10" Ev's 8 ohms, amp help
 

Alright so I just bought 2 10" Electrovoice DL10X :) They are single 8 ohm voice coil each. I need to know if an amp rated for 4 ohms will be able to work with them. I want to keep them separated into left and right channels so I don't want to wire them in parallel to get 4 ohms. I'm assuming it it will work but the speaker will only see half of what the amp would put out at 4 ohms. The amp puts out 300 X2 @4ohms. So would the EV's see 150 watts RMS? If so, this is fine with me. I just don't want to hurt the amp or EV's. I'm usually good with audio, but this is a new aspect to me. Thanks in advance.

yes they will..check out the rockford wiring wizard. Basically, you will wire them in parallel.. they may not have 8 ohm on their website, but select two single 4 ohms, it will be the same concept when wiring in parallel, just the impedence is diff.

As for the amp, look at what it does bridged, because waht you are looking at is how much it puts out per channel. I'm going to assume that amp puts out over 600w @ 4 ohms bridged, but make sure its rms, not max on the amp

Why keep the sub bass separated in stereo?

The amp is a 4 channel so that 300 x2 is bridged. Also, these aren't subs. They are regular speakers mid bass/voice. Same type as the door speakers, hence keeping them in stereo. They are mostly used as guitar amp speakers. My friend has 4 in his G...wow is it loud.

I wouldn't use those for subs even if they were free. They aren't subwoofers. The frequency range only goes down to 100 hz. Your sub bass will all be below 100 hz.

Here are the specs. Specifications
Frequency Response (-10dB) 100 - 2000 Hz
Sensitivity 1W/1m 98 dB
Max. SPL / 1m (calc) 122.8 dB
System Power Handling (continuous/program/peak) 300/600/1200 Watts
Nominal Impedance (Passive) 8 Ohms
Chassis Size 10 inches
Speaker Type Components
Weight Net 6.5 kg ( 14.33 lbs )

http://www.electrovoice.com/products/300.html

Sure, they may be loud, but they aren't subs. Pick something else unless you are going to mount these in the doors.

They aren't being used as subs. They are going be just like the door speakers, probably on the front channel in addition to the door speakers. They won't be mounted in the door but work the same way.

You can wire together but you're going to lose your balance of left and right. Whichever channel you bridge it on, that's the one it will keep.