Search results matching tags 'Amplifier', 'Sony', and 'pioneer'

HELP!

Faraad — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:46:17 GMT

I am running two pioneer 12" ts-w306dvc subs in a ported box off a cute little sony xplod amp (xm-sd22x), lol. Now I've grown up and realized this isn't going to cut it. I have everything wired up like the "Two Subwoofers, Mono Amp" diagram here (http://akamaipix.crutchfield.com/ca/learningcenter/car/subwoofer_wiring/2DVC_4-ohm_mono.jpg). Problem is a couple of people said I am holding my subs back from their true potential. Since the subs are 400w RMS a peice and the amp is supposedly pushing 500w RMSx1 @ 4ohms bridged, im short about 300 rms. I may be wrong, plz correct me if I am. Now I'm thinking if i get a 2 channel amp and wire it up like this, "Two Subwoofers, 2-Channel Amp" (http://akamaipix.crutchfield.com/ca/learningcenter/car/subwoofer_wiring/2DVC_4-ohm_2ch.jpg), I could get more power out of my subs if i have it running off 2ohms per channel instead of 4 ohms bridged. But of course I'm not sure that's why I came to you guys. So now that I've explained my situation, here are my questions:

1) How should I wire these subs up? (A link to a diagram would be helpful)

2) What kind of amp should I get? Mono or 2 channel?

3) What specific amp would work well with this setup? Preferably under the $250 price range.

small budget, small car, small son wants some bass

nocomprendo — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 06:23:07 GMT

We just puchases a package amp, sub from "Fusion", we were not impressed, boxed it up and shipped it back. Decided to spend a little more and bought 2- Pioneer TS-W302R 12" Subs 800w/max, impedance 4 ohms, and also a Sony Xplod XM-1652Z 1000w max power 2/1 channel power amp. Can someone tell me please if this is a compatable system to wire up or not, I am very unknowledgeable with this stuff and just trying to help my very impatient 15 year old son. Please advise us B4 we try to wire this up. Thanks!!!!

System cuts out at high Volume

TonyP — Thu, 24 May 2007 01:58:47 GMT

I have a older Sony Explode Head Unit, and just purchased a Pioneer Amp. I'm running 2 - 6 1/2 Sony and 2-4X6 Pioneer speakers and at high volume the system seems to cut out, comes back on and then cuts out agian, and so on and so on.

What can cause this? It seemed to work fine day one and two after the install, but then started seeing this problem.

Underpowered amp

Alias — Sat, 19 May 2007 09:05:13 GMT

I just finished installing my entire system today, but have run into an interesting problem. It seems to me that my amp (Pioneer 800Watt) isn't getting enough power to push the sub (a single 10" Sony Xplod). The sub is an older one, but was working just fine in my previous vehicle, bumping a lot louder with an equal amp.

The only way I can get it to push out at a decent level is to turn the bass boost to full on the amp as well as the subwoofer setting way up on the deck, but this causes distortion quickly if a song is bass-heavy.

My car is an 07 Subaru Impreza WRX, and I've got an 8awg wiring kit connected to the amp, 12awg speaker wire to the sub. The lights don't dim, so I don't think I need a capacitor, is there a chance my alternator doesn't put out enough power even though the lights are fine? I can't think of anything else that would cause a problem like this