hey i have a pair of infinity perfect 6.1 in the front doors...i have them hooked to a elemental designs nine.2 amp... its rated at
100 x 2 at 4ohm
150 X 2 at 2 ohm
400 X 1 at 2 ohm
my question is, my comps are 4 ohm inpedance, how do i put them to a 2 ohm load, this ____tey pic shows how i have it set up ( 1 cross to channel 1, 1 cross to channel 2) that is 4ohm load right ? i just dont think im gettin the full potential

... and i dont want to bridge to 1 channel and push over 400 w to the comps ( thats there max)
someone please let me know if i can make this a 2 ohm load
thanks

 

i dont think the god damn pic is workin sorry

 

You can't configure them as a 2 ohm load unless you run both in parallel to one channel and that defeats the purpose. You'll get plenty of output from the 100 Watts you'll get at 4 Ohms.

 

if you put a 4 ohm resistor in parallel with the crossovers, that would give you 2ohm load at the amp, but I don't know how the resistors would act with the extra power..(they might take half of the power going to the components per side and turn it into heat)

 

Keep in mind, that if you run an amp at a 2ohm load, instead of a 4ohm, you're going to see more power, but also increased distortion. there is always a trade off.

If you want to get that amp to run at 2 ohms, buy another set of the same comps. Remember, ohms are determined at a given frequency. That's why a set of comp's sees a four ohm load: the woofer and tweeter are operating at seperate freq's.

 

You can't wire them for a 2ohm load. I'd suggest getting a different amp that gives you the power you want at 4 ohms. I have a nine.2 and a set of edi 6000s and at 4 ohms they're getting over 100 watts because the amp is underrated. You'd probably want to go with a nine.4 and bridge the channels to get 150 watts @ 4 ohms.

 

Nine.4 bridged at 4 actually gets a bit over 200...we had to bench one the other day.

Or...wait for a Nine.2X...200x2 at 4ohms, 400x2 at 2 ohms, chassis of the Nine.1..probably around August.

 

Yah I mentioned they're underrated so with the nine.2 he's getting 150 or close to that anyway. I really don't see the need for more power for his applications.

 

I would have to agree completely.

Bridged Nine.4 on a set of 6500s is unbearable at high volumes...but horribly clear ;)

 

I only have the edi 6000s and just with the nine.2, they can get extremely loud and I can't say I heard any distortion. Very happy with them

 

yes, you can...from an electrical standpoint....wiring a 4 ohm resistor in parallel with the component will show the amp a 2ohm load....though probably not a good idea...as I said, the resistor would probably take half of the power just like another component would do...but since the resistor can't put out any noise like a speaker would, it would possibly take the electrical energy and turn it into heat and probably damage something....