subs facing?, does it matter? Options

[lake1069]

i have 2 12" 700watt subs in my hatch, i've been messing with the levels to get it to sound just like i like them, but i'm wondering if it makes any differece which way the subs face, like toward the driver or opposite?

[snadman]

subs are single coil 4 ohm drivers almost positive. Properly running these would be to run them in stereo, as bridging them makes no sense in this case as you are losing power.

Just for instance say these subs would be dual 4 ohm drivers. the proper way to run them would be to "bridge" each sub's voice coils to the other, which in turn makes them a quazi-2 ohm driver (1/Rt = 1/Ra + 1/Rb --> 1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2 --> total resistance 2 ohms) then you would run these in stereo or in series bridged to the amp, either way giving them 230W RMS a piece. When you run drivers in parallel the resistances add in the manner I showed above, 2 drivers of 4 ohm run in parallel makes the amp see a 2 ohm load. 3 drivers of 4 ohm in parallel lets the amp see 1.33 ohm load and so on. Running drivers in series you simply add the resistances of the drivers. I honestly, think Abraxis and I should make up some tutorials or information pages on wiring up subs so people can just look there first and post here if they have more extensive questions.

This post has been edited by snadman: Sep 7, 2005 - 10:06 PM