I have a couple of JL audio 15 inch hooked up to a kenwood 600 watt amp. sounds great, 'cept it seems like one is overpowering the other. can anybody help me figure out how to fix this?
Thanks in advance for the help.

 

One hooked up backwards?

Also, not being a dick, but how do you figure one is over powering?

 

np dude. one just don't thump near as much as the other.

 

Hmm. Need more about the amp. Mono block, 2 channel, four channel. Just some specs

 

i'm pretty sure it's a kenwood kac-829
Crutchfield, gotta love it.

• stereo or bridged mono output
• Tri-way capable (Tri-Way crossover required)
• 300 watts x 1 in bridged mode
• 150 watts x 2 at 2 ohms
• requires 8-gauge power and ground leads — wiring and hardware not included with amplifier
• 80 Hz selectable low-pass crossover, 18 dB/octave
• large aluminum badge with blue LED power indicator
• speaker-level inputs
• 4-way protection circuitry
• signal-to-noise ratio 100 dB
• 13-1/4"W x 2-5/16"H x 9-7/8"D
• 1-year warranty

 

Do you have it bridged? Because if not then you would be getting different signals to each sub, thus making them off just a bit.

 

i don't think so. hah alright i'll try bridging them ASAP, and i'll see if that works. thanks for the help dude. hah

 

^^^^ he is right bridging it should fix the problem

 

wait a minute before you bridge it!!!!

before you go doing that we need to know what subs they are and what voice coil confuguration you have. You cant just go bridging amps all ***** nilly. I also have a feeling that you are really under powering those subs too. Not that it will hurt them, just that you can get a lot more out of your subs with a more powerfrul amp.

 

Yeah you can run subs off the head unit, most people say it hurts subs to have very low power but I have never seen evidence of it. The only thing I could think of is maybe the wiring to the speaker wire terminals in the amp maybe came loose is causing one speaker to get more power. I have had that happen on an amp before. But tell us if bridging fixes it cause I can't stand the thought of someones system not hitting right. lol
Makes me lose sleep, ha ha.

But like bob said that is fairly low power for the subs. Keep in mind if you ever get higher power amp for your subs, you could always use that Kenwood for your door speakers if it has a low/high pass filter. Trust me, even a slightly higher power amp can make a HUGE diffrence. I was running a Sony Xplode amp at about 250-300 a sub on two 15's. Now I have a amp putting out I'd say 600-700 to each and my God, it's night and day. And if you hit Craigslist and such you can find great amps for not much. Espically from people that don't know anything about car audio.