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I have a vfl 100.1 American Bass amp with 2 12 inch dual 4 ohm subs. I noticed that my mono amp has 2 positive and 2 negative inputs. Is there a reason it is like that or does it internally bridge it to 1ohm after hooking up both 12inch subs to each terminal? Thank you any help would be appreciated.

HI guys, I have tried searching for this problem but can't find the answer so here I am. I had recently installed an amp (boss audio chaos rev455) to power my front door speakers and tweeters (power acoustik nb-4). I put the amp in the trunk, because it wouldnt fit under the front seats and ran the rca's and the speaker wire along the passenger side of the car and power wire and remote down the drivers side. When i start the car i get this quiet very fast intermitten noise out of the tweeters. The sound does not increase with rpms, or volume, it stays constant and cannot be heard in the door speakers. Also the speakers that are connected to this amp pop when i shut the ca…

yeah i bought a used amp its the rockford T1001bd and it seems to have a short.. :''( any ideas were i can ship amp to, i stay in Arkansas oh and i gt the amp for 125$ is tht a good deal?

Just getting back into the game. Have a 04 mountaineer. Soon to have 2 or 3 twelves in it. Have spent the last few weeks catching up on forums. Will post as i start to build.

Hello Everyone, I have some questions concerning a high output alternator and figured there's no better place on the internet to find a good answer to my problem. I own a 2002 Tahoe, and am in the process of trying to set up dual alternators. The alternator I ended up with is manufactured by Mean Green Industries. I know nothing about this alternator. The website tells me very little useful information about it. When I attempt to contact them I get voicemail every time, and the box is full so I cant even leave a message. I would have went with some other company, but every transaction with a certain stereo/rim/custom shop in Baltimore, MD (i know some of you know who…

G'day people my names Liam and I am a car audio addict... From what I've been told this is a good spot to help with my addiction.... I'm 19 and from the down unde and Im here to learn and enjoy other builds I do have a build in the works.... But I can't start till the new skar 1500 sub drops so I won't post my car cause you'll just laugh lol Cheers people Liam

well here i am i am jason aka powerpunchhx2 on youtube and here i am known as mrpowerpunchhx2 .just a little info on me.i am a bass head.i am running 6 12inch rockford fosgate p3 12s the new 2011 on a kole 5,500 watt amp.walled my wife and i go to the comps in INDY.my wife runs 2 earthquake sub zeros 12 and a sundown saz-1500d in a 2000 yukon.just a little info on me

hey there guys some of you may know me from around the other forums some may not. names chris aka hippy aka stretch. live in ohio and been in the game for a while now. im a local crescendo rep up here and currently working on a monster build in my explorer. if anyone in the ohio area knows someone who can fab up an alt bracket to replace my AC unit for me please let me know. thanks guys and glad to be a part of the forum!

I need some suggestions on what subs to wall up in my 2001 2dr S-10 Blazer. This will be my first real build the only thing I have had that was "loud" was 2 15" Kicker L7s dual 4 ohm wired down to 1 ohm by a 2000 watt hifonics brutus (The only competition I was ever apart of I got 3rd place with this system in 2008 at milan dragway in michigan at some street warriors 2000+ watts class I wasnt even going to enter. I got a trophy for it.) . This was 4 years ago. I have not since then had a system in my ride and have now FINALLY decided to get back into the car audio world and will be trying to go "Big" this time. I want to keep my back seats folded down and or maybe take th…

I see a lot of amps pushing plenty of rms and the speakers are generally limited to 100rms or lower. Occaisionally, I will see one able to take 200 rms. My question would be, do those that can take higher power give a better quality sound? I am missing on why an amp would put out huge amounts of power when no speakers can hold them. Is it so you can run multi speakers on one channel?

i need an amp that's $200 or less to push a single sundown sa-12, 4ohm dvc i have a hifonics hifi1000.1d but it's total shit the box is 1.5ft^3 tuned to 30hz i want enough bass but not too much i am looking at rockford r500-1 kicker zx750.1d mtx td1000.1d it's going in a 2000 honda insight any suggestions?? i want some quality but i'm also trying to save as much money as possible

Hi, I just joined this forum!! My name is Magalie from Germany. I have a little girl and I am self-employed in interior design, in my spare time i out with friends for a drink or go to the movies, I train a lot to keep fit ;-) otherwise I'm a poker player I find a new website who come to launch online webcam poker I highly recommend you : Magalie

Some of you might already know me from Youtube, for those who don't I "Bass-out" cutting-edge bass music for a bunch of the basshead peeps. I don't have a vehicle or nothing, but I do have a custom system in my room that puts some car systems down hard lol. My system consist of 4 12" mids, 6 5" mids, 4 2" silk dome tweets. Powered by a Denon-AVR3803 for the mids and I have a small 200 watt amp for the tweets. The bass power comes off the Denon too. I used a phase converter on the right and left channel and brought it down to 4 ohms & use a low pass filter from a salvaged home theatre sub. For my bass I converted my closet into a giant 6th order, with 3 12" drivers (MT…

Hello,my name is Andy Harricharan and i am from trinidad and tobago in the caribbean,we have a big car audio following here and i love it.

