Can i hook up a 4 ohm speaker to a 2 ohm amp? quick response needed please.

 

what kind of amp is it cuz an amp can be wired many different ways

 

its a pyramid 400 watt 2way 2 ohm...
i read a little more about it and they say that u can hook up a 4 ohm speaker to a 2 ohm amp and it will have distortion earlier when u turn it up loud but but a 4 ohm amp and a 2 ohm speaker could fry your amp.

 

yes you can hook it up, your amp will not push its max, but it will work.

 

the speaker will see half the amps output

double the ohm load to the amp, halves the power to the speaker

 

I see.. thanks guys
Sounds like im gonna buy a new amp.

 

if you have a dual voice coil sub, then a 2 ohm amp is what you want.....when you wire them positive on the amp to positive on the speaker and then positive to positive on the speaker; nevative on the amp to negative on the speaker to negative on the speaker, you are pulling a 2 ohm load from the amp.........ALL amps push out more power at 2 ohms than at 4 ohms.....you can get more power that way cheaper......

here is a little wiring diagram on what i was saying if it was confusing....


and here is a link to were you can try different setups...
http://www.cardomain.com/shop/woofer..._dvc&x=123&y=9

 

the sub i have is a 07 10" Kicker CompVT and i has a 4 layer voice coil.

 

is it a dual voice coil or a single voice coil?

 

its a single

 

yea the amp would be only pushing out about 1/2 the power that it would normally do with a 2 ohm load on the amp....

 

is it a 2 channel amp that can bridge to 4ohm mono? if so, then you don't have to buy a better amp

(although I would anyways because pyramids are usually pos)

 

lol, i was readin this thinkin "hey kevin just got one of those subs" then i saw the amp and was like "omg that's the same amp kevin has" then i noticed it was him postin this haha.

he's got the amp briged, idk what its at though. Sounds great