Series Vs. Stereo

[ky_infiniti2000]

I have 2 4-ohms subs. When wired in Series the effecitve load is 8-ohms. My amp is rated at 1x 300W @ 4-ohms or 2 x 150W @ 2-ohms.

When wired in series, the effecitve wattage is 150W total(or 75W per sub)

When wired in stereo, the effective wattage is 75W per speaker as well.

So what are advantages/disadvantage of running in series vs. stereo?

[frogg]

I've never heard of "wired in stereo" before; I've only heard of wired in series and wired in parallel..

What kind of sub do you have? brand/model?

Is it a mono amp or stereo?
If you are taking a stereo amp and making it mono you would be bridging it.

[ky_infiniti2000]

Yes...I mean running the amp in stereo or mono.
i have 2 Eclipse 86100.4 (10" 4ohm, Continuous Power Handling: 175W
Music Power Handling: 350W).

Pushing them i have a 150.2 Orion Colbalt amp.

[NismoPC]

Originally posted by ky_infiniti2000
I have 2 4-ohms subs. When wired in Series the effecitve load is 8-ohms. My amp is rated at 1x 300W @ 4-ohms or 2 x 150W @ 2-ohms.

When wired in series, the effecitve wattage is 150W total(or 75W per sub)

When wired in stereo, the effective wattage is 75W per speaker as well.

So what are advantages/disadvantage of running in series vs. stereo?

Since MONO combines the stereo signals into one path, the overall bass response (frequency) acheived would be greater than running the amp in stereo sending seperate bass frequencies to each speaker.

The only issue I see is when you run the two in series, the ohms is 8 which will lower the output wattage of the amp and therefore lessen the amps effectiveness. On the other hand, the amp will run cooler at 8 ohms instead of 4 or 2. But....

....ultimately, for a amp that runs 4 ohms in MONO, you should have went with two 8 ohm subs and ran them in parallel or two 2 ohm subs and run them in series. that would have achieved the 4 ohm load. Or any combination of subs that net you a 4 ohm load.