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<blockquote data-quote="Plutoman" data-source="post: 5258363" data-attributes="member: 601528">Ok, to clarify a bit - I have no subs.&nbsp; Getting rid of my sub amp, and going with a clean setup of 4 6.5&quot; speakers in my front, and the two 6x9&#039;s in the back.&nbsp; 6.5&quot; speakers aren&#039;t installed yet, but each is 2 ohm, I&#039;m wiring two on each side in series, and then in parallel to the 4 ohm 6x9 in the back to even out powers on two channels.&nbsp; &#039;Twas the only way to get an even distribution of power, as the amp isn&#039;t stable at 1 ohm if I was to wire it to 4 channels and do the front sets in parallel, and they wouldn&#039;t get enough in series.6 ga wire came from Home Depot.&nbsp; I did the math, and I wouldn&#039;t pull enough to warrant the 4 ga wire, and it was half the price.&nbsp; ^^&nbsp; That&#039;s not the problem, I am sure of that.I don&#039;t actually have a gain setting on the amp - but the levels would make sense - the pre-outs are 2v, so I should set it there.&nbsp; And the amp goes into protect pushing much less than 220 watts per speaker, it does it when its going at lower volumes too (relatively - it&#039;s still fairly high, about as high as it goes on head unit power without distortion).&nbsp; I&#039;ll try playing with those settings and changing that.&nbsp; I&#039;m going to go grab the few extra feet of wire, too, and set up a correct ground - I wondered if it went into protect during the slight bumps, when it pulled more than the 12 ga was able to effectively handle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Plutoman, post: 5258363, member: 601528"] Ok, to clarify a bit - I have no subs. Getting rid of my sub amp, and going with a clean setup of 4 6.5" speakers in my front, and the two 6x9's in the back. 6.5" speakers aren't installed yet, but each is 2 ohm, I'm wiring two on each side in series, and then in parallel to the 4 ohm 6x9 in the back to even out powers on two channels. 'Twas the only way to get an even distribution of power, as the amp isn't stable at 1 ohm if I was to wire it to 4 channels and do the front sets in parallel, and they wouldn't get enough in series. 6 ga wire came from Home Depot. I did the math, and I wouldn't pull enough to warrant the 4 ga wire, and it was half the price. ^^ That's not the problem, I am sure of that. I don't actually have a gain setting on the amp - but the levels would make sense - the pre-outs are 2v, so I should set it there. And the amp goes into protect pushing much less than 220 watts per speaker, it does it when its going at lower volumes too (relatively - it's still fairly high, about as high as it goes on head unit power without distortion). I'll try playing with those settings and changing that. I'm going to go grab the few extra feet of wire, too, and set up a correct ground - I wondered if it went into protect during the slight bumps, when it pulled more than the 12 ga was able to effectively handle. [/QUOTE]

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