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<blockquote data-quote="LongThrow" data-source="post: 8426517" data-attributes="member: 661351"><p>"If you get technical, the different resistance values of a speaker will change the sound slightly, assuming wattage is the same. A lower impedance subwoofer has a voice coil with fewer windings, meaning less weight. A higher impedance subwoofer will have more coil windings, meaning more weight. It has more windings to counter act the resistance, so it’s like adding more lanes to the freeway to ease up traffic. This slight difference in weight will produce a slight sound quality difference. At 2 ohms you tend to have more projection of sound (louder), which causes poorer sound quality. At 4 ohms you will have less mid bass frequencies then at 2 ohms; however the sound quality is slightly improved.</p><p></p><p>If you’re not an audiophile, does this matter? Honestly, no it does not. Do not let this be a make or break when looking for sound system components. Two of the same subwoofers, just with different impedances, will produce almost the same sound if they are run at the same wattage. The difference in sound is so slight that it has little impact, especially when dealing with subwoofers, that you likely can’t tell the difference."</p><p></p><p>- <a href="http://knowledge.sonicelectronix.com/car-audio-and-video/car-subwoofers/what-is-the-difference-between-2-and-4-ohms/" target="_blank">http://knowledge.sonicelectronix.com/car-audio-and-video/car-subwoofers/what-is-the-difference-between-2-and-4-ohms/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LongThrow, post: 8426517, member: 661351"] "If you get technical, the different resistance values of a speaker will change the sound slightly, assuming wattage is the same. A lower impedance subwoofer has a voice coil with fewer windings, meaning less weight. A higher impedance subwoofer will have more coil windings, meaning more weight. It has more windings to counter act the resistance, so it’s like adding more lanes to the freeway to ease up traffic. This slight difference in weight will produce a slight sound quality difference. At 2 ohms you tend to have more projection of sound (louder), which causes poorer sound quality. At 4 ohms you will have less mid bass frequencies then at 2 ohms; however the sound quality is slightly improved. If you’re not an audiophile, does this matter? Honestly, no it does not. Do not let this be a make or break when looking for sound system components. Two of the same subwoofers, just with different impedances, will produce almost the same sound if they are run at the same wattage. The difference in sound is so slight that it has little impact, especially when dealing with subwoofers, that you likely can’t tell the difference." - [URL="http://knowledge.sonicelectronix.com/car-audio-and-video/car-subwoofers/what-is-the-difference-between-2-and-4-ohms/"]http://knowledge.sonicelectronix.com/car-audio-and-video/car-subwoofers/what-is-the-difference-between-2-and-4-ohms/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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