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<blockquote data-quote="AlaskanNoob" data-source="post: 8214473" data-attributes="member: 659341"><p>Hello as my name says i'm a total noob at car audio, and to forums and their rules/guidelines. So any help would be greatly appreciated. So I been working on my 94 suburban and now the mechanical is fixed I bought a stereo from a friend and alpine deck sufficient for now, but all the speakers were blown. My suburban only has four speakers 2 in dash 4 1/2 x 6s I think and 4x11 all the way in the back roof by barn doors changed them wired to deck. I wanted a sub and bought a ppi275 2 channel amp and a ported enclosed box for 2 12" kenwood w3003's 4 ohm 300 watts or so RMS. I'm trying to do the best on a budget and upgrade small things until everything is ready to take a step up. I got a 1000 watt wiring kit with 100 watt fuse from stinger. Now here is where im getting stuck. I can only run one sub cause the amp is too weak to power both subs, so it is safe for my other sub to be in the box unpowered while I blast my one sub??? my box setup has plexiglass over the face of the two subs where they share the space but behind the subs they have their own space and 2 ports. the other question is, Can I buy another amp that is different, or the same amp and same wiring kit to run one amp to each sub? Or will they battle against each other in that enclosed airspace and kill one off? I'd also like to know about this stuffing the boxes, Should I fill my walls up a little for deeper bass or dynomat the inside of the box? I am gonna upgrade the amp but just not for a month or two. Lastly My amp runs at 150 wattsx2 @ 2 ohms or 300 wattsx1@4 ohms what can I do with my setup for now to get the deepest bass with what I got? One sub sounds ok if the sub setting on radio is all the way up to 15 and the gain is up 3/4's with bass boost up to 3/4's</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlaskanNoob, post: 8214473, member: 659341"] Hello as my name says i'm a total noob at car audio, and to forums and their rules/guidelines. So any help would be greatly appreciated. So I been working on my 94 suburban and now the mechanical is fixed I bought a stereo from a friend and alpine deck sufficient for now, but all the speakers were blown. My suburban only has four speakers 2 in dash 4 1/2 x 6s I think and 4x11 all the way in the back roof by barn doors changed them wired to deck. I wanted a sub and bought a ppi275 2 channel amp and a ported enclosed box for 2 12" kenwood w3003's 4 ohm 300 watts or so RMS. I'm trying to do the best on a budget and upgrade small things until everything is ready to take a step up. I got a 1000 watt wiring kit with 100 watt fuse from stinger. Now here is where im getting stuck. I can only run one sub cause the amp is too weak to power both subs, so it is safe for my other sub to be in the box unpowered while I blast my one sub??? my box setup has plexiglass over the face of the two subs where they share the space but behind the subs they have their own space and 2 ports. the other question is, Can I buy another amp that is different, or the same amp and same wiring kit to run one amp to each sub? Or will they battle against each other in that enclosed airspace and kill one off? I'd also like to know about this stuffing the boxes, Should I fill my walls up a little for deeper bass or dynomat the inside of the box? I am gonna upgrade the amp but just not for a month or two. Lastly My amp runs at 150 wattsx2 @ 2 ohms or 300 wattsx1@4 ohms what can I do with my setup for now to get the deepest bass with what I got? One sub sounds ok if the sub setting on radio is all the way up to 15 and the gain is up 3/4's with bass boost up to 3/4's [/QUOTE]
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