orion 1200d not much output?

[IshbOO 10+ year member]

I decided to hook up my orion 1200d to my 12 RL-p. Its wired at 2 ohms. Should be around 700watts. Well for some reason I'm not getting much output. I'm almost postive everything is set right. I have to turn the gain to almost 3/4s up just to get decent output. I'm afraid to do that, as with a few other amps I've owned I've never turned the gain up past 1/4-1/2. Anyone with this amp have any suggestions?

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[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Are you absolutely certain the sub is wired at 2 Ohms and not 8?

700w to an 12" RL-p should give you plenty of output unless you have a completely crap enclosure...

 

[IshbOO 10+ year member]

its only going to be hooked up for around a week or so. Until the new 15 RL-p d2 arrives. It's in a sealed enclosure. Not sure if the enclosure is all that great either. But I had my other amp hooked up, it hit pretty nice.

 

[gambrel09 10+ year member]

if the box is not sealed right then it will not sound right. the sub might just need more watts coming from the amp

 

[phantom240 5,000+ posts]

IIRC the 1200d (if its the same as the directed d1200, which i think it is) put out like 600w rms @ 1 ohm, not 2.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

IIRC the 1200d (if its the same as the directed d1200, which i think it is) put out like 600w rms @ 1 ohm, not 2.

the 1200D is an older model and puts out 1200 watts at 1 ohm.

set your gain using the gain setting tutorial

it's all right to turn up your gain if you need to, to match the input signal

 

[phantom240 5,000+ posts]

Oh okay. Gotcha.