Single or dual voice coil?

[cool 84]

For the time being I have a 4 channel 700 watt amp. With the current setup it's more bass than my ears can handle. I'm going to be looking for a new 15" sub soon and need to know what the advantage is to a dual voice coil. Can I bridge both sides of the amp and run one to each voice coil?

 

[dconnor]

IMO if you're running a single sub you get better SQ when you go with a dual voice coil speaker.

Can I bridge both sides of the amp and run one to each voice coil?

Yes you can, this is what I'm doing in both my Buick and Lightning.

Doug C.

 

[ghall]

You didn't say what kind of amp---but what you need to take into consideration when buying the woofer is matching the OHM loads of the amp and speaker.What i mean by that is----see what ohm load the amp likes to run(i.e. 4 ohm or 2 ohm)---that way you don't purchase a single voice coil 8 ohm woofer.MOst dual voice coil woofer are 8ohm per voice coil--so when wired in paralell--it will be a 4 ohm load.

HTH

Geoff