wiring subs

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: wiring subs

Posted By: pitbulllover77
Subject: wiring subs
Date Posted: February 11, 2009 at 8:16 PM

I have recently bought 2 lanzar vibe series vw12d dual voice coil speakers 1600watts a piece i am putting them in a bandpass box in a jeep cherrokee i also bought a power acoustik 2600watt gothic series amp to go with them. I need help in wiring the speakers. series or parallel or a combination of both i am looking for the deepest bass that i can get with this combo. and still be safe without frying my amp or blowing my speakers any help would be greatly appreciated & pics would`nt hurt..lol...thanx!

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Lyn

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: February 11, 2009 at 8:26 PM

Dual 2 ohm, dual 4 ohm, or dual 8 ohm? What is the minimum operating impedance your amp?

Posted By: the12volt
Date Posted: February 11, 2009 at 8:27 PM

You didn't mention what impedance each voice is, but have a peek here: https://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp

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Posted By: pitbulllover77
Date Posted: February 11, 2009 at 8:52 PM

the speakers are 4ohm and the amp is 2ohm stable hope this helps

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Lyn

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: February 11, 2009 at 9:21 PM

Wire each speaker as above and connect one speaker to the left channel of the amp and connect the other speaker to the right channel of the amp.

Posted By: pitbulllover77
Date Posted: February 11, 2009 at 9:45 PM

my speaker box only has one hookup for the speakers!

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Lyn

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: February 11, 2009 at 9:50 PM

Try this one

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Connect the positive wire to the left positive terminal of the amplifier. Connect the negative wire to the right negative terminal of the amp.

Posted By: pitbulllover77
Date Posted: February 11, 2009 at 9:55 PM

my speaker box only has one hookup for the speakers!

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Lyn

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: February 11, 2009 at 10:11 PM

Notice there are 2 speakers in the picture, and only 1 set of connections.

Posted By: pitbulllover77
Date Posted: February 11, 2009 at 10:13 PM

looks easy enough will this give me the deep bass i`m looking for? and could you tell me if this is a good combination and wat if anything should i add next to really get the bass?

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Lyn

Posted By: j.reed
Date Posted: February 11, 2009 at 11:03 PM

most is in the correct install, tuning and the most critical is the box itself. A prefab box is usually crap.

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Posted By: pitbulllover77
Date Posted: February 12, 2009 at 1:42 PM

done it like you said everything sounds great but if i turn my volume up the cd player shuts off when the bass hits and kicks back on!

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Lyn

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: February 12, 2009 at 2:04 PM

Did you run your amp power wire to the battery? Do you have the speaker wires of the radio and the amp both connected to one or more speakers?

Define kicks off and kicks back on. Does the cd player turn off or does it just skip?

Posted By: pitbulllover77
Date Posted: February 12, 2009 at 3:50 PM

the main power wire is run to the battery , i have two 5 1/4 speakers run to the radio itself and the subs bridged on the amp and the radio kicks off!

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Lyn

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: February 12, 2009 at 4:02 PM

I am still trying to figure out what you mean by Kicks off. Do the lights go out and the radio turn off, or does the music just quit for a second or two.

Posted By: pitbulllover77
Date Posted: February 12, 2009 at 5:15 PM

music quits for a second or two but yes the power is completly kicking off too!

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Lyn

Posted By: moparfan1234
Date Posted: February 19, 2009 at 11:41 PM

pitbulllover77 wrote:

looks easy enough will this give me the deep bass i`m looking for? and could you tell me if this is a good combination and wat if anything should i add next to really get the bass?

yea get a 1 ohm stable amp that the rms rating matchs the rms rating of both subs added together

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