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<blockquote data-quote="g35chick" data-source="post: 7950069" data-attributes="member: 643137">These things are making me go insane. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gifI had two 10w3v2&#039;s hooked up to a 500/1. Disconnected one (still in the box, but sounded crappy so it&#039;s just there to plug the hole, basically... and it&#039;s temporary) so now I just have 1 w3 on the amp. I wired it in a series so that it would be sending 8 ohms to the amp... because from what I understand, that will give it ~ 250 watts rather than 500... right? Lol this stuff is still really confusing to me... But, I did this: <a href="http://mediacdn.shopatron.com/media/mfg/9013/media_image/dev_1/DVC_Series_1.png?1314416080" target="_blank">http://mediacdn.shopatron.com/media/mfg/9013/media_image/dev_1/DVC_Series_1.png?1314416080</a>Now, if that&#039;s right, it&#039;s got to be the box or some other aspect of my wiring. Box is 1.2 cubes sealed. I set the gains using a DMM and turned it down a bit. I&#039;ve tried every crossover setting possible... seriously. I don&#039;t know what I&#039;m doing. I have the 500/1 wired to my stock Bose amp. So, here are ALL of my current amp settings:Pre-amp (not sure if this even matters?):Output mode: Full12dBFilter Mode: LPFreq: 45IF: on, 45 hzQ: 2.0Center Frequency: 30Bass EQ: OnBoost: 0Amp LP Filter12dBFreq: 45Amp Input SectionLowSS: OffGain isn&#039;t set very high but lows are VERY boomy and highs are non-existent. Not entirely sure I could define &quot;boomy&quot;... but loud in a BAD way.. lol... they don&#039;t have any &quot;kick&quot; to them. Just extremely loud, overpowering, and loose sounding.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/banghead.gif.8606515f668c74f6de0281deb475b6fd.gifHELP! Lol I&#039;m sure I&#039;ve done something stupid...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="g35chick, post: 7950069, member: 643137"] These things are making me go insane. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif[/IMG] I had two 10w3v2's hooked up to a 500/1. Disconnected one (still in the box, but sounded crappy so it's just there to plug the hole, basically... and it's temporary) so now I just have 1 w3 on the amp. I wired it in a series so that it would be sending 8 ohms to the amp... because from what I understand, that will give it ~ 250 watts rather than 500... right? Lol this stuff is still really confusing to me... But, I did this: [URL="http://mediacdn.shopatron.com/media/mfg/9013/media_image/dev_1/DVC_Series_1.png?1314416080"]http://mediacdn.shopatron.com/media/mfg/9013/media_image/dev_1/DVC_Series_1.png?1314416080[/URL] Now, if that's right, it's got to be the box or some other aspect of my wiring. Box is 1.2 cubes sealed. I set the gains using a DMM and turned it down a bit. I've tried every crossover setting possible... seriously. I don't know what I'm doing. I have the 500/1 wired to my stock Bose amp. So, here are ALL of my current amp settings: Pre-amp (not sure if this even matters?): Output mode: Full 12dB Filter Mode: LP Freq: 45 IF: on, 45 hz Q: 2.0 Center Frequency: 30 Bass EQ: On Boost: 0 Amp LP Filter 12dB Freq: 45 Amp Input Section Low SS: Off Gain isn't set very high but lows are VERY boomy and highs are non-existent. Not entirely sure I could define "boomy"... but loud in a BAD way.. lol... they don't have any "kick" to them. Just extremely loud, overpowering, and loose sounding. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/banghead.gif.8606515f668c74f6de0281deb475b6fd.gif[/IMG] HELP! Lol I'm sure I've done something stupid... [/QUOTE]

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