Alright, over on "another forum" there's a thread that's turning into a shit show, however, it does get me wondering.
Many manufacturers post T/S parameters of DVC drivers with the voice coils in series, but I don't, or at least didn't often see T/S parameters listed with voice coils wired in parallel. Why is that BTW?
So, with this thread on "the other forum" the OP talked about how the subwoofer performed so much better wired for a higher impedance. Can't say I have experienced such myself, but I've never had the opportunity arise where I could easily change the sub's impedance and still give it the same amount of power to make any sort of a "fair" comparison.
So, without turning this into a shit show, can we discuss what sort of differences there will be a when doing such, assuming you can feed the driver the same amount of power wired either way, using the same amp so it's not a variable in why the driver may perform "better" one way or the other.
Everything I've read in the past when DVC Subs came out indicated there was no difference in the way the sub performed, it was merely a way to get more flexible wiring options.
Still, if the parameters do change some depending on voice coil wiring configuration, could/would the driver behave differently enough to make an audible difference?
Edit.
Actually, "performace difference" is probably not the right way to put it.