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anv396

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Posted: January 04, 2006 at 9:55 PM / IP Logged

I find this to be very strange.

I have two kicker L5 15"s in a sealed box powered by soundstream PCA2000d. I have 1/0 gauge power and ground wire to the amp along with the big 3 upgrades done in my car. When I play the L5s they get loud. louder than my memphis Power reference 15s. I dont understand is when i hook up my memphis subs with my kickers down to a 0.66 ohm load on my amp, it slams! and my amp sucks a whole lot of power. then when i hook up only the kicker L5s alone down to a 1 ohm load (which the amp is 2000w rms @ 1 ohm mono) on the same volume level, it doesnt draw as much power. my volt gauge stays @ 13.5 - 13.9 with the kickers only. but with all 4 subs hooked up it drops to 12.3 - 12.8.

I dont know whats wrong with my kickers or my amp.. someone help me..

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anv396

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Posted: January 04, 2006 at 9:56 PM / IP Logged

the solos alone are supposed to handle 1500w rms and my lights dont even dim nearly as much as when i have all 4 hooked up. is this a subwoofer or amp problem??

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ssnds

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Posted: January 04, 2006 at 10:18 PM / IP Logged

lowering your ohms when you have both subs hooked up will draw more power out of your amp. did i explain that well enough?

SSounds

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arrow12

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Posted: January 04, 2006 at 10:53 PM / IP Logged

When you hook up all your subs you said you brought it to a 0.66 ohm load, right? This means you are drawing more power at .66 ohms than at 1 ohm. This means it takes more power to make this extra power. It's also not the greatest idea to run an amp at a load it isn't recommended for. I think that is what ssnds was saying.

That's my opinion. Take it, leave it, or correct me.

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