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<blockquote data-quote="Sguirrelfeather" data-source="post: 8491058" data-attributes="member: 668995">This may be a first, but for the wattage I&amp;#39;m putting into my subs, it&amp;#39;s WAY too loud!&nbsp; lolYeah, that doesn&amp;#39;t seem like a normal complaint, huh?&nbsp; Here&amp;#39;s the deal. I purchased a tline from [USER=660529]@CSCStang[/USER] which houses two HDS208 Soundqubed subs. Fine craftsmanship btw! While waiting for everything to come in, I wired them up for 2 Ohm each and hooked each one to a 500W amp.&nbsp; That&amp;#39;s 1000W total.&nbsp; It sounded pretty good. No complaints other than it didn&amp;#39;t sound as &quot;full&quot; as I had hoped...but figured things would change once the subs broke in.&nbsp; Yesterday, I got the FZ2600 and promptly hooked everything up. I re-wired the subs for 1 Ohm. I played a 42Hz tone (what the enclosure is tuned to) and turned the head unit up to where I tend to max out on volume. I then broke out the DMM and adjusted gain so that I got 25.5 Volts, which should be 650 Watts. I wanted to start small and work my way up from there. I turned everything off, hooked the subs up, and put on some music. HOLY FREAKING PAINFUL HELL!!!! Most of the music I play was excellent, but there were a couple of songs that just blew me away and actually hurt my ears from the overpressure.Freaking out, thinking I did something wrong, I disconnected everything and double checked. Yup, everything was set right. I have two dual voice coil subs, each voice coil is 4 Ohm. I have all four of the voice coils wired in parallel, which gives me 1 Ohm. Just to be sure, I also set my high pass around 100Hz (played a 100Hz tone and adjusted until the tone just started to diminish). I also set my subsonic filter to about 33Hz. I then reset my gain for 25.5 Volts.&nbsp; Tried it again. Same result.&nbsp; LOUD!!&nbsp; Granted, I am not complaining about the volume per se, but I am definitely concerned that I may have screwed something up.&nbsp; I don&amp;#39;t want to blow a sub or an amp.&nbsp; Can anyone see what I may have done wrong, or did I do everything right and the new location for the sub is helping with volume? (I had originally placed it directly behind the front seats just because it was a test, and it is now placed in the far back...this is an Excursion btw)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sguirrelfeather, post: 8491058, member: 668995"] This may be a first, but for the wattage I'm putting into my subs, it's WAY too loud! lol Yeah, that doesn't seem like a normal complaint, huh? Here's the deal. I purchased a tline from [USER=660529]@CSCStang[/USER] which houses two HDS208 Soundqubed subs. Fine craftsmanship btw! While waiting for everything to come in, I wired them up for 2 Ohm each and hooked each one to a 500W amp. That's 1000W total. It sounded pretty good. No complaints other than it didn't sound as "full" as I had hoped...but figured things would change once the subs broke in. Yesterday, I got the FZ2600 and promptly hooked everything up. I re-wired the subs for 1 Ohm. I played a 42Hz tone (what the enclosure is tuned to) and turned the head unit up to where I tend to max out on volume. I then broke out the DMM and adjusted gain so that I got 25.5 Volts, which should be 650 Watts. I wanted to start small and work my way up from there. I turned everything off, hooked the subs up, and put on some music. HOLY FREAKING PAINFUL HELL!!!! Most of the music I play was excellent, but there were a couple of songs that just blew me away and actually hurt my ears from the overpressure. Freaking out, thinking I did something wrong, I disconnected everything and double checked. Yup, everything was set right. I have two dual voice coil subs, each voice coil is 4 Ohm. I have all four of the voice coils wired in parallel, which gives me 1 Ohm. Just to be sure, I also set my high pass around 100Hz (played a 100Hz tone and adjusted until the tone just started to diminish). I also set my subsonic filter to about 33Hz. I then reset my gain for 25.5 Volts. Tried it again. Same result. LOUD!! Granted, I am not complaining about the volume per se, but I am definitely concerned that I may have screwed something up. I don't want to blow a sub or an amp. Can anyone see what I may have done wrong, or did I do everything right and the new location for the sub is helping with volume? (I had originally placed it directly behind the front seats just because it was a test, and it is now placed in the far back...this is an Excursion btw) [/QUOTE]

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