I'm replacing the 12" subwoofer speaker in a Sony subwoofer unit. The
original speaker (a POS) failed, has a single voice coil, and it says 6
ohms on it.

I happen to have a 12" Cerwin Vega dual voice coil subwoofer lying around.
Each of the coils on the Cerwin Vega are 4 ohms. How should I hook this up
in the Sony box? Is it OK to hook up just one of the coils? Will that
sound OK ? Or is it necessary to hook up both coils in series ? Both in
series would be 8 ohms, which is more than the original POS speaker's 6
ohms, but using a single coil would be 4 ohm, which is less. What to do?

Any advice?

Thanks.

"Sped" none@ wrote in message

I'm replacing the 12" subwoofer speaker in a Sony subwoofer unit. The
original speaker (a POS) failed, has a single voice coil, and it says
6 ohms on it.

I happen to have a 12" Cerwin Vega dual voice coil subwoofer lying
around. Each of the coils on the Cerwin Vega are 4 ohms. How should
I hook this up in the Sony box? Is it OK to hook up just one of the
coils? Will that sound OK ? Or is it necessary to hook up both
coils in series ? Both in series would be 8 ohms, which is more than
the original POS speaker's 6 ohms, but using a single coil would be 4
ohm, which is less. What to do?

Since there's no known matching of the Thiel-Small parameters of the two
woofers, this is a kluge project. Try both options and see which sounds best
to you.