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The auto setting on the PRS is awful. It will do it, but it will REALLY screw it up. If you are using that we should first fix your current install as it really doesn't work...in particular in a Silverado. I ran it once in mine to test it, completely pointless option IMO.

Effective yesterday I have become a home-owner. I made the downpayment and signed the contract for a 2 bedroom apartment, close to down-town. Once all the paperwork is finished I have to get furniture, appliances etc and then rent it out. It was all about location-location-location, better location, higher rent. But I'm so beat after these two weeks of running around for paperwork, negotiations, lawyer, contracts. Bleh. Ski week starts Saturday.

I loved my Icons...also liked PSI that I have heard because they can custom build woofers. I just don't like mass produced "cookie cutter" stuff when it comes to subs. But my icons were impressive on 800rms each or 1750rms each. I currently have a single 15 loving a well tuned 2200rms daily. But I do prefer a hand built sub either way about it.

Not my pic, but here is the complete exhaust

I think what everyone is refering to is the electrical resistance of cca -vs- ofc copper. Resistance is a restriction in amperage. Amperage is how fast the current flows. Voltage is the amount of current. So if there is a restriction or (resistance) you truely are robbing yourself of wattage in output. It may not sound like much, but if you cheat yourself out of one tenth of a volt or a few amps of current you in sense are cheating yourself out of potential. From the alternator through the battery into the amp out through the speaker, if there is any resistance it is energy wasted (usually in heat & thermal expansion) which either through math or meters can be measured. The actual loss can not be avoided due to physics. (nobody has the fund to use gold) With that being said, to actually use a cca wire to power a sensitive device such as an audio amplifier would not be disired unless you are willing to sacrifice not ony potential output but quality of the sound being amplified. Doubling wire actually creates more resistance. The internals of the amp & equipment are essential "bottlenecks" were the flow is restricted. This is where the quality of the material being used to carry the current comes into play. Less resistance per linear foot is far more efficient. In housing they use cca because the amperage into your house is rarely over 200 amps of one or two runs of 120 volts a/c. Since efficiency is never an concern to the people you actually pay your power bill to, they use cca wire.

I learned a long time ago through many failures that patience gets what I want. For me a rushed job is a shitty job