setting up my system
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=58092
Printed Date: July 05, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Topic: setting up my system
Posted By: BUSTA1121
Subject: setting up my system
Date Posted: June 20, 2005 at 7:06 PM
ok i just bought a kicker kx 150.2 and 2 10' kicker comps. How do i set it up for maximum performance?
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Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: June 20, 2005 at 7:10 PM
what is the ohm rating on the subs? I assume you are talking about the wiring configuration?
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Posted By: BUSTA1121
Date Posted: June 20, 2005 at 7:22 PM
yes the wiring config. It says on the website either 2 or 4 ohms
Posted By: BUSTA1121
Date Posted: June 20, 2005 at 7:39 PM
i think they are 4 ohms and my amp can run 2 ohms stable
Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: June 20, 2005 at 7:44 PM
so they are single 4 ohm subs and your amp is stable to 2 ohms...  -------------
Posted By: BUSTA1121
Date Posted: June 20, 2005 at 7:59 PM
yes they are single 4ohms subs and my amp is 2 ohms stable. right now the amp is set up where each channel is running a sub. Will i get more power running it your way?
Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: June 20, 2005 at 8:16 PM
if it is in the bridged configuration then yes, so long as the amp is brigeable to 2 ohms.
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Posted By: BUSTA1121
Date Posted: June 20, 2005 at 8:50 PM
yes it is . thats dwarren for your help.
Posted By: BUSTA1121
Date Posted: June 21, 2005 at 6:15 PM
ok i tried hooking up it up where from the amp left + to both subs + and amp right - to both subs - and it would work fine and sound great for about 2 minutes and once i turned up hte volume a little it would shut off. What am i doing wrong?
Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: June 21, 2005 at 6:21 PM
Maybe your amp is not stable at this configuration.
Or you have power/ground issues.
Are sure of the impedance on the woofers? and the capabilities of the amp, is it 4 OHM bridged maybe?
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Posted By: BUSTA1121
Date Posted: June 21, 2005 at 6:27 PM
the subs are 4 ohms and the amp is 4 ohm stable bridged i believe. It sucks cause the subs sounded much better when i hooked it up
Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: June 21, 2005 at 6:29 PM
Right, but you will fry the amp by putting a 2 ohm load to it, so your orginal hook-up of each speaker to a terminal is the way to go for now.
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Posted By: BUSTA1121
Date Posted: June 21, 2005 at 6:39 PM
so bridging the amp and hooking up 2 40hms speakers makes it 2 ohms? what if i hook up to 2 2 ohms speakers?
Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: June 21, 2005 at 6:54 PM
I looked up the amp and it is 75x2 @ 2 ohms stereo
It is 150 bridged at 4 ohms.
I assume you cannot return any of this so run it in stereo.
I suppose you can run two 2 ohm subs in stereo. That's what it says it's capable of.
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Posted By: BUSTA1121
Date Posted: June 21, 2005 at 8:30 PM
ok thanks
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