wanting new sub, dual voice vs. single voice coil Options

[klm317]

ok, so i plan on upgrading my sub to an infinity 12" sub. right now i have an alpine amp that pushes 220rms. my two options that i was thinking are as follows.


http://www.crutchfield.com/S-62134s1Q0tP/c...&I=1081250W

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-62134s1Q0tP/c...;i=1081242W#Tab


The first one i would run my 2-channel amp bridged which would give me 220 watts RMS to the single voice coil.
The second one i would run my 2-channel amp with 160 watts RMS to each of the two voice coils.

so my question is, which set-up will give me strong bass and clean sound. keep in mind, i plan on upgrading to a more powerful amp when money is more available. sorry if this is a noob question, i just don't know which is a better set-up. Also, is there any other way i could wire up the dual voice coil? again, i have no experience with them, but i would love to have one if it will produce great sound.

Thanks in advance guys.

Also, i was planning on buying the stuffing for the box, and i was wondering if anybody has had any experience with this. does it work. is it worth the like $12.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-fbEVdeJq3Ob/c...41&I=027808

Thanks again.

This post has been edited by klm317: Oct 19, 2006 - 8:51 PM

[95GT]

... i just don't know which is a better set-up. Also, is there any other way i could wire up the dual voice coil?

Neither is really "better" than the other, it just depends on what you want to do. The dual voice coil gives you more flexibility for install aptions because it allows you to run it at 8 ohms if wired in series or 2 ohms wired parellel whereas the single voice coil sub can only present a 4 ohm load. Without knowing which model amp you have it's tough to say which one would work best, but its probably around 400 watts bridged mono at 2 ohms which would give 200 watts per voice coil which is more that the 160 rms suggested by Infinity. And if these are anything like the Kappa Perfect subs, they're pretty easy to blow, so I'd stick with the single voice coil.