which 6.5 comps for this amp?

[kross 10+ year member]

Are the CVR's dual 2-ohm or dual 4-ohm subs?

 

[Gary S 10+ year member]

I just checked the Audiofonics and it has two 25A fuses, so? is that good or bad? can I give it a shot or I should buy a new amp?

- Might do in the neighborhood of 250 X 2 bridged. Sounds like it would be plenty.

- What ohm are the voice coils on the subs... dual 2-ohm or dual 4-ohm?

 

[rmdl51 10+ year member]

CVR's are Dual 4ohm amped by this one:

http://www.millionbuy.com/pericbm892.html

I have the coils in parallel (+ to + and - to - ) that's the way it should be right? or if I'm wrong please let me know.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

CVR's are Dual 4ohm amped by this one:
http://www.millionbuy.com/pericbm892.html

I have the coils in parallel (+ to + and - to - ) that's the way it should be right? or if I'm wrong please let me know.

So each sub wired in parallel (2 Ohms final each), and then each sub being powered by it's own amp channel, correct?

 

[rmdl51 10+ year member]

Correct!

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Try to find a Class D mono amp that is 1 ohm stable at around 600-800w rms for those subs. (each wired in parallel = 2 ohms each, then both wired in parallel = 1 ohm at the amp)

Something like a Hifonics BXi606D or similar.

 

[rmdl51 10+ year member]

I'm on a tight budget right now to purchase that amp ( I saw it online over $200) but I'll surely consider it later when I upgrade everything (Imean both amps), first thing right now is the comps speakers.

I'm uncertain if I should buy the Phoenix Gold (just saw them on ebay for $90 shipped) and a new amp or buy any of the two options Gary suggest and keep using my old crappy amp. As long as they perform great I don't mind keeping that Audiofonics, but my common sense keep telling me that I won't get the best out of any components as long as I keep using that amp but I might be wrong.

I trust all of you and I want to give it a try. I'll bridge the amp, buy and install some comps and I'll post later to let you know how did it go. Thank you all for your time and advice!

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Seems that that's the best route for you to go right now. Bridge your amp, install new comps, and see how it goes. It'll at least get you by for some time.

 

[rmdl51 10+ year member]

One more question off the subject, I was reading the link on your sig about the setting amp gains, but I have no experience or tools to set the gains the way the explain it to do, I don't even know how my gains are set right now, but I'm concern to cause damage on the new comps when I install them.

Is there a safe setting I should consider before attemp anything with the amp/speakers?

or if it was working before I should leave the gain knob alone?

 

[Gary S 10+ year member]

Don't worry too much about the gain setting, it's not very important... main thing is to not have them too high so that you have noise.

You are still in control of the volume knob on the radio, you protect the speakers... just turn it down if you hear distress from the speakers. Same thing you do when you drive your car... you don't worry about going to fast and crashing, you control the gas pedal. Get it?

 

[Hoodlum007 10+ year member]

first of all do not buy that auidofonics, they are low end amps that will creat tons of engine noise and distortion and will not do anything close to the power they are rated at.

on the comps, i can vouche for the quality and durability of the CDt CL's, they sound great and can take some serious abuse and still hold up. The RSD's are good as well but they do not sound as good as the CL's IMO.

 

[rmdl51 10+ year member]

I got the point about the gains, Thank you! That's what I needed to know.

Unfortunately something must be wrong with my setup, suddenly I'm getting a loud thump from the subs when I turn off the ignition, and a terrible whining noise from all four speakers, I even install ground loop isolators without any luck.

I still don't understand how come this start just by disconnecting the amps to check their specs and the plugged back in and all of the sudden start happening I check all grounds and seem to be ok, maybe I should start replacing my rca cables, I have cheap ones from wal-mart, but I don't know where to get the ones I need. I need the ones with L shape for the plug behind the HU since I don't have enough room behind the dashboard to use the regular ones.

Thank you all for the help, I'll be upgrading part by part in the coming weeks, so I'll be around

 

[kross 10+ year member]

When you were disconnecting the wiring, is there any chance the RCA's touched the power wire? If so, that will instantly damage your headunit, and one symptom is the whining noise.

As for for L-connectors for the RCA's, you can use these, and then use any RCA cables you want:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=091-180

 

[rmdl51 10+ year member]

Dejawiz, is this one the same you suggest for my CVR's?

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=252358

I'm confused because I'm not sure if it's class D or not and if it will be 1ohm stable.

Thank you Kross, those L-connectors I've been looking for a while!

BTW! I don't think the RCA's touched the power, but I'm not sure could be and maybe I didn't notice. I will be grounding the RCA outputs to the chassis as the writeup on the stickies suggest and see if that works but I'm so concerned about the thump on my subs so I disconnected them until I have enough time to work on them and see what could be wrong.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

That's the one!

$175 shipped:

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=16363