridged mode) and a Stinger 2 Farad cap tunes what is the wiring configuration for the speaker ?
single duel cone speaker to 4ohm duel out amp ?
I have DVC 4ohm subwoofer and a 2 channel 4ohm amp, i only need to connect voice coil A to channel 1 and voice coil B to channel 2, right? The impedance match.
Thats a separate channel. Its not a monoblock right? you are sposed to bridge the two channels by using one positive terminal of one channel and one negative of the other. But read your amps specs to see if its bridgeable. Usually you can.
Just remember by bridging it you will now get more power than if it was not bridged don’t want to over power the sub and blow it there’s tons of videos that will show you exactly how to wire your subwoofer to your amp
Is there a reason why my sub has 4 pairs of connectors, I don't have a clue what the extra 2 pairs are for
I don’t know how to explain how i did mine but I’ll try. I put the wires running on the dual coils straight to what i put attach the wire to on the connector on the box same as i would normally do for a single voice coil. Does that make the subwoofer impedance remain at 4 ohms? The sub is a dual coil 4+4 coil Shallow Mount DS18 12”
What happens if you only put wires on 2 terminals ? Do both sets always need to be wired ?
You will burn up your coils if you only connect half the terminals. You need to connect each coil / terminal sets.
does a reading of 4.1 and 3.8 respectively means that something is wrong with the speaker ?
No that’s pretty common they’re going to fluctuate a couple of points here and there
Can i use the series configuration if im going to use a 8 ohm power amplifier?
Can i wire my sub like each coil has it’s own cables that goes to the amp but both are in the same channel ( ch 1 or 2 or what ever) ? hope y’all know what I mean
Domi420one i think it’s the same as what i have with mine I’m wondering if it will remain at the same impedance than way I don’t have anything to test it to know
Trillie Don okay thank you :)
You can. It will half the impedance..👍🏼
Billi Patterson thank you 😊
how to weri DVC 4omhs 250watts into stedy 4omhs ageni
I have a 2 chanel amp delivering 2x 190 watts into 4 ohm. I have one single 4 ohm dvc subwoofer that I want to run with 4 ohm. How do I wire it to get 4 ohm? I dont want 8 or 2 ohm
It’s impossible with that sub, unless you add a second one, or use a different sub. Or use a different amp
I have two 12 p3 Rockford 1200 watts 600 rms each 4 ohm! My question. Do I need a 2 channel amp of 2400 watts???
I assume the P3s are DVC 4 ohm, so when wired in parallel each, and then both subs together, it would be a 1 ohm impedance final. So I'd recommend a mono amp, wired at 1 ohm 1200w RMS. amzn.to/3BxW0iO
Do I just wire them normal for for 4ohm resistance? I have an ar2000m boss amp and a kicker comp r 12 with 500 rms. The 2000 watt amp has only 750 rms at 4ohms so I need to make sure I wire it at 4 ohms.
Thanks
I have a question , I have 2 subs, not yet installed because I cant get a straight answer ..
My amp 150 watts PER CHANNEL 2 CHANNEL ...ONE LEFT CHANNEL ONE RIGHT CHANNEL , BOTH AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE AMP..
RATING 150 WATTS RMS 4OHM
190 RMS @2OHM
I have 2 brand new subs
10'
4ohm , Dual voice Coil
200 watts RMS 400 peak.
I have 2 separate boxes , I can't join the 2 subs through the boxes ..
I mean I could if 2worse comes to worse but I'd rather not due to space restrictions...
I been told to Connect the positive and negative on one side (1 coil) leading to the amp... then jump from the live positive coil to the negative other coil ... and same with live negative Jump to 2nd coil positive... and do that for EACH SUB BOX ...
I'm really worried I'm gonna damage my equipment
I would go from four ohm down to 2 ohm on each speaker this way you have more RMS wattage running to them and I can handle the power because it’s only 190 W RMS watts at 2 ohm just take the positive from each voice coil and the negative from each voice coil and connect them to your terminal and then run the wire from your terminal to your amp for each speaker and you will be good
Probably a stupid question. Is it not possible to wire 1 dvc 4ohm sub to a final ohm of 4?
Also if your amp is stronger than your sub is rated.. like a 400 rms @4ohm sub and your amp does 600rms @4ohm.. you could wire it so that its 8ohms and REDUCE the amps rms output? Is that correct?
No you cannot physically wire your DVC 4 ohm sub to 4 ohms, only 2 or 8 ohms by itself. 8 ohms is pretty inefficient and don’t recommend. I’d recommend changing the amp or the sub.
@@ProvoBeastAudio my sub is fine on 2ohms and my amp is 2 ohms stable. I had never seen a video on 4ohms to 4ohms..now i know why.
