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Subject Some class D subwoofer amps are 1 Ohm stable.
     
Posted by SooperZ95 on November 29, 2003 at 11:15 PM
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In Reply To along this line -- are there any amps that are one ohm posted by brandon97229 on November 29, 2003 at 10:30 PM
     
Message Your alpine amp looks like the lowest supported impedance is 2 Ohms for the subwoofer channel. Run anything lower and you'll likely find the amp will shut down. My suggestion is to get the D4 (dual 4-ohm) version and wire the voice coils in parallel (producing a 2 ohm load). You'll get the most out of that amp in this configuration, and I think that is the most popular version and hence usually the cheapest version of that sub.

The amps that I have seen that have been 1 Ohm stable tend to be switching class D amps intended solely for subwoofer use. They are extremely efficient (compared to thier traditional counterparts), but like anything they have a tradeoff: higher distortion. But for a subwoofer channel the added distortion is generally undetectable.

     
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