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My Kenwood BT952 navigates nicely via USB (Artist/Album/Songs). The response time after pressing buttons is fast enough too... something I make sure of. This is their top of of the line for BT/USB receivers though. Maybe go down the line until you find one you like but doesn't necessarily have...

Hey Hoodlum007 you sound like you have heard these before in person. Have you ever heard the Hybrid Audio Unitys? I got these off my HU amp and have them amped by my JL XD700/5 now. They are freakin awesome. I had to pull over and check if my sub was even working still... haha I was blown away...

I think I destroyed it from that very beginning time when I was seeing 2-3 Volts out and the amp was trying to protect itself.

I really don't know how..

Well.. I blew out my sub. Resistance between the + and - terminals is infinite..

The only thing I can think of is when I "thought" that the it was the "turn off built in amp setting" and I got a signal through out the RCAs that was greater than 0.01... At that point I had the sub wired up, though no sound coming out. With 0 gain on amp, heard nothing, so turned it up to ~10...

Man... The "Built in Amp" setting wasn't even the problem. It says turning off the built in amp only increases the sound quality from the Preouts. I tried with my iPod to RCAs straight into amp, bypassing the HU, got nothing. My iPod at half puts out a 1V signal.. actually stronger than the...

Ok I found some of the problem... Need to turn off the HU amplifier if you are going to get anything from the preouts. So I do this and read 0.7 VAC out the RCAs of my HU. Ok great. Now that ~0.7 V goes through to the subwoofer speaker outs on my amp with 0 gain. Now I turn everything down...

Right now only the sub channel. I tried switching the amp to 2 or 4 channels but you need it on 6 channels if you want the sub channel turned on.

Roger that. I'm not about to hook it up with the gain bumped up crazy right now though. Now I learned how to actually measure the RCA (signal to ground, not signal to signal). I still read 0.00 VAC or 0.01. I checked the multimeter manual and it goes down to 40 Hz so I should be ok with a 50...

With the sub connected, I can't turn the gain up past ~3 volts out. I'll hear the sub start to make some awful noise (clipping?) and so I stop. Measuring the VAC across the two signal pins of the RCAs, I read 00.1 V. This is supposed to be 4 V from my headunit (that's what 4V preamp means...

This morning I tested it out real quick before I had to leave for work. With the gain maxed out (no sub connected): - LPF off I was able to get ~31 volts out. - LPF @ 60 Hz, I was only able to get ~21 volts out. Previously, when I had the sub connected the night before, I barely turned the...

Just in general, with all (HU and amp) gains at zero, the sub should at least knock a decent amount. Yes or no? Of course depends on wattage required / delivered. With the ID12v4 asking for 50-400 watts RMS and the JL amp theoretically giving 300 watts RMS, it should slap pretty decent at 0...

Ok. Thanks for the advice. I'll check the Vout of my subwoofer channel tomorrow.

I did make the RCAs. I beep checked the shield and signal on each of them after I was done making them though. 16 gauge speaker wire. I did get it off CL. Luckily I know where this guy's office is...