Should I get 4 ohm or 2 ohm speakers?

Question

I had two Kicker L5's in my car last year powered by a Kicker ZX550.2 amplifier. I blew those speakers and I'm looking to purchase some more without blowing them out again. When they were installed the first time, I don't remember which ohm speakers I had. Can somebody give me some advice or tell me how many ohms my amp can support?

Answer 1

by the looks of the amp specs you can have any ohm. maybe you just had bad speakers. you should look into maybe some L7's. and just wire it down to 1ohm in bridge mode. that will give you a good bang.

Answer 2

you could get one 12" L5 2 ohm DVC

wire the sub in a series

Bridge the sub parallel to the amp

get a custom box built

Sealed Box Volume 2.0 cubic feet

Ported Box Volume 3.25 cubic feet tuned to you preference

and it will probably sound better than the two subs you had hooked to the same amp.

if you dont do that it would be good to switch to a different type of sub like

two 05 CVR 10" 2 or 4 ohm DVC

four Comp 10" or 12" 4 ohm SVC subs

two Comp 15" 4 or 8 ohm SVC subs

one 15" CVR 2 ohm DVC sub

or something like that

Answer 3

It depends on the amp. If you are planning on bridging your final load with both subs can't be any less than 4 ohms. In that case you would need 2 dual 4 ohm voice coil subs, with the voice coils wired series and then both subs wired parallel to the amp. If you want 2 ohm, you would need the same 4 ohm DVC subs, but with the voice coils wired parallel, and one sub to each channel. The ohm rating of the subs will not change weather you blow them or not. Over driving and exceeding the limitations will. The impedance of the subs just allow flexibility in wiring, different loads will change the output of the amplifier, so just be sure the specs of the amplifier don't exceed the RMS rating of the subs, either @ 4 ohm bridged or @ 2 ohm to each channel.

Answer 4

Think of your own ear drums. 2 ohm should be plenty. There is nothing 'Wow!" about a car blaring loud noise, no matter whose car it is.