Underpowering

[SKMexiFry 10+ year member]

Where did you get it? And how much were they separately?

 

[Sspider 5,000+ posts]

The Rfr 3112 power hx2 dvc 2ohms, and a rockford fosgate bd1000.1 amp,

i forgot the exact price...

but sub was around 250

and amp was around 400 al brand new might i add

Wut u think bout it.......Got ripped off???

 

[SKMexiFry 10+ year member]

No, you ripped off whomever you bought that from! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif Normally the sub below that is $299, so you made out! You also got that amp at almost 50% off!!! Man I need to shop where you do!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Sspider 5,000+ posts]

hahaha, yea, my brother found em for me.....will ask him where he got it at.....i want a new head unit tho, i have a clarion unit, i want either rockford or an alpine....

wut u think?

 

[SKMexiFry 10+ year member]

Personally, I prefer either Alpine or Pioneer, but with that amp and sub you could have a Road Gear deck and still blow $3000 systems out of the water! For you, maybe a nice Alpine with Mp3 capability

 

[Sspider 5,000+ posts]

Road Gear, never heard of, where can i get em and how much?

Wut kind of set up u got?

 

[SKMexiFry 10+ year member]

Road Gear stuff is sold at Wal-Mart, and that deck is really cheap for about $30, but I don't think it has pre-amps. As for me, I have a 68 Mustang (fast too!) with a Jensen 2 post tape deck (15Wx4), an MTX RT2400 Amp (400 W RMS bridged), and one JL Audio 12W0 in a 1.3 cubic ft. sealed box, and it sounds pretty good for one 12" in an old car.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[mr.cableboi 10+ year member]

hey i had question about the hx2 i wanted to get 2 hx2 2ohms punch and bd1000.1 amp now can i run them parallel without a problem?

 

[zane 10+ year member]

Originally posted by mr.cableboi hey i had question about the hx2 i wanted to get 2 hx2 2ohms punch and bd1000.1 amp now can i run them parallel without a problem?

Yes.

Originally posted by SKMexiFry

 

That's not what he means by overdriving, that is actually what that amp is made for. He means a low amp (100 peak) with all the gains and bass maxed out going to a 500 watt RMS sub, and turning it up loud and playing it for a long time. So no, you are ok with that setup, actually I would love to have that setup!!!

exactly.....

take it easy,

-zane

 

[SKMexiFry 10+ year member]

For all those who don't know, Zane is the man

 

[taylor 10+ year member]

Actually i was told by the car audio manager at my shop that if you horribly under power a sub, example 1500 watt peak sub with a 250watt amplifier, the sub will just vibrate more than pound and excessive friction on the vc could cause it to melt. Zane i'm definetly not trying to contradict your knowledge, that is just what i have heard.

 

[zane 10+ year member]

Originally posted by taylor Actually i was told by the car audio manager at my shop that if you horribly under power a sub, example 1500 watt peak sub with a 250watt amplifier, the sub will just vibrate more than pound and excessive friction on the vc could cause it to melt. Zane i'm definetly not trying to contradict your knowledge, that is just what i have heard.

Understandable...... this issue is one of the biggest lines of BS in car audio today. I would have loved to show this shop manager my old Perfect 12.1's (350w RMS, 1400 W Peak) enjoying 50 watts each of of an old Rockford Amp I had. I ran those subs that way for near a month(with heavy use) before I recieved my new amplifier- not one bit of problem. This shop manager is just guilty of common mis-information- which again- is understandable. Mabey pass a copy of this thread to him so he can learn a little more about this issue. There were a few excellent reference links posted previously in this thread, and they would be quite useful to him also.

take it easy,

-zane

 

[taylor 10+ year member]

Thanks for the info zane.