School me on subs!

[Nutro]

It's been many many years since I've messed with car audio and I convinced the wife unit to allow me a single 10" sub.

I'm looking to keep it pretty cheap though.

I'm looking at a single 10" Polk DXi or Diamond Audio sub. I'm not sure what amp I need but I will get to that.

Here is my question. Do I need a single voice coil (SVC) or a Dual voice coil (DVC) and do I want a 4ohm etc etc.

I was planning on running a single 2 channel amp or a mono amp for the sub then adding a 4 channel for the fronts and rears.

[black12lt]

I'd go two ohm sub, mono amp to power and 4 channel for speakers. A dvc sub will just allow you to run in either 2,4, or 8 ohms. This may be helpful if you do the 5 channel for your speakers and subs. To the best of my knowledge, the lower the ohm load, the more power hungry the sub is, harder it hits.since the wife is only allowing 1 10 inch sub, of definitely again suggest a 2 ohm to get he most bang for size. Alpine type r is a good example. Hope this helps.

[real deal 101]

tobe honest i thought this was my dream thread. i was hopeign i wont have to ask people what are subs,Amps etc

im going to get flamed if i post a thread of the questions.
i didnt grow up around stereo systems nor do i know anythign about an aftermarket sound system. all i know is stock and what it is.

i want something that looks good, sounds good and i can open up my truck at a show and they say nice system you got there, i dont want to kill my wallet either

[Nutro]

Originally Posted by real deal 101

tobe honest i thought this was my dream thread. i was hopeign i wont have to ask people what are subs,Amps etc

im going to get flamed if i post a thread of the questions.
i didnt grow up around stereo systems nor do i know anythign about an aftermarket sound system. all i know is stock and what it is.

i want something that looks good, sounds good and i can open up my truck at a show and they say nice system you got there, i dont want to kill my wallet either

You won't get flamed by most folks here. We're here to help.

[Nutro]

Originally Posted by black12lt

I'd go two ohm sub, mono amp to power and 4 channel for speakers. A dvc sub will just allow you to run in either 2,4, or 8 ohms. This may be helpful if you do the 5 channel for your speakers and subs. To the best of my knowledge, the lower the ohm load, the more power hungry the sub is, harder it hits.since the wife is only allowing 1 10 inch sub, of definitely again suggest a 2 ohm to get he most bang for size. Alpine type r is a good example. Hope this helps.

Hmm ok thanks. So if I am running a 2ohm sub, I can just run it off of a mono amp?

OR run a 4ohm sub and wire it direct. One channel per voice coil.

Most of the subs that I see on Crutchfield are 4ohm.

[black12lt]

Originally Posted by Nutro

You won't get flamed by most folks here. We're here to help.

+1

[black12lt]

Most amps have rms and wattage setting for differnt ohm levels. For example, the same amp can provide 250 rms at 4 ohm, or 500 rms at 2 ohms. Just depends on how the sub is wired. You can get a type r which is atleast 500 rms and mrp 500 amp thats a mono that will be more than enough power on amazon for 350-380. Both are great quality, and the sub is 2 ohms.

[black12lt]

Anything other than a mono amp will probably need to.be bridged to push the sub efficiently also. Mono amps are the easiest to just power a sub