I got a pair of 12" woofers and an amp from my brother a few weeks ago.
speakers -
http://www.soundcity.com/products/15166.html?tr=froogle
they are 200watt rms/ 400 peak @ 4 ohms punch XLC RFP2412
amp - rockford fosgate punch 250a2
I am running them from a JVC cd player with preamp outputs.
this one --
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4048728
I have it all wired with monster cable and monster oxygen free speaker wire and very large monster power and ground wires with the power lead up to the battery. (I didn't shell out for the monster cable, my brother gave me his
)
It is in a box in the trunk right now facing up
I have it wired in stereo - one speaker per channel and it just doesn't hit very hard. I am sure the speakers are in phase.
This is how I hooked it up
I tried wiring it bridged in mono and the amp would heat up and shut off. It hit pretty hard though.
I had it hooked up like this (only with 2 leads on each so I could run both speakers)
Am I doing something wrong or is this amp just too small for the speakers?
Also I am not too smart on the 2 ohm 4 ohm thing. If I have it wired in stereo that makes it 2 ohms, right? So is that bad for my 4 ohm speakers?
It sounds better and feels better if I leave the back seat folded down but I don't want to ride around like that all the time.
There are settings for gain and crossover range on the amp and I've played with them along with the equalizer on the stereo but I can't get it to hit very hard without distorting.
Thanks in advance for any ideas. I am an amp and subwoofer n00b.