Kickers not hitting hard at all

[lilkiller]

I just installed 2 10 inch kicker comps behind the seat in my truck. Theyre being powered by a kicker sx650.1 in a 2 ohm configuration. The subs are getting power as they are hitting with the music, but so little that you can barely hear it. Anyone know what the problem can be?

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[Max_Power 10+ year member]

did you adjust the gain, or maybe wire one out of phase?

 

[lilkiller]

I left the gain at 0db but even at 12db it doesn't make much of a difference. What does it mean to wire one out of phase? (sorry if its a noob question)

 

[SuperTrooper 10+ year member]

your pos+ wires going to the pos+ terminal on the sub and the same with the neg - wire

 

[bizzy07 10+ year member]

out of phase means that one sub has the negative and postive backwards and is moving in the opposite directions as the other sub and is canceling out.

 

[casper97ta 10+ year member]

Check the settings on your headunit. Make sure if you have a sub control on the headunit that it is turned all the way up. did you set the gain correctly?

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

x2 at checking sub control on the headunit

 

[lilkiller]

I checked my wires and theyre not out of phase. It can't be the headunit because its stock and theres no area to change subwoofer settings. I had to use a LOC to connect it.

 

[bigbang 10+ year member]

The wires going from the amp to the box might be correct + to + ect. but they might be wired in reverse inside the box going to one of the subs. Just try reversing the + and - going to one sub at the amp itself and see if anything changes. Or if you had a bass CD with a sweep down to 1 Hz, you could probably tell that they are moving oposite each other at below 5Hz.