voxigenboy Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 I had a Kicker DX500.1 (500w RMS) & 2 12" Kicker Comp's. It was.nice but I wantedan upgrade. I ended up replacing the 2 Comp's with a pair of CompVR's. I then noticed that there didnt' seem to be much difference with those compared to the old Comp's no matter how i adjusted the amp I figured that I needed a more powerful amp so I ended up replacing the DX with a Rockford Fosgate Punch 801S. This amp is supposed to do 800w RMS as opposed to the DX' 500w RMS. Anyway, now the subs arent even hitting as hard as they did with the Kicker DX. I dont understand whats going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ric006 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 check ur wiring are your old subs SVC and the new ones DVC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxigenboy Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 check ur wiring are your old subs SVC and the new ones DVC the old ones were SVC and the new ones are DVC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ric006 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 (edited) how are you wiring the dvc and what ohm load are you trying to use Edited February 5, 2012 by ric006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ric006 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 here look at this http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp~Q~2~I~42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranny Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 RF amp is 2 channel, kicker is mono. so you have to find a way to wire the rf amp at 4 ohms and bridge it as well. its probably just as loud/quieter because its running at the wrong ohm load Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxigenboy Posted February 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 well, i checked out the wiring diagrams in the manual for the compvr's and tried going both 'parallel' and 'series' based. neither way seemed to xhange things much. i still have my dx500.1 so wondering if i should just use the dx for 1 sub & the rf for the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxigenboy Posted February 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 well, i checked out the wiring diagrams in the manual for the compvr's and tried going both 'parallel' and 'series' based. neither way seemed to xhange things much. i still have my dx500.1 so wondering if i should just use the dx for 1 sub & the rf for the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZTYBRN Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) well, i checked out the wiring diagrams in the manual for the compvr's and tried going both 'parallel' and 'series' based. neither way seemed to xhange things much. i still have my dx500.1 so wondering if i should just use the dx for 1 sub & the rf for the other. No. God no. Are your subs dual 4 ohm or dual 2 ohm? How are you setting your gain? Is it set to HP, AP, or LP? Edited February 6, 2012 by LZTYBRN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxigenboy Posted February 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) No. God no. Are your subs dual 4 ohm or dual 2 ohm? How are you setting your gain? Is it set to HP, AP, or LP? specifications say dual 2 or 4. amp is set to LP. oh and gain is currently turned all the way up for both channels... and come to think of it, i didnt notice much of a difference when i tried adjusting them. hmmm Edited February 6, 2012 by voxigenboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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