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Old Oct 20, 2005 | 08:27 PM
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If you bridge a two channel amp it presents a 4ohm load right? well can I u wire up my 4ohm DVC sub to present a 2ohm load on the bridged amp even though the amp is at 4ohm? or Will that blow my amp?
Old Oct 20, 2005 | 11:56 PM
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Amplifiers do not "present" any resistance in this light.

If each coil of your subs is 4 ohms, hook them up in parallel and you will have a 2 ohm sub.

What sort of amplifier do you have?
Old Oct 21, 2005 | 01:01 AM
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Alright thanx for correcting me but wat i'm asking is that people are talking about amps when bridged are only stable at 4ohms and not 2. Is this true if my amp is bridged will it blow if i have my sub wired to 2ohms?
Old Oct 21, 2005 | 09:36 AM
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Again...what amplifier do you have?

In a nutshell, "stable at 4 ohms bridged" means the amplifier can safely handle 2 ohms per channel. Running anything less is putting you into a "grey area" of outcomes. Your amp could fry, it simply might not even turn on, it might overheat, or hell it might even work fine (doubtful). Who knows....this is dependent upon the amplifier.

HOWEVER, general consensus will be that if the mfgr. says the amplifier is only stable at 2 ohms per channel, do not go below that.

Old Oct 21, 2005 | 05:04 PM
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It's a Pyle Dryver Plad413 (It's 4 channel) and 2ohm stable i'm just not sure if that applies in bridged mode or not. I'm new to this and i want to learn more about it. (I got the amp from my cous for free brand new) so i'm not sure how good it is.
Old Oct 21, 2005 | 07:29 PM
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Pyle...I'm guessing 2 ohms per channel.
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