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<blockquote data-quote="Justintoxicated" data-source="post: 973688" data-attributes="member: 561240">Ok yoru doing something wrong, it does not sound to me like your amp is properly bridged.On most 2 channel amps in order to bridge them you hook to both positive outputs, make sure this is the way your supposed to do it with your amp.one of the positives becomes a negative.Now if you did this correctly, make sure your VC&#039;s are set up for 8 ohms each.&nbsp; If they are then you want to run the speakers in parallel, I would not suggest splicing the speaker cable unless you have some real heavy duty wire.&nbsp; Better to hook both subs right to the amp on the bridged channel.as far as the VC&#039;s go Hooking the - to the +&nbsp; Like this&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (+)_(-)-------(+)_(-) (BOOBIES) hehe means they are wired for series so you add the impedences 4+4 is 8 so that is correct.If you hook them up like this(+)(-)|&nbsp;&nbsp; |(+)(-)This is parallel so you get (4+4)/2 = 4 ohm loadSo then, wiring them to the amp in parallel you either get (8 ohm load)/2 = 4 ohms or (4 ohm load)/2 = 2 ohmsNow What I think you have done is this(8 ohm load )/2 = 4 ohm to one channel on your amp (cause it&#039;s not bridged correctly) so your probably getting about 80 watts to each sub.....It sounds like you hooked to the positive on one channel of the amp and the negative of the other, now the negative end does not really matter which you use because neg is ground, but you would only be using 1 channel of the amp for power. and simply gounding it to the other channel.&nbsp; Thus your only feeding them&nbsp; 1/4th of the power they need!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Justintoxicated, post: 973688, member: 561240"] Ok yoru doing something wrong, it does not sound to me like your amp is properly bridged. On most 2 channel amps in order to bridge them you hook to both positive outputs, make sure this is the way your supposed to do it with your amp. one of the positives becomes a negative. Now if you did this correctly, make sure your VC's are set up for 8 ohms each. If they are then you want to run the speakers in parallel, I would not suggest splicing the speaker cable unless you have some real heavy duty wire. Better to hook both subs right to the amp on the bridged channel. as far as the VC's go Hooking the - to the + Like this (+)_(-)-------(+)_(-) (BOOBIES) hehe means they are wired for series so you add the impedences 4+4 is 8 so that is correct. If you hook them up like this (+)(-) | | (+)(-) This is parallel so you get (4+4)/2 = 4 ohm load So then, wiring them to the amp in parallel you either get (8 ohm load)/2 = 4 ohms or (4 ohm load)/2 = 2 ohms Now What I think you have done is this (8 ohm load )/2 = 4 ohm to one channel on your amp (cause it's not bridged correctly) so your probably getting about 80 watts to each sub..... It sounds like you hooked to the positive on one channel of the amp and the negative of the other, now the negative end does not really matter which you use because neg is ground, but you would only be using 1 channel of the amp for power. and simply gounding it to the other channel. Thus your only feeding them 1/4th of the power they need! [/QUOTE]

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