Not loud enough!

[Mr.Ronin_2U]

Hey fellas,I now have a 15" RE SX and I'm pushing with a 1500rms amp.There is a guy at my job that has 2 kicker comps(the wack azz yellow ones),with a 400rms amp and a prefab enclosure,and his car sounds like it hit as much as mine if not harder.What am I doing wrong? I have a 02 Dodge Stratus Sedan,and he has a Saturn.Is it the car that makes it louder?If so how do I get louder?I currently have my subs facing my trunk lid,should I face them toward my back seat?I know It's alot of questions,but I wanna get loud,well at least louder than this chump with those weak azz kickers.

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[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

The reason it's not loud enough is because your starting to lose your hearing. As far as the other guys subs and all he probably has the tuned the proper way and in a different car sometimes makes a difference. What are your HU settings on? Anything like loud and bass boost turn them off.

 

[Mr.Ronin_2U]

The reason it's not loud enough is because your starting to lose your hearing. As far as the other guys subs and all he probably has the tuned the proper way and in a different car sometimes makes a difference. What are your HU settings on? Anything like loud and bass boost turn them off.

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I do have the loud enabled,but how is turning this off going to make it louder?

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

It's not but the fact is that that can harm your amp and your sub. You could be sending a cliped signal to your amp and that could make it not sound as loud.

 

[jamesw 10+ year member]

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[taintedplay 10+ year member]

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clipped signal = bad. loudness and bassboost can kill your subs/amp so turn it off. as fr getting loud, installation is everything. did you make your box?

 

[MBrock4u 10+ year member]

No doubt, I can see your frustration. Those RE's should blow those kickers out of the water. We have to remember though, different systems sound different of better depending on what type of vehicle that you have, and of course if you have your gear properly tuned. Areodynamics play a big part here. A system I had some years back was in my Mitsubishi Eclipse was amazingly loud and all I had for a sub was a 1 Alpine type E. Go figure. My system I have now in my Ford Escape is MUCH better, and holds the sound in quite nicely. It may not set off car alarms, but I have it tuned where everthing complements each other. Tweets, mids, mid bass, and sub. It is very effective, with sound quality in mind. Proper tunning and correct amp settings goes along way here. So don't give up hope. It can take some time but it will be worth it. I would start by turning the loudness off of your head unit and work form there. You want clean signals right out of the gate. Good luck!

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[aworldcollision 10+ year member]

Hey fellas,I now have a 15" RE SX and I'm pushing with a 1500rms amp.There is a guy at my job that has 2 kicker comps(the wack azz yellow ones),with a 400rms amp and a prefab enclosure,and his car sounds like it hit as much as mine if not harder.What am I doing wrong? I have a 02 Dodge Stratus Sedan,and he has a Saturn.Is it the car that makes it louder?If so how do I get louder?I currently have my subs facing my trunk lid,should I face them toward my back seat?I know It's alot of questions,but I wanna get loud,well at least louder than this chump with those weak azz kickers.

You said you have A 15" off of what kind of amp? Then later ellude to more than one sub. How are yours wired? (2 ohm, 8 ohm?) and are they in phase? If one driver is in and one is out, you'll be out some bass. These are the questions to ask yourself.

It's not but the fact is that that can harm your amp and your sub. You could be sending a cliped signal to your amp and that could make it not sound as loud.

no. stop it. it may be bad, not really for the amp, but the drivers, but it will make it seem louder not quieter.

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

no. stop it. it may be bad, not really for the amp, but the drivers, but it will make it seem louder not quieter.

That is the purpose of the loudness contour isn't it? To boost low and high frequencies at lower volume levels.... Many of the more expensive head units start decreasing the amount of loudness to the point where it is completely off as you crank the volume whereas others apply the loudness contour no matter what the volume level is. If one feels that they "need" the loudness to be on, then there is something amiss in either the tuning or the setup of their system!

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

Hey fellas,I now have a 15" RE SX and I'm pushing with a 1500rms amp.There is a guy at my job that has 2 kicker comps(the wack azz yellow ones),with a 400rms amp and a prefab enclosure,and his car sounds like it hit as much as mine if not harder.What am I doing wrong? I have a 02 Dodge Stratus Sedan,and he has a Saturn.Is it the car that makes it louder?If so how do I get louder?I currently have my subs facing my trunk lid,should I face them toward my back seat?I know It's alot of questions,but I wanna get loud,well at least louder than this chump with those weak azz kickers.

What amp you running?

 

[Mr.Ronin_2U]

You said you have A 15" off of what kind of amp? Then later ellude to more than one sub. How are yours wired? (2 ohm, 8 ohm?) and are they in phase? If one driver is in and one is out, you'll be out some bass. These are the questions to ask yourself.


no. stop it. it may be bad, not really for the amp, but the drivers, but it will make it seem louder not quieter.

I have a phoenix gold 15.0:1 1500rms amp,as far as sounding like I had more than one sub,it was just a mistake in words,I have 1 15" sub,right now now it's wired to 4 ohms.It's a dual 2ohm sub.

 

[FJF 10+ year member]

That is the purpose of the loudness contour isn't it? To boost low and high frequencies at lower volume levels.... Many of the more expensive head units start decreasing the amount of loudness to the point where it is completely off as you crank the volume whereas others apply the loudness contour no matter what the volume level is.

Exactly. The Loudness feature is based on a Fletcher–Munson curve that is meant to compensate for the ear's lack of sensitivity at low volumes.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

If that's the Octane R amp it probably does around 400watts at 4ohm. I ran one at 1ohm for 2+ years before it finally quit. It's not rated 1ohm stable...

 

[Beaver1992 10+ year member]

yea your not given that sx near enough with it wired at 4 ohms

 

[csu87 10+ year member]

I have a phoenix gold 15.0:1 1500rms amp,as far as sounding like I had more than one sub,it was just a mistake in words,I have 1 15" sub,right now now it's wired to 4 ohms.It's a dual 2ohm sub.

well your definately not getting 1500 rms to the sub at 4ohms. Maybe 500. I havent heard many good things about pheonix gold putting out rated power. get a new amp that is 1 ohm stable. what is your electrical like