Not loud enough!

[18lexusowner 10+ year member]

1. Get a Hifonics amp and wire your sub to 1 ohm.

2. Get a different enclosure that isn't facing up at the trunk. That kills your sound and bass. My friend has a 15" Kicker L7 powered by a BXI-1608 and his box is pointed towards the trunk in his Mustang....and i can tell you this, my 2 P2D410's with a BXI-608 is louder than his 15.

:/

 

[Looney_Tune 10+ year member]

just get a hifonics bx1000d or a new model. I had a 15" SX on a bx1000d @1ohm back in tha gap and it Banged. You most def. need more power on that SX. That will get you loud.

 

[luv2shrOOm 10+ year member]

turn off all bass boost/loudness and set the bass level to zero or all the way down, turn up the gains on the amp to almost full, set the frequency to around 80Hz and keep the bass boost on the amp off....then turn up the deck bass slowly to u're liking, but keep the loudness OFF! should notice a difference right away

 

[tuck05 10+ year member]

1 15 sx running on about 1800 watts in 4 cubes at 38hz was doing hair tricks in my ext cab tacoma. Get your stuff set up right. Or, buy another one and throw in a wall. Worked for me.

 

[arps 10+ year member]

turn off all bass boost/loudness and set the bass level to zero or all the way down, turn up the gains on the amp to almost full, set the frequency to around 80Hz and keep the bass boost on the amp off....then turn up the deck bass slowly to u're liking, but keep the loudness OFF! should notice a difference right away

^what not to do

 

[GMCJimmyslt2000 10+ year member]

turn off all bass boost/loudness and set the bass level to zero or all the way down, turn up the gains on the amp to almost full, set the frequency to around 80Hz and keep the bass boost on the amp off....then turn up the deck bass slowly to u're liking, but keep the loudness OFF! should notice a difference right away

What?! Turn his gain to full? Ur telling the dude to clip his amp.

 

[GMCJimmyslt2000 10+ year member]

1. Get a Hifonics amp and wire your sub to 1 ohm.
2. Get a different enclosure that isn't facing up at the trunk. That kills your sound and bass. My friend has a 15" Kicker L7 powered by a BXI-1608 and his box is pointed towards the trunk in his Mustang....and i can tell you this, my 2 P2D410's with a BXI-608 is louder than his 15.

:/

Noway do ur shitty rf p2 10s get louder than a l7 15, unless the install is terrible, even than it's hard to believe urs would be louder.

There is to many noobs giving poor advice in this theard.

Op.

1. Get a amp that does 1500-2000wrms @ 1ohm.

2. Build a porter box built to specs.

3. Do required electrical upgrades. Big3 and couple big batts. Also +/- in 0/1 gauge.

 

[Mr.Ronin_2U]

turn off all bass boost/loudness and set the bass level to zero or all the way down, turn up the gains on the amp to almost full, set the frequency to around 80Hz and keep the bass boost on the amp off....then turn up the deck bass slowly to u're liking, but keep the loudness OFF! should notice a difference right away

Really?

 

[Mr.Ronin_2U]

yellow kickers? huh?

Yellow and Black kicker comps.

 

[skittlesRgood 10+ year member]

find a class d that can run your 4 ohm load at close to the same wattage as a 2 ohm load. I'm not going to get much into the benefits of robbing yourself of sound quality

i never noticed any differance in SQ with differant ohm loads.

are you high? how much would an amp cost that put out 1500w at 4ohm??? forget that dude, go for 1ohm. you wont notice anything differant exept the extra 3db (that's x2 as loud if you didnt know)

 

[skittlesRgood 10+ year member]

Noway do ur shitty rf p2 10s get louder than a l7 15, unless the install is terrible, even than it's hard to believe urs would be louder.
There is to many noobs giving poor advice in this theard.

Op.

1. Get a amp that does 1500-2000wrms @ 1ohm.

2. Build a porter box built to specs.

3. Do required electrical upgrades. Big3 and couple big batts. Also +/- in 0/1 gauge.

x2 man

 

[Mr.Ronin_2U]

i never noticed any differance in SQ with differant ohm loads.
are you high? how much would an amp cost that put out 1500w at 4ohm??? forget that dude, go for 1ohm. you wont notice anything differant exept the extra 3db (that's x2 as loud if you didnt know)

Thanks I didn't know about db's,I just wired my sub to 1ohm and the Phoenix Gold amp is pushing it,but I noticed a funny smell,checked the sub and everything looks great,now i guess i have to tune the amp right so i don't get the stank,until i get a new amp.What causes the smell anyway?

 

[xtremebassjunky 10+ year member]

frying voice coils. this thread is full of bad advice.

 

[Mr.Ronin_2U]

frying voice coils. this thread is full of bad advice.

Well what's some good advice?

 

[GMCJimmyslt2000 10+ year member]

set gains with a dmm, theres a tutorial somewhere around here, search.

dont use any boost at all