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<blockquote data-quote="LoudCrownVic" data-source="post: 342433" data-attributes="member: 551225">I have learned a few covert wiring methods that kick major rear end. But the most important one I have forgotten.Does anyone know how to go about grounding the RCA cables? I learned from a guy who moved to England to go to college and I can&#039;t for the life of me remember it. But just for S&amp;amp;Giggles here&#039;s some of the wiring methods I learned from him:Cold weld: Pound with a hammer and sandwich the filaments of the power wire after sodering it in the terminal. You can get sometimes 30% more power to your amp.Sanded connections: The more surface area available on a connection, the more juice that can get to it. Spray the sanded connections with brake cleaner before tightening them and you can get a near perfect electrical connection that won&#039;t corrode.Fat speaker wire: Run at least 8 gauge wire to your high power subwoofers from the amp. Might not improve top end power but will increase bottom end and reduce amount of power lost.Cap it off: Always run at least one capacitor, at least! Ground it separately and run the pos+ in line to the amp. Has innumerable benefits and doesn&#039;t hurt anything, unless you happen to get zapped by it.Speaker Limits: If you have a Sub that can&#039;t handle certain frequencies, eliminate them! In the case of his 3 18&quot; Cerwin Vega Strokers, anything in between 30 and 300htz was off limits. (Sold them though cause they blew the windows out of his van)Well, that&#039;s all I can remember. If you can help me out or want to debate with this guy&#039;s degree in engineering, that&#039;s what these forums are for.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LoudCrownVic, post: 342433, member: 551225"] I have learned a few covert wiring methods that kick major rear end. But the most important one I have forgotten. Does anyone know how to go about grounding the RCA cables? I learned from a guy who moved to England to go to college and I can't for the life of me remember it. But just for S&Giggles here's some of the wiring methods I learned from him: Cold weld: Pound with a hammer and sandwich the filaments of the power wire after sodering it in the terminal. You can get sometimes 30% more power to your amp. Sanded connections: The more surface area available on a connection, the more juice that can get to it. Spray the sanded connections with brake cleaner before tightening them and you can get a near perfect electrical connection that won't corrode. Fat speaker wire: Run at least 8 gauge wire to your high power subwoofers from the amp. Might not improve top end power but will increase bottom end and reduce amount of power lost. Cap it off: Always run at least one capacitor, at least! Ground it separately and run the pos+ in line to the amp. Has innumerable benefits and doesn't hurt anything, unless you happen to get zapped by it. Speaker Limits: If you have a Sub that can't handle certain frequencies, eliminate them! In the case of his 3 18" Cerwin Vega Strokers, anything in between 30 and 300htz was off limits. (Sold them though cause they blew the windows out of his van) Well, that's all I can remember. If you can help me out or want to debate with this guy's degree in engineering, that's what these forums are for. [/QUOTE]

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