Car Sub Woofer Question

[LandRover]

The current sub in my vehicle is a dual voice. I assume this has something to do with having two amps.
I have a replacement sub of the same size, but it's only a single voice (one set of connections).
My question is, can I use the single voice sub and still get pretty decent sound?

 

[Fiveohhh]

dual voice coils just means the speaker has two voice coils you only need to use one of em. to answer your question you can get great sound out of a single voice coil sub.

 

[LandRover]

You'll have to excuse my car audio ignorance, but how would I wire it up?

Would I connect all 4 wires to the one side of the new sub, or just two of them?

 

[Fiveohhh]

just use one set of speaker wires. or get two subs😀

 

[mrchan]

what amp, what sub. wiring depends on the ohms of the sub + amp.

 

[LandRover]

The amps and sub are the original equipment in a 12 year old vehicle. It's a Pioneer system.

The other sub I have that I was thinking might work, it came out of a home stereo sub box.
On the bottom, it reads...
Hymnario
IMP: 2, NOM: 20W
(Probably a generic POS, but I don't care 😉)

The current sub has 4 wires total connected to it. 2 wires connecting to each opposite side.

 

[Fiveohhh]

if you have a single voice coil, and one speaker there is only one way to hook it up.... If you have a speaker running less than 4 ohms(unlikely)you have something to think about, but if your amps designed for 4ohms and you connect an 8 ohm it'll be fine, just lack some thump😛

 

[LandRover]

Here's what it says on the bottom of the amps...
Max Power: 30W x 2
Load Imp: 4-8
Input Level: 3V-30V

I know they're not powerful amps compared to todays systems, but I'm more than happy with the sound.

 

[Howard]

You can wire it up depending on the preferred impedance of the amp. You only need 1 amp to drive the speaker.