I just found this forum. Been back in car audio for two yrs and really gotten serious about it over the winter. I built a wall which I am still experimenting with. 3 18" sealed ~20cu. on 1500 watts. 145.9 on tl w/drivers door open. I've had a lot of fun making vids for my YT channel (same name) I run some old school gear the sq cats used in the nineties you can see in my sig. It has been fun to re-purpose them for a low power ""SQL"" build. The car isn't finished yet and I think the wall will be rebuilt this fall for 6 18" sealed in a vertical clamshell. I post a lot of pictures and videos and update my YT all the time. My next project is to add a pair …

Hello everyone. My name is steve and i may be a newbi here on ssa but definitely not a newbi to the car audio scene. I have worked at many sound shops since 1993 and have owned my own shop for the past 3 years. car audio is my passion. I compete once in a while when i have time to. I just wanted to thank ssa for the new xcons i received today! They are by far the best 10" subs i have used thus far. Great sound, and loud! I have had many setups in my cars in the past and in my current lexus is 250 i have used orion 10" hcca, orion 12" xt rpro (which smoked) and alpine 12" type r's. I sold the orion hcca's and ever since that i missed them. My trunk is small, so 12's rea…

ok so i have been lurking for a lil while on here and decided to post up my setup to see what everyone thinks. i planning on adding another 2200w within the next few months Audio mods : 2 12in Fi BL's 2200w audioque audioque mids and highs 1200/4 infinity kappa big 3 upgrade (0 gauge) kinetik 1800 battery 0 gauge wire from battery to 2200 and ground 8g from 2200 to subs 6 cubic ft box tuned to about 33hz i sound deadened the entire car and removed the spare tire to make room for the box. this is my 07 Scion tC This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is sized %1%2. This image has been resiz…

I recently purchased two 18in Zcons and 1 RF T2500-BDCP(for now, saving to get another in near future) to put in my 2000 Jeep. I can`t wait to hear how these Zcons r going to sound . This will be my second box build.

Hey guys whats up, Names Jaime and i stranded myself over here from caraudio.com! Been into the whole car audio seen since i was a newb in high school about 8 years ago. I Recently placed an order for a Icon 10" D1 and can not wait for it to be delivered! This sub will be part of a new build i will be doing in my DD (audi A6) so far i have all the wiring needed from knukonceptz and the order for this sub, still need a new HU, and amp to power this bad boy up, and some decent 6.5 comps with a matching amp as well. Build won't start till i get decent weather and my car back from the shop (side swiped in snowstorm) Any suggestion you guys may have i am all ears!Also might ne…

I have 2 sony xplod 10 inch 1200w SVC(330w RMS, 4ohms) subs in a sealed boxed with a sony xplod 1000w 2 ch amp. Specs on the amp Model Number: Xm-1652z 165w rms x 2 @ 4 ohms 200w rms x 2 @ 2 ohms 400w rms x 1 @ 4 ohms OK so i have the subs hooked up to the terminals on the box normally (+ to +, - to -) but i bridged it to the amp. Now my question is since i put both the postive wires from each sub directly into the bridge (BTL +) postive on the amp and the same with the negatives, would that be series or parallel? And would it be 2 ohms or 8 ohms, I know it should be 8 ohms on a 2 channel amp thats not 2 ohm stable bridgeable with 2 4 ohm subs and if it is 2 ohms h…

yaaa. currently working on my build. had to start from scratch due to thieves. setup will be going in an 85 monte carlo. planning to do 4 15s walled. yepp

Hey guys, I'm brand new to the car audio world and am looking for a system that can pound as a daily driver. I've already decided to run 2 15" N2 BTL's but am unsure on what to power them and what alt/batts to back them up. I've read a lot of forums and the DC 3.5k amp looks good plus its 15% as a presale. I was thinking of having a 320a DC power alt with an XS D975 up front and a D3100 in back, all wired 1/0 with big three. Will my system run well? and if not, what can i do to make sure i supply enough power to amp and that the amp is a good fit? BTW, budget is in $2500-$3k range Any tips/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

My car is a 2010 Mustang convertible and has little room for anything.Would there be any issues with putting the crossovers next to the amp? They are big, 6"x41/2" x2". I know it would entail running more wire but I have a large roll. I have a thing for the Zed Leviathan and I think they would look good next to it.