celicagtman 10+ year member
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so my setup that i got 2 weeks ago was a Pioneer Premier TS-W3002D4 12" with is one ohms stable and is a 1000 rms and 3500 rms peak and i got a 1.5 cf ported box which i read is best for for this sub. the amp that i have is a audio pipe 1000 which is powering my sub at 1000 rms at 1 ohms. i also have a really good head unit which is a JVC KW-XG700. the car i have small toyota celica hatchback. the problem i am having is that my system is not as loud as i expected. i mean the sub has decent bass and everything when sitting inside but its not like you can hear from half a mile or something. now i think i might have blown my stock speakers in my celica because the songs are getting distorted when i turn the volume up to 30. i was wondering what i should do. i mean i got the amp at 1000 watts when i was getting a audio pipe 1800 for the same price used because i was told you are gonna mess up your electrical if you dont upgrade the altenator and do the big 3. but what i dont get is most people pay for crappy systems like infinity and stuff like that and their amp is most of the time only 500-700rms. i am not sure how my system is not getting as loud. i checked the amp setting and the bass and everything is all the way up and some songs the bass is lot when sitting inside but out side you cant really hear it that much. i am not sure weather to upgrade the amp or something or mabe get new speakers?any advice would be really helpful guys.