/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1658517
>>1658530
Hi anon, I managed to remove the cover and have a look at the ear of the sub enclosure. There are indeed two sets of terminals, one for each driver so yes, 2 x 4Ω is quite accurate and it's up to the owner (i.e. me) if I want to wire each separately (with a 1ch amp this is the same as parallel), or in series. The previous owner had it wired parallel to the old amp and I just did the same.

That brings up new questions though. It's my understanding that the amp will put out more watts (800W RMS) into 2Ω (parallel), but also potentially draw a lot more power which isn't ideal for a stock electrical system. Right now it sounds great and I have the amp sensitivity turned way down because it's just so fucking loud. In terms of both sound quality and efficiency, knowing that I'm running the amp super low, am I better off keeping it parallel or going to 8Ω and wiring in series? I am an audio guy but not car audio so I want to keep the battery and alternator as healthy as possible and that part's new to me. Diagram related. The amp is capable of outputting the RMS powers labelled below the amps