Maroon97SL

I've heard some where that you can go to college and get some sort of degree for custom electronics, what major would it be?

Did they really have amplifiers back then haha?

Thats crazy, i have had 2 pyramid amps and so far I've put them through hell and they still come out fighting, the first one i fried was my fault.

Alright thought so, back in the day my older brother had a bd1000 it was OLD school, he had it powering two mtx subs in a sealed box. His ford aerostar literally fell apart from this system, the loudest thing I've hear in person to this date, that system bumped.

Im lost lol There is prime punch and power on the website.

Power series?

Funny thing is the 500-1 seems quite a bit bigger then the 1000-1 as well, IDK if that really means anything but isn't bigger usually better?

The Prime R500-1? http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_17368_Rockford+Fosgate+PRIME+R500-1.html And on there it says RMS 500 x 1 @ 2ohm then right below it, it says max output 500 x 1 @ 2 ohm

These are stable @ 1 ohm? Says 2 and 4 ohm on the web site, wonder how much power it puts out at 1 ohm like 700?

Any ideas? i think a sealed box is recommended for them, but from experience i like ported better.

Im running 320watts x 1 @ 4 ohms off my amp. Subs are 300w Rms each.

So i hook up a volt meter to my speaker terminals on my amp? Man that crap is confusing lol, i read it but my mind isn't processing it right. What i get from that is i have to put in a test tone of 50hz. Have bass boost all the way down, hook up a volt meter to my speaker terminals, have the H/U volume to 75% and then turn up the gain till my subs start clipping/distorting/sounding muddy, is that correct?

lol this is why i joined the SMD forum, I've learned a lot and have put most if not all of it to use. I have done maybe 4 builds, all with basic equip and as I go along i learn more and buy better equip, all i gotta say is the first pair of subs i had wouldn't even touch these 12's.

Ok so set gains at like 1/4 and bass boost maybe 1/2? The stock speakers can't handle much bass off the deck ( they sound like crap ).

The Deck is a Alpine CDE-100 i turn it up to about 30 ( idk what the highest volume is ), also some more info, the bass boost on the amp is turned all the way up, bass on my cd player is all the way down.

I have it turned down quite a bit, at most right now 1/2 way up.

My subs distort ( sound muddy ) at higher volumes, is this caused by my box or gain? Subs are eclipse 87121.8 12's they are 300w RMS @ 8 ohms, amp is a RF R500-1, i have them in a R/T dual 12" vented pre fab box. I want to build a box for them but have no idea what kind and how big of an enclosure to build.

IF someone is looking for an affordable amp this thing is awesome ( even used ). This amp is pushing my 12's so much better than that Pyaracrap. My windshield is actually flexing quite a bit more than it use to.

Should i wire up the voltmeter to my battery or to the amp? was thinking the battery.

Right now i have the wire split into two pieces ( one on each side of the bolt ) and then i have a boot over it, the boot doesn't want to push up all the way though.

Would a 4 gauge ring terminal fit under the screw/plate?

+1 thanks man.

I want to use spade terminals cause im weary about having bare wire next to each other, I just want to clean things up a bit and make it safer. Doesn't second skin cut the %^#@ out of your hands lol? Im not afraid of getting injured or dirty working on things, i grew up in a farm town, its my nature.

WTF?!?

I need some 4 gauge butt connectors for a R500-1 Rockford amp ( like a spade terminal connector that inserts under the screw on a + and - terminal ). I also need to get a volt meter, and maybe some damper for my trunk, where would be the cheapest place to order all of these parts from?