Wiring help needed...

[defensa24 10+ year member]

Sup guys...

So I finally got my system up and running and it sounds good...(Not loud tho)

I have a pair of 10' subs (SPX...? I dont know how many watts) hooked up to a cheap walmart amp (200Watts...) The headunit is a Dual Stereo 200 Watts(from walmart yes) I wanna know if I hooked it up right? It sounds ok and maybe thats all Ima get out of it but Im curious to see if I can crank em up even higher if I wire them differently...Any comments? Help? Heres some pics of the wiring diagram and actual photos of my setup...

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[herbykw 10+ year member]

You need to know how many ohms your amp runs at and how many voice coils(one im assuming) and the Ohm load of the voice coils of the sub.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Okay after I am done laughing ill help....................................................OKay done you need to turn your bass boost off and set your gains. If you don't know how to do that search the forum for the article.

 

[defensa24 10+ year member]

You need to know how many ohms your amp runs at and how many voice coils(one im assuming) and the Ohm load of the voice coils of the sub.

The amp says 4-8 Ohms stable...And yes it has one voice coil...

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

nice thowback //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

not so nice subs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

Sup guys...So I finally got my system up and running and it sounds good...(Not loud tho)

I have a pair of 10' subs (SPX...? I dont know how many watts) hooked up to a cheap walmart amp (200Watts...) The headunit is a Dual Stereo 200 Watts(from walmart yes) I wanna know if I hooked it up right? It sounds ok and maybe thats all Ima get out of it but Im curious to see if I can crank em up even higher if I wire them differently...Any comments? Help? Heres some pics of the wiring diagram and actual photos of my setup...

I think you mean 10" (in) subs not 10' (ft) subs... LOL //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Okay after I am done laughing ill help....................................................OKay done you need to turn your bass boost off and set your gains. If you don't know how to do that search the forum for the article.

Easy.... not everyone has good gear. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

The amp says 4-8 Ohms stable...And yes it has one voice coil...

Well since you have what I would suspect as being 4 Ohm SVC woofers and an amp that is only 4 Ohm stable, you are pretty much limited on wiring. You can only run them in stereo. If you amp supported a 2 Ohm load, you could bridge them and you would see an increase in output.

You also have a small sealed box, which is good for sound quality, but is hard to get loud. A ported box would have been much easier to get loud, but at the expense of sound quality. You basicaly have a setup that should be expected to have more quality than quantity. If you care more about quantity than quality, then you should look for a ported box.

EDIT: Here is a link to your woofers specs