[|]are |]evil]

As many of you already know I don't know shit about car audio. Anyway, it is my understanding the the stock sub is dual voice coil = 4 wires. Can 2 single voice coil subs be used in place of 1 DVC?

 

[|]are |]evil]

Bump

 

[MyDianaZ06]

Are you talking about just using two of the four wires for a single voice coil? You can, but I doubt it'll sound decent.

 

[fabzz]

well yea, but you got remember thats the problem with power those 4 wires are pushing X power to the sub so if you want 2 subs you have to match or get close to the power going into the DVC sub, hope it helps

 

[|]are |]evil]

well there are 4 wires now to the factory speaker which is a DVC 8" sub. Can I just get 2 single voice coil subs which use only 2 wires? Two wires to each sub means I am using all 4 wires. Perhaps adding more bass since I will be pushing 2 subs. Thanks.

 

[MyDianaZ06]

well there are 4 wires now to the factory speaker which is a DVC 8" sub. Can I just get 2 single voice coil subs which use only 2 wires? Two wires to each sub means I am using all 4 wires. Perhaps adding more bass since I will be pushing 2 subs. Thanks.

Best way to do this is to find out how much resistance each coil is on the factory sub

So if each coil on the factory speaker is 2ohms each, then you would need (qty)2 single voice coil speakers, each 2 ohms speaker.

yes you can do that.

But, depending on the speaker, it probably will not sound as good as a single speaker would.

I heard that the output of the 4 wires are weak.

Best thing to do if you want more bump is to just go with out the four wires and just get a separate amp/box/sub. I think you'd be wasting time and money trying to do what you want to do because ti wouldn't sound good. imo

 

[|]are |]evil]

thx for all the info. I will just leave it for now and spend $$$ on HOARSPOWA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TheBlackBass]

4 wires to the sub is weird in my opinion. I imagine they are wiring the voice coils in parallel combining the wire at the amplifier rather than at the sub. if each voice coil is 4 ohms then running them in parallel drops the total load to 2 ohms, making it easier for the amplifier. If wired in series then the load is 8 ohms. If each voice coil is 2 ohms then parallel=1ohm and series=4ohm.

in short if you want to run another speaker you have to figure out which way it's wired currently and then get a speaker that matches the load(impedance) rating.

I can tell you how to wire a new speaker in if I knew exactly how the old ones were done. easiest thing would be to get another dual voice coil sub that matches the stock sub. if you get a single voice coil sub that matches the dual voice coil in parallel then you would just put both positive wires together and both negative wires together when you hook the sub up. IF stock was wired for parallel.