sublemonal
Novice Member
Hi all,
Firstly please accept my apologies, I am a complete novice when it comes to all things audio which is why I'm here. Please be gentle with my lack of knowledge and my undoubted, basic, 'obvious to most' questions.
In short, I am looking to connect a laptop (MacBook Pro) through an amp to power a single (one) passive subwoofer. The purpose is not for playing great sounding music but to simply play a variety of different low-level tones using tone generator software on the Mac through the passive sub.
After having spent many hours trying to get my head around how to match amps with subs and finding it surprisingly difficult to find matching combinations I'm currently looking at the following pairing.
Amp - Nobsound G2 PRO HiFi Subwoofer /Full-Frequency Mono Digital Power Amplifier 300W - This is a 300W, 2-8Ω, Mono, Full Frequency Power Amp
Sub - Punch 10" P2 4-Ohm DVC Subwoofer | Rockford Fosgate ® - This is a 300W, 4Ω, DVC Sub
Yes, it is a very basic amp but for my purposes, so long as it powers the amp properly, that is all that matters.
The specs on the amp are a little scarce, so my question is basically will the pairing work correctly? (I've emailed the amp maker but have not received a reply as yet, hence my question here).
My assumption is that if I wired the pair in parallel then I would have a 2Ω load on the amp and if I wired in series, an 8Ω load on the amp. Bearing in mind the amp spec suggests 300w*1 2Ω and that 'the speaker matches impedance 2-8Ω' is this going to work without any problems?
I'd appreciate any help or advice and mostly a simple layman's explanation as to whether I've got this right or am way off the mark and if the latter what I need to be looking for?
Many thanks
Firstly please accept my apologies, I am a complete novice when it comes to all things audio which is why I'm here. Please be gentle with my lack of knowledge and my undoubted, basic, 'obvious to most' questions.
In short, I am looking to connect a laptop (MacBook Pro) through an amp to power a single (one) passive subwoofer. The purpose is not for playing great sounding music but to simply play a variety of different low-level tones using tone generator software on the Mac through the passive sub.
After having spent many hours trying to get my head around how to match amps with subs and finding it surprisingly difficult to find matching combinations I'm currently looking at the following pairing.
Amp - Nobsound G2 PRO HiFi Subwoofer /Full-Frequency Mono Digital Power Amplifier 300W - This is a 300W, 2-8Ω, Mono, Full Frequency Power Amp
Sub - Punch 10" P2 4-Ohm DVC Subwoofer | Rockford Fosgate ® - This is a 300W, 4Ω, DVC Sub
Yes, it is a very basic amp but for my purposes, so long as it powers the amp properly, that is all that matters.
The specs on the amp are a little scarce, so my question is basically will the pairing work correctly? (I've emailed the amp maker but have not received a reply as yet, hence my question here).
My assumption is that if I wired the pair in parallel then I would have a 2Ω load on the amp and if I wired in series, an 8Ω load on the amp. Bearing in mind the amp spec suggests 300w*1 2Ω and that 'the speaker matches impedance 2-8Ω' is this going to work without any problems?
I'd appreciate any help or advice and mostly a simple layman's explanation as to whether I've got this right or am way off the mark and if the latter what I need to be looking for?
Many thanks