HC312 and AQ2200 isn't loud

[Sketchup 10+ year member]

[quote name='RangerDanger']ANY sub will go bye bye if it is clipped to death... I wasnt trying to single out aq bro.[/QUOTE]
@mazdakid Rangers gotta hell of a point lol

 

[jcarver 10+ year member]

Also i know my title doesnt imply it but i dont just mean loud. I mean without turning gain to 100% and bass boost at 50%+ I cant get the sub to move enough to be loud. At a normal setting the sub responds in a way that i would expect it to if I had 600-800 rms to it. When I turn the amp up way to far the sub responds as if it has about 1500- 2000 rms to it, but i shouldnt have to have it up this far. If I dont it doesnt clip so no damage should be done and any clipping it creates is only very minor, not continuous clipping.,

 

[RangerDangerV2 5,000+ posts]

check again to see what you are wired to.

 

[dbjunior 10+ year member]

It sounds like the coils are out of phase. It will still read correctly on your dmm but will have very little output. try swapping the wire on one coil.

 

[murph 10+ year member]

What is your head unit's pre out voltage?

 

[beat-down69 10+ year member]

I personally had a AQ HDC3 12 and i have tried many diffrent boxes. In my opinion the box you are using is to small. I have mine in a 3.9 Cubed box with a 8 inch aero tuned to 34hz and only being pushed with 1800 rms and its very very loud. I hit a 147.2 with it. I dont know exactly how much space you have but if you can make the box bigger then i believe your problem will be solved.

 

[dbeez 5,000+ posts]

Yes aq subs like large boxes.

 

[beat-down69 10+ year member]

Yes aq subs like large boxes.

I agree. I tried all diffrent size boxes. From 2 cubed to a 5 cubed but the best was almost 4 cubed but also tried different aero ports. The 8inch was the best over a 4 or 6 inch.

 

[beat-down69 10+ year member]

but also depend on how much space he has to spare.

 

[dragon.breath 10+ year member]

check your rca cables. a cable with one bad wire could cause the same problem. to test it adjust the balance side to side. if it goes silent, then you know whats happening.

 

[jcarver 10+ year member]

RCA's r good I changed them out already with monster cables this time.

What do you mean by check the wiring on the coils as it could be out of phase. When i wired it I put + and + together to the amp + and - and - together to the amp - ... is there something different???

Bigger box would be nice but that was it on space for me. It might get a little louder with a bigger box but it mostly seems to me that the amp isnt drivng the sub hard enough. Even in a slighly smaller box the sub will still move it just wont be as loud.

 

[RangerDangerV2 5,000+ posts]

it should be -- and ++ to the amp if you are trying to wire in parallel.

 

[phillyflapjak 10+ year member]

You might not wanna turn your decks volume up all the way your probably distorting already. Set Gain right like RangerDanger said or you will have big problems and unless your rich it will **** lol

 

[jcarver 10+ year member]

ranger. thats what i did

philly- please elaborate on how i can damage a speaker that isnt receiving its rms voltage with an amp that isnt putting out to much voltage or current that isnt clipping. the amp nor the coils get hot....

 

[dbjunior 10+ year member]

Some times they are miss labeled and it might actually be +to- causing one coil to push as the other pulls it will still read correctly on a dmm but not have a lot of output

RCA's r good I changed them out already with monster cables this time.
What do you mean by check the wiring on the coils as it could be out of phase. When i wired it I put + and + together to the amp + and - and - together to the amp - ... is there something different???

Bigger box would be nice but that was it on space for me. It might get a little louder with a bigger box but it mostly seems to me that the amp isnt drivng the sub hard enough. Even in a slighly smaller box the sub will still move it just wont be as loud.