Posted March 5, 200916 yr is 1 ohm louder then anything else? i was told this by a kid at school. if you need any other info let me know, im at a loss as to what else to say. haha. newb i know...
March 5, 200916 yr Author thats what i thought. but then i started thinking, more watts are rated at 1 then 2 or 4 ohms, so i wasn't sure.
March 6, 200916 yr 1 ohm has less resistance than 2 or 4 ohms, so it would be easier to produce more power, therefore with more power it would be louder.Correct me if I'm wrong.
March 6, 200916 yr Author 1 ohm has less resistance than 2 or 4 ohms, so it would be easier to produce more power, therefore with more power it would be louder.Correct me if I'm wrong.thats how i was lookin at it...
March 6, 200916 yr Yeah, but that just has to do with the amplifier. You can get a 1000 watt @ 1 ohm amp and a 1000 watt at 4 ohm amp and you still have 1000 watts either way.4 ohms pulls less power from the electrical system than 1 ohm, but if you can get 1000 watts out of an amp either way, it doesn't matter.
March 6, 200916 yr 4 ohms pulls less power from the electrical system than 1 ohm, but if you can get 1000 watts out of an amp either way, it doesn't matter.with the same amp it would but a class a/b amp compared to a class d, no. But then if you run the class d at 4ohm it wont produce the power it will at 1ohm
March 8, 200916 yr Yeah, but that just has to do with the amplifier. You can get a 1000 watt @ 1 ohm amp and a 1000 watt at 4 ohm amp and you still have 1000 watts either way.4 ohms pulls less power from the electrical system than 1 ohm, but if you can get 1000 watts out of an amp either way, it doesn't matter.The difference between the current pulled by an amp doing 1k @ 4 and 1k @ 1 is not usually going to be significant assuming that both are of the same topology and well designed and built.
March 8, 200916 yr Yeah, but that just has to do with the amplifier. You can get a 1000 watt @ 1 ohm amp and a 1000 watt at 4 ohm amp and you still have 1000 watts either way.4 ohms pulls less power from the electrical system than 1 ohm, but if you can get 1000 watts out of an amp either way, it doesn't matter.The difference between the current pulled by an amp doing 1k @ 4 and 1k @ 1 is not usually going to be significant assuming that both are of the same topology and well designed and built.Well I was reading something the other day....maybe it was on bcae1.com? Anyways I think it had some situation where it said like 120 amps @ 4 ohms, 130 amps @ 2 ohms, and 140 amps @ 1 ohm, for the same power.
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