new set up

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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: July 09, 2025 at 7:59 PM

Topic: new set up

Posted By: wellby
Subject: new set up
Date Posted: November 16, 2005 at 8:57 PM

After replacing a bad amp my new system is up and running.I am useing a hifonics brutus bx1205d and 2 kicker 10" L5 dual 4ohm voice coil subwofers in a sealeded boxes. They are wired parallel/parallel for a 1ohm load. I should have more than enough power to drive the speekers well but the system doesn't really hit very hard. What am I doing wrong? My head unit doesn't have a sub output so I just used the rear channel rca preamp outputs and I am using the amps crossover, do I need a seperate crossover befor the amp. I turn to all of you for help beacuse even though I live in Queens NY there doesn't seem to be many places that are very helpfull unless I spend ALOT of money with them.

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Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: November 16, 2005 at 9:51 PM

If you disconnect one of the subs and it gets louder, you have one wired backwards. Or, if this is an add-on to a factory system, and you used a LOC, unplug one RCA. Again, if it gets louder, you got one side backwards.

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Posted By: youngone
Date Posted: November 17, 2005 at 9:53 AM

well the sub dose better in a ported box that will make it much louder than in a sealed box and you might not be geting the full signal from your deck i dont know if that is true though. your gains might be to low too. and it could be what was methiond above. hope this helps posted_image

Aaron

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Posted By: wellby
Date Posted: November 17, 2005 at 7:16 PM

Thanks alot guys this is one of the most helpfull forums I have found, not one smart *** remark.I have more work to the car this weekend, then I will start fine tuning.