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![]() ![]() Pioneer DEH-P560MP I got it cheap it sucks compared to my 7700 I had, but it works till the indash get here! Power Acoustik LT960/4 bridged at 250rms running a 10W6 v2-4 hits decent the LT980/2 I ordered is on back order for about another 2 weeks but once it gets here she'll come alive. Thinking of going 2 10w6's or something along the lines of that, suggestions? DTE -------------------- I am a thief.
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Sep 12, '03 From Portland , Oregon , United States Currently Offline Reputation: -1 (33%) ![]() |
QUOTE You really only need screws 6" apart or so. That's how I build my boxes and they've never leaked either. QUOTE Yeah, my solobaric boxes only have probably 10 screws in, the rest is all glued and siliconed edit that dont leak, either. Oddley enough tonight at work I ran into a guy(long story might be in O/T if I stay pissed about it) that does SPL among other things, he showed me his setup pretty impressive for older stuff, and he said my box looked really good, expect for a few cuts that arnt straight which the Liquid nails filled nicely. I know how many I did is over kill but having 3 drills and being able todo it fast, and its not like it hurts anything, also minding that a box (300ish screws) is about 90cents. QUOTE its sad how critical everybody is online... who cares about the damn screws, its his box and his sub or subs when he gets more, he doesnt need proof that everybodys box does not leak, but he simply asked for suggestions/comments on his setup and for the future... Nice work man, for the future I would upgrade to two JL's of ur pref Thanks for the defense. I dont know entirely what I want to get yet I am thinking possilbe 2-3 10w6's but I dont know of anyone has ran a setup like that so gonna look into it some more. QUOTE For an upgrade I'd hide all that wiring that's just clustered everywhere...maybe loom it or at least zip tie the stuff together? Maybe you're waiting to do that until you get the new amp in, which is another question. Why match such a nice sounding sub with a mediocre amp? I'm not being mean at all, just constructive criticism at its best and trying to help out. You should look into waiting a couple months to save for a JL amp instead of just settling for the Power Acoustic. Also, maybe consider cancelling the order for the LT980/2 and honestly saving for a nice JL amp...because that 4 channel will actually be very nice for that sub. You bridge it down as you have it now which is "250Wx2 RMS @ 4 Ohms" Which is really great for you...what you do now is run each voice coil on each separate bridged channel. Now you are running the sub in "stereo" in theory, yet it's not because as long as the RCAs are coming from the Subwoofer pre-out, the two channels get mixed to a mono anyways so there is no true left and right. Plus your amp won't be too bad as it will see total 6 Ohm load on each channel. If you run each voice coil in parallel on only one channel, not only is the sub being underpowered but it is also making that bridged channel see a 3 Ohm load which is bad on Power Acoustic amps as they don't like anything below 4 Ohm or they freak out. The only other way is running both voice coils in series on one channel yet this makes no sense because the one channel will see a 12 Ohm load. Sorry to go into so much detail with this, but I don't want you to mess that Sub up by wiring it wrong, because wiring it in the not optimal way on a mediocre amp can do some damage to either the sub or the amp. Take my advice for what it is I guess, but I recommend you run each voice coil on its own channel so the amp sees a total 6 Ohm load which will probably rate at about 208W RMS to each one...which is perfect as the sub in itself is rated at 400W RMS. Yay for wiring things correctly! Next, do what I said and save up for a nice JL amp. Wiring originization is coming once I get the other amp. I chose Power Acoustik for alot of reasons not just being price, There are alot of negative thoughts on there products but Ive owned going on 5 now and alot of people I know run them for many years trouble free and they entirely back there factory warrenty unless complete abuse of the product happens. I considered running the amp twice bridged one to each channel but I heard wiring has to be extact same length or it can damage both voice coils, so I really didnt want to risk hurting such a expensive sub, correct me if my thoughts are wrong on this. DTE -------------------- I am a thief.
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