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Old 05-01-2009, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by prod
But, say you wire the subs parallel, then while playing real loud, one sub blows. Then, wouldnt all the power go through the remaining sub and blow that one too?
If the coil shorts out, the load on the amp goes to 0ohms and the amp goes into protect mode, sound stops instantly.

If the coil opens completely, the amp will only have 1 sub at twice the impedance load to deal with and it will be fine with that.

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