Thank you for the reply.
What is it when you have each voice coil wired to its on channel
It’s a blown speaker LMAO
Hol up. I have a DVC 4ohm sub. So I just connect one side to my 4ohm mono block amp an I'd have matching 4 ohms correct?
did you ever figure this out? im in the same situation and figured i only needed to connect one side
@@rcdemail404 1 believe I did the same.
Did y’all get it? I’m trying to wire my 4ohm L7 do 4 ohm at the amp. So, what’s the scoop?
@jhatfield2927 if it's reading 4 ohms I don't think u have to use both terminals. I guess it's there to match your speakers to the amp using these methods.
I got 3 dvc 4ohm subbs how would I wire all 3
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My Scenario: I have two separate 10" subwoofer cabs that have only one 10"DVC 4ohm speaker. I need to get each cabinet to output 4 ohms individually to run my 2 channel amp that outputs 1k watts on each 4ohm channel, Possible? this is my amps' configs: Thx for your help!!
Power Ratings:
RMS Power Output:
Stereo 8 Ohm: 2 x 700W
Stereo 4 Ohm: 2 x 1000W
Bridged 8 Ohm: 1 x 2000W
Peak Power Output:
Stereo 4 Ohm: 2 x 3500W Max
Bridged 8 Ohm: 1 x 7000W Max
Should of checked the resistance with the woofer facing up
I have a set of 4 ohm subs and a amp that is rated for 6 ohm. Can i still use them? If so how do i do it
Thats an odd amplifier being rated for 6ohm. What is the model number on the amplifier? Issue you'd run into if pairing a lower impedance sub to an amp thats not stable at that lower resistance, it will generally overheat / go into protect.
@@ProvoBeastAudio yeah i gave up and have a new problem. I just bought a jbl gto 6000. And i have no clue how to set it up with my DVC subs. I checked the web and some say briding channel 1,2,3,5,6 but that sounds insane. Never seen a bridge with more than 2 channels.. how and what should i do?
@@shivan628 Again, can't help unless you give me the model of the amplifier.
@@ProvoBeastAudio haha my bad man, its a jbl gto 6000, and i have a set of climax danger 500's
@@ProvoBeastAudio how do you think i should do it?
you’re getting a low ohm reading when you check your impedance because the speaker is on its face. don’t check the impedance while the sub is in its face because it will almost always read low
compression on the subs surround is giving off numbers. always test sitting on magnet...
So if I want 4ohms.... how do i wire??
Same thing I need to know
you cannot with this type of sub. Get a DVC 2 ohm sub and wire in series.
I got the same question. Got an old r type sitting around and want to add a sub to an existing 4 channel amp in my wifes SUV. Can i run just one voice coil from it?
How can I wire 1 DVC 4ohm sub to a 2 channel amp. 600 watt amp @ 2ohm
Did you find out how to?
@@guzman7590 Wire it exactly how the video shows to get 2 ohm, then plug your speaker wires on the outside - and the outside + . That will give you max power @ 2ohm on your sub from your amp. Make sure you have your boost all the way down and adjust accordingly.
@@haxorbarrr will a 4 ohm speaker get damaged....at 2 ohm wiring......
@@liljons6753 no, your amp will generate more power to the sub, so set your levels down and adjust up so you dont blow your sub.
@@haxorbarrr ok....i have a cheap pyle 15 inch 4 ohm dual voice coil
did you guys ever do another video showing 2 subs instead of 1
Never got around to it. But if you want help with your wiring, send me a message on our facebook page and we can walk you through it.
So if I just want 4 ohm , just connect to one coil 1+ and 1- ??
Basically and if u dot get that you gotta go get your head checked not time to slam the FUCK OUT MY 15 SEALED BOX CRUNCH AMP 😤😎😈👺💀
Nope, you will need to wire up both voice coils or else you will burn up the sub. If you want a final impedance of 4 ohms, you will need to either find a sub that is a DVC 2 ohm sub (wired in series) or find a SVC sub that is 4 ohms.
@@ProvoBeastAudio Wrong, it will work fine! as long as the rms rating coming from the amp is less then half of the speaker rms rating.
😂😂😂😂 okay, sure.
Same question. do I need another sub to have the final impedance of 4 ohms or can I wire it without another sub still at 4 ohms?
My dual 4 inch sub on my Bluetooth box isn't wired how yours is wired and it's still wrackles my house roof so I don't understand😢 check it out (raycon power speaker) I'm not telling lie..
You cant wire a 4 ohm dvc to 1 ?
