Archer3545
CarAudio.com Newbie
Ok so I drive a 2015 Mustang with the bass audio. Which if you're not familiar is 4 factory 6.5" door speakers and 2 tweeters. No factory amp at all no sub. I replaced the stock speakers with some ok speakers that are definetly better than the ones I had but don't play a lot of bass. (this was intentional) I like a lot of bass hiphop is all I listen too and I drive a lot. The reason I did this is because, I don't like how the music gets distorted when there is a lot of bass in a song. So I added a sub (closed box). Also my friend who listens to the same music has a completely stock car audio system that was a similar setup to mine stock 4 speakers and 2 tweeters however his factory speakers played a lot more bass than my factory ones did and it was completely uncomfortable to even touch the door. So that's my reasoning for the door speakers I choose. Also I am very new to car audio and this was my first install. I have the pollarities correct and enough power to power the speakers and subs. I even added a capacitor. Anyway needless to say I was disapointed with the bass from my 8" 300w dual voice coil sub. I wasn't expecting much. I want to feel the bass more while driving down the highway. While iddling the bass sounds good but I do 90% of my driving at highway speeds and the feel from the sub gets drowned out by the vibrations of driving down the road. (not the loudess but the vibrations you feel.) I have the stock head unit and I use a LOC. The LOC I got off amazon was cheap and I was planning on upgrading this down the road. Well it's been a couple of months and I have enough money to get the LOC I originally intended to get, or I get a second sub identical to the one I currently have. I have heard that some stock head units are programed to dial the bass back to work better on crappy factory speakers and I specifically heard this from an aftermarket speaker and sub install video about my car (I don't trust the guy in the video all that much after I did the install). The
LOC I have is this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F0YCK0E/?tag=caraudiocom-20
keywords=Line+out+converter&qid=1578082804&sr=8-14
The LOC I would buy https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ATHBO86/?tag=caraudiocom-20
I have one 4 chanel amp and a 2 channel amp for the sub so I had to use 2 rca
splitters. The amp for the sub https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KKHTFSK/?tag=caraudiocom-20
The sub amp is overpowered. wired at 2 channels at 2 ohms. If I get the second sub I would have to wire them to 2 channels at 4 ohms (because they are dual voice coil) and the rms power from my amp would actually match the rms power of only one sub this amp 150w it is only like 50% efficient. I don't have the money to get an extra amp rn. What do you guys think? Could the it be limited by a cheap loc or is it just because it's a cheap sub. Also I don't want to clip my subs if I get a second one it could be a while before I also get another amp and I don't want to risk them getting damaged.
LOC I have is this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F0YCK0E/?tag=caraudiocom-20
keywords=Line+out+converter&qid=1578082804&sr=8-14
The LOC I would buy https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ATHBO86/?tag=caraudiocom-20
I have one 4 chanel amp and a 2 channel amp for the sub so I had to use 2 rca
splitters. The amp for the sub https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KKHTFSK/?tag=caraudiocom-20
The sub amp is overpowered. wired at 2 channels at 2 ohms. If I get the second sub I would have to wire them to 2 channels at 4 ohms (because they are dual voice coil) and the rms power from my amp would actually match the rms power of only one sub this amp 150w it is only like 50% efficient. I don't have the money to get an extra amp rn. What do you guys think? Could the it be limited by a cheap loc or is it just because it's a cheap sub. Also I don't want to clip my subs if I get a second one it could be a while before I also get another amp and I don't want to risk them getting damaged.