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<blockquote data-quote="Phillips_211" data-source="post: 7501000" data-attributes="member: 631755"><p>Ok I have 4 rockford fosgate 10&quot; S1 prime series subs, they rms at 150 and max at 300. I have a jl audio g1700 (<a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/S-Ar6EzDkJQdj/p_136G1700/JL-Audio-G-SeriesG1700.html" target="_blank">JL Audio G Series G1700 Mono subwoofer amplifier — 700 watts RMS x 1 at 2 ohms at Crutchfield.com</a>) specs here. The amp is a monoblock amp but has two positives and two negatives almost like a 2 channel amp. The subs are in one box that has two chambers (so two subs per chamber). Each chamber is about 1.5 cubic ft. I had the subs hooked up to the amp by just running 4 sets of positive and negative wires. 2 sets of wires were hooked up to one of the positive and negatives on the amp and the other 2 sets of wires were hooked up to the other positive and negative on the amp. They were pretty loud, but then I got to wondering how much louder they would be if i hooked them up like the rockfordfosgate website told me to to wire them down to 4 ohms (<a href="http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/products/product_details.asp?item_id=112931&amp;amp;locale=en_US&amp;amp;p_status=" target="_blank">Rockford Fosgate® - R1S410</a>). Once I hooked it up this way they subs were not anywhere near as loud as before. I know i can just switch it back but I would like a reasoning as to why it&#039;s not as loud, and if anyone has a better wiring setup i would really appreciate it.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Phillips_211, post: 7501000, member: 631755"] Ok I have 4 rockford fosgate 10" S1 prime series subs, they rms at 150 and max at 300. I have a jl audio g1700 ([URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/S-Ar6EzDkJQdj/p_136G1700/JL-Audio-G-SeriesG1700.html"]JL Audio G Series G1700 Mono subwoofer amplifier — 700 watts RMS x 1 at 2 ohms at Crutchfield.com[/URL]) specs here. The amp is a monoblock amp but has two positives and two negatives almost like a 2 channel amp. The subs are in one box that has two chambers (so two subs per chamber). Each chamber is about 1.5 cubic ft. I had the subs hooked up to the amp by just running 4 sets of positive and negative wires. 2 sets of wires were hooked up to one of the positive and negatives on the amp and the other 2 sets of wires were hooked up to the other positive and negative on the amp. They were pretty loud, but then I got to wondering how much louder they would be if i hooked them up like the rockfordfosgate website told me to to wire them down to 4 ohms ([URL="http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/products/product_details.asp?item_id=112931&locale=en_US&p_status="]Rockford Fosgate® - R1S410[/URL]). Once I hooked it up this way they subs were not anywhere near as loud as before. I know i can just switch it back but I would like a reasoning as to why it's not as loud, and if anyone has a better wiring setup i would really appreciate it. [/QUOTE]

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