Subwoofer headaches
#11
04-25-2010, 06:38 PM
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
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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
.As mentioned about, you could use your current amp for your door speakers ..... but ONLY IF the amp is full range. If it is a sub amp only, then forget about it.
#12
04-25-2010, 07:02 PM
I read up more spec about it and it is a 2 channel at 150x2 i believe so that is tons for just the doors. You could also run say both front on one channel and both rears off the other, or left vs right. Back and front is best then you can turn the backs down cuz you don't really hear them. I have an MTX amp for sale Mono block 400 watts at 2 ohms.
Its still under powering them but it bumped my 2 10s pretty hard for 400 watts.
Its still under powering them but it bumped my 2 10s pretty hard for 400 watts.
#14
04-25-2010, 07:27 PM
I also want to upgrade the amp cuz i'm pretty sure the subs are seriously underpowerd, but it's good for the fact that i can't hardly ever drive it, cause I don't have a license. hahaha
#15
04-25-2010, 07:53 PM
Well with the money you save from not putting gas in her, Grab a nice sub amp off eBay!
Also, are your subs 15W0V2-4's? Cuz they are rated at 500 RMS which means you need 1000 watts to run 2 of them.
Also, are your subs 15W0V2-4's? Cuz they are rated at 500 RMS which means you need 1000 watts to run 2 of them.
Last edited by zedartwo; 04-25-2010 at 07:56 PM.
#19
04-25-2010, 08:27 PM
you didnt read my post about holding off the bridging until you answered my Qs, did you?
I did see that you mentioned you have the 15W08. Are you absolutley sure this is what you have? If so, you are in luck because bridging worked out for you.
http://mobile.jlaudio.com/pdfs/10_12_15W0_MAN.pdf
I found it on their website just fine. you have to look in the discontinued section
I did see that you mentioned you have the 15W08. Are you absolutley sure this is what you have? If so, you are in luck because bridging worked out for you.
http://mobile.jlaudio.com/pdfs/10_12_15W0_MAN.pdf
I found it on their website just fine. you have to look in the discontinued section
#20
04-25-2010, 08:46 PM
I had decided to try it because when i first got the subs i took them out of the enclosure because it looked like the enclosure had gotten wet. i noticed the subs' wireing looked a little weird, because i didn't know about bridging then. but i recently did some searching online to educate myself on the topic, and figured that it was wired up to begin with, before i had changed it. So, I tried it, and it worked. and i'm stoked now. haah