dual vc

[roadkill103 0]

a lot of these are dual voice coil if using both voice coils, is the wattage is doubled?

eg maw-12 , 350 + 350 = 700 if both voice coils used ?

or are they 125 + 125 = 350?

or does it not matter if u use one or two voice coils = 350 all ways ?

[roadkill103 0]

more info i am wonder because the old mtx 2300 amp i am going to use is not 2 ohm stable bridged,

600 Watts bridged into a 4 Ohm load

so was wondering about using just 1 voice coil could fry it easy i guess then

[Mike P. 0]

It's 350 total to both coils. 175 each, not 125.

[Viperoni 0]

Actually power handling for one coil is NOT halved from the total; its something between 60-80% of the total power rating.

This is because when there are 2 VC's, each one loses half of it's heatsinking area because it's touching another coil.

Adire Audio had a paper about this.

In any case, count on a single coil on a MAW 12 to handle 200-250w, possibly even 300, and I know the driver can THERMALLY handle significantly more than it's rating of 350w, but I'm not going to make any claims as to long term powerhanlding abilities due to a lack of personal experience with one.

I was VERY impressed with my friends MAW12 off a 400w JL Audio e1400 in a 1.5cf box @ ~33hz.

Edited February 5, 2008 by Viperoni