This question is directed to anyone who's willing to answer but it would be great to hear from Nick or Scott on this. I am currently powering my subwoofers with a Hifonics BXI2006D of which I'm not proud of at all. My current subwoofers consist of Hifonics Brutus BX12D2's having D2 voicecoils themselves I run them series parallel for a 2 ohm load on the amp with a supposed 1300RMS for the two which was supposed to be running them with 50wrms to spare (laughable right?). At any rate I'm ready to order my pair of 12Q's to replace the brutus subs and I"m torn between getting the D1 or D2 coils. I'm worried that powering the Q's at 1300 watts will result in less than desirable results (not as loud). I'm also worried about the same problem running this AMP at 1 ohm as well (too much distortion). I AM PLANNING on replacing the amp with two JBL GTO14001 amps running them @ 4 ohms for 1200 into each sub which should yield fantastic results. I would like to order the D2's in anticipation of this upgrade unless running amps such as the SAZ-2000D at 1 ohm has no detriment at all to SQ. I'm an SQ oriented listener who's slowly making my way to an awesome SQ setup with upgrades planned on my highs as well to ID CTX components and JBL amp for those.

My worries may be unfounded but SQ is of utmost importance and I don't want to cause any more problems than I"ll already have with using the current amp for however long it takes to make the upgrade which could be a month or even a year.

I thank you all in advance for your help in this matter, please no "get rid of that piece of crrap Hifonics" replys as I'm well aware of the CHEAPOSITY of the damn things, was when I upgraded to them and yes I said upgraded. (from Profile and Audiobahn)

Pick out your amplifier first. That will determine the voice coils to get. That's it.

If you have two subs and want a 4 or 1 ohm net load at the amp, get dual 1 ohm coils. If you want a 2 ohm load at the amp, get dual 2 ohm coils.

Pick out your amplifier first. That will determine the voice coils to get. That's it.

If you have two subs and want a 4 or 1 ohm net load at the amp, get dual 1 ohm coils. If you want a 2 ohm load at the amp, get dual 2 ohm coils.

I'm aware of this.... my question is related to the difference in the SQ of the subs when both are driven by the same amp at a low impedence such as 1 ohm such as the case is with my current amplifier, I'm not sure when I'll be able to purchase the new amps I was speaking about in the OP. The ohm load makes a difference in the damping of the amplifier and I'm wondering whether or not, with these subs, it's as critical as it would be with cheaper subs...... in a nutshell.

You will never hear a difference.