orion 2500d help

[austinj 10+ year member]

okay i put both of my subs in and they are not nearly as loud as they should be. I had one hooked up to a 1000 watt amp and it easily outperformed both of my subs with the 2500d. what the hell is going on?

 

[TheNoodPoopler]

check your wiring, make sure that both subs are connected correctly and the + an - are correct.

 

[walkychalky 10+ year member]

u guys are saying that all 4 speaker terminals have to be used right?.........but what if u only have 1 sub?.....do u do a coil to each side or something? (assuming its a dvc)

and what if its only a svc sub?......how would u manage that?.........jus curious

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[spudracer326 10+ year member]

are you only running one voice coil on each??? that sounds like what it is. you should be using both vc's on each sub....

 

[austinj 10+ year member]

i'm running both voice coils and the terminals are correct. I just hope I can get an exchange with ebay.

 

[walkychalky 10+ year member]

u guys are saying that all 4 speaker terminals have to be used right?.........but what if u only have 1 sub?.....do u do a coil to each side or something? (assuming its a dvc)

and what if its only a svc sub?......how would u manage that?.........jus curious

one more try.....anyone wanna answer??

 

[zachzchw 5,000+ posts]

u guys are saying that all 4 speaker terminals have to be used right?.........but what if u only have 1 sub?.....do u do a coil to each side or something? (assuming its a dvc)

and what if its only a svc sub?......how would u manage that?.........jus curious

No, you dont have to use all of the speaker connections. Just there as a convenience.

Decipha was talking about the dual power/ground inputs, just asking if they were all wired up.

 

[walkychalky 10+ year member]

the what is this guy talkin about?

alotta problems are arising with the orion 2500d's (prior to the new ones) as of lately.
but yes, hook up both sets of power and ground terminals.

and use both speaker terminals since it's a mono amp. don't try to "bridge" it.

i had it wired at 3 ohms and my dub7 barely moved. it's better at .5 or 1ohms. it's most efficient then.

 

[zachzchw 5,000+ posts]

the what is this guy talkin about?

Hes saying dont use the right positive and the left negative, like you would if you were bridging a multichannel amp.

The speaker terminals are parallelled internally.

 

[walkychalky 10+ year member]

iC...thanks

 

[Decipha 10+ year member]

**imma break it down fa ya**

the 4 speaker terminals are 2 negs, 2 pos's you can't possibly bridge it.. end of discussion

you need ALL 4 power terminals connected; thus 2 4ga pos, and 2 4ga negs... end of discussion

check the high pass filter on the amp, turn it all the way down, don't worry about the intelli q knob, i usually leave mine all the way down

set the low pass filter between 50hz and 150hz try to get it directly in the middle

set the output selector switch to "copy"

that should do it, if not you shouldn't be operating this type of machinery or you may have a fuged up amp

^^hope this helps, happy wanging

 

[austinj 10+ year member]

**imma break it down fa ya**
the 4 speaker terminals are 2 negs, 2 pos's you can't possibly bridge it.. end of discussion

you need ALL 4 power terminals connected; thus 2 4ga pos, and 2 4ga negs... end of discussion

check the high pass filter on the amp, turn it all the way down, don't worry about the intelli q knob, i usually leave mine all the way down

set the low pass filter between 50hz and 150hz try to get it directly in the middle

set the output selector switch to "copy"

that should do it, if not you shouldn't be operating this type of machinery or you may have a fuged up amp

^^hope this helps, happy wanging

thanks for the help, figured out it was the amp that was fk'ed, got it on warranty though.