orion 225 hcca question.

[2crunk]

i just installed orion 225 hcca with a sherwood crossover and a jl audio w6 in a ported box in my car.i have the gain turned up all the way on the amp and i have moved the gain to about 3/4 of the way on the crossover.it hits good but not very hard.what can i do to make it sound harder and louder.i used to have it hooked up to a kicker l7 and it was way louder.what can i do to make it bump harder?thanks in advance.

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[mstacks]

is the ported box made for the jl audio spec wise

 

[2crunk]

yea box is built to specifications .what else can it be/

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

The sub needs more power? An old school W6 would only be getting about 150w from that amp and one of the w6v2s would only be getting 200w. Jacking the gains up isn't the way to get more power either.

 

[Mr. C 10+ year member]

That sub will not play to it's potential since it will not be able to present a low enough load to get good power from that amp. That amp will produce 400 watts if you could get a 1/2 ohm bridged load. An ol skool W6 has dual 6 ohm coils, which will parallel down to 3 ohms and about 166 watts from that amp. If your sub has dual 4 ohm coils, that would parallel down to 2 ohms for 200 watts from that amp. Dual 1 ohm coils in parallel would be ideal for that amp.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Actually the 225 only needs a 1 ohm load to make full power. Also your math for the 3 ohm load is off it would be 133w but the amp will do a bit more because it is underrated until you get to a 1 ohm bridged load.

Bottom line, you need a different amp to get the sub louder.

 

[generalGOTCHA 10+ year member]

Nice amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

They are nice. I have 3.

 

[2crunk]

so wat sub will be better. i have a honda del sol so space is limited and i only want to run one sub no bigger than a 12.which one would u guys recommend?

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

Turning up the gains all the way is not the smartest thing to do either.