Hello all, a few questions

[Blu3fan]

ok so first of all heres what i have inside my 92 cherokee

the head unit is a alpine cda 9886

the speakers are powered by the head unit, no amp for that yet.

the battery connects to a Power Acoustic PCX-3F 3 Farad Car Audio Capacitor

it then runs to two different amps

i have an alpine mrp m500

http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-en/products/product.php?model=MRP-M500

and a power acoustic ov2-2200

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_8843_Power+Acoustik+OV2-2200.html?gclid=CKqp0P6CwZcCFRg6awodwjKPSA

ok and they run to two kicker cvr 104's

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_2067C10VR4/Kicker-CompVR-07CVR104.html?search=kicker+sub&tp=111

and they are inside a ported bassworx box.

my problem is this.

ok so i hooked it all up to the power acoustic amp to begin with and when i did that i could get one sub to hit really clean and perfect. but when i plugged in the second one the sound went into the crapper. like just vibration and a terrible noise.

so i figured. hmmm maybe the amps just not good or something, so i wired in the alpine into the system so it was one amp per sub through a distribution block.

when i did this both the subs got really quiet, so i figured ok the power is split now it must just need the subwoofer levels played with, so i turned it up. when i did this the subs would hit and then just cut out, hit quietly then loud then quiet.

so im assuming something is wrong, my first assumption is the battery is struggling.

im not new to car audio but i consider myself a long jump from good.

anyone have any clues ?

any help would be much appreciated

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[23sql]

were are you located in cali?

 

[Blu3fan]

the irvine area

 

[Blu3fan]

bump... anyone have any ideas ?

i just got the idea that the cap may be limiting it

anyone else think that may be it

 

[23sql]

i can assist you with it if you would like

 

[Blu3fan]

please. so what do you think. should i rewire so that the cap is cut out of the equation and see if im still getting the loss in sound, it would be nice to only run one amp. preferably the P.A. amp

its a 2200 peak 450watt rms per channel, thats more than ample for my subs but it just doesnt seem to have that much power

 

[23sql]

would you like to meet somewhere so i can look at it completely? if so p.m. me and we can set it up

 

[Blu3fan]

if possible i would like to resolve it over the internet before i waste gas driving.

what would you say would be the most probable cause for the loss in power ?

 

[Blu3fan]

still having this problem.

didnt want to go and meet that guy due to the possibility of getting jacked.

and hes banned now... what a surprise

anyone got any ideas ?