Two 4 ohm woofers in series or two 16 ohm in parallel. Which is better?

[officeboy]

Is this what I see there?

[markp]

Try this setup: (yes this is the worst thing I have ever drawn!)

[sreten]

Originally posted by officeboy
Is this what I see there?

the drivers have + and - connected together.

sreten.

[chops]

Originally posted by markp
Try this setup: (yes this is the worst thing I have ever drawn!)

What a lovely inductor you drew there!! LOL j/k


Anyway, I have my dipole subs wired in parallel for a 4 ohm load and they are very detailed, however they are also wired out of phase with one driver facing forward and the other backwards.

On the other hand, my car audio system has a single 12" driver with dual 2 ohm voice coils wired in series, also for a 4 ohm load. This sub is very clean and detailed sounding as well.

I don't know. I have never done a side-by-side test to see if series or parallel sounds better.

[Timn8ter]

I fixed it for you.

[Cal Weldon]

The woofers are wired in series, it is a 2nd order parallel Xover.

The black wire on the left hooks to the negative. The patch wire from the (+) to the (-) is only taped to the cap, no connection. The white wire from the orange cable goes goes through the coil and hooks up with the cap and the(+) terminal. The other end of the cap goes to the original (-) input. A simple 12dB parallel cut-off

Mark: I can't wire the drivers in parallel, these are 4 ohm woofers and I don't want to run 2 ohms.

I think I am going to grab a beer and try a series network on them to see if that changes anything.

Cal

[Cal Weldon]

Well I didn't get through the beer before I realized I was heading downstairs for no reason.

Anyone want a laugh at my expense?
Now's the time. lol!

Cal