Nope, without a second sub, it is impossible. If you want to wire to a 1 ohm final load, you will have to get a DVC 2 ohm sub. Don't just hook up on terminal, best way to ruin a sub!
can a 1200 amp handle a 1500 sub
It depends on what the RMS power is if the RMS power is lower on the amp than it is on the subwoofer then you will be fine if it’s opposite then you take a risk at blowing your speaker
You always have to calculate in the resistance value from the multi-meter test leads first before doing any resistance testing to get the proper reading.
How to wire this at 4ohms?
you cannot, unless you pair a second sub with it.
So you can't run a single 4 ohm sub at 4 ohms?
Can i run just one voice coil?
@@justingonzalez702 if you want to blow the sub
Arent amps MORE efficient at higher ohms???
trunkbangking more efficient with lower ohm. An amp will produce more watts at a 2 ohm load than a 4 ohm load
@@HaraldBergTechTv what about bridged mode ??? I got a daul voic 4 ohm
@@HaraldBergTechTv ??
So I can wire it to 2 ohm?
you cannot, unless you pair a second sub with it.
Okay I'm learning and make moves faster than I'm learning, here's the scenario I'm in.
I had the Polk audio powered sub (pw10) for years, recently watched a show with clipping bass, and it half way blew the sub by the time the show was over. in hindsight, I remember the bass in those scenes sounding distorted, but I was too entranced in the show to stop watching.
I already took the liberties to order a KICKER CVR104 dual coil 4 ohm to replace the stock woofer. (long before I learned anything about power matching)
For videos I see the stock woofer is a single coil 4ohm so with that I know the amp can handle at least 4ohms, but there is little information on the amp other than it supposed to do 50-100 watts rms.
The sub I ordered claims 50--400 watts arms ( 200 watts per coil)
So my thinking is, I should wire it in series, and get a max power of 100 watts and it should match the amp's output?
it's a small room, I'm not too concerned about using the full power of the sub, I know I'd need a whole new amp to safely to that, I just want to know if my line of thinking is correct before I hook the thing up.
My goal is to get about as much bass as I got out of the cheap driver without hurting the amp, and hopefully having my setup last a few more years before needing to deal with this shit again.
howd you get on? I run a 12inch straight of my home stereo too. 8ohm. DVC in series. Works perfect.
@@georgecostanza831 I bought the wrong sub, I got a DVC 4ohm not realizing I couldn't wire it at 4ohms....live and you learn.
However wired at 8ohms AND still way underpowered it still sounds great either as good as the original driver or better.
in fact I'm pretty sure it's moving more air because I'm hearing some port noise on low notes I didn't hear before, but once I sit in the sweet spot it just sounds smooth and clear, you just hear the port noise when outside of the sweet spot.
SO I'm thinking of adding a second sub just to add more area to the sweet listing spot.
@@VALAREZ Yeah you live and learn alright, and yeag thats always nice increasing the bass, im in the process of chucking two 12's into my car and into a ported box too. So that just upgraded my room's 8ohm 12inch to a larger box. Now the bass is even better. Neighbours are loving me.
So.... I just wanted to keep everything at 4ohm. Not 2, not 8....
Hamaan monoblock 1chanal amplifier pioneer 400RMS SUBWOOFER Which wiring is best
Depends what you’re trying to do
Lower the ohm the better
Still cant find how to run a single 4 ohm DVC to get a 4 ohm load
It's impossible to get a final 4 ohm load with a DVC 4 ohm subwoofer. You will need a different subwoofer that is either a SVC 4 ohm sub or a DVC 2 ohm sub.
Ok thanks
Or your gonna put subs in your home stereo speaker cabinets 😉
When is it wired at 4 ohm....not 2 or 8......how?
My amp is 4 ohm,bridged....
Laws of resistances at play here. If you want a final impedance of 4 ohms, find a Single Voice Coil @ 4 ohms Subwoofer.
@@ProvoBeastAudio o.k. ..i bought wrong amp... 2 channel 2 ohm per channel ....4 ohm bridged😲
Read it. It's just got 6 speakers 30 watts but 4 Ohm speakers. I can't hear I'm def
how do i wire it to 4 ohms tho
so in other words. a single 4 ohm DVC sub can run at either 2 ohms or 8 ohms.
two 4 ohm DVC subs will give you a total of 4 ohms.
but, I have a question, I have one 4 ohm DVC plus one 4 ohms single voice coil. if the sub is connected as a 2-ohm configuration. plus the single 4 ohms voice coil woofer. what total ohms at the amp? (this is for Home audio) thanks
Ok ieoo pop
I need to read I can't hear
The 5 channel amp I plan to install in my car has a 300 watt RMS a 2 ohm stable subwoofer channel, will wiring the 4 ohm sub to 2 ohms increase or decrease the RMS wattage?
Decreasing the ohm load on a sub will increase the wattage, as long as the amp can handle the lowered resistance.