currently running a 15" kicker cvr

[Emoxihax]

Alright, so my sub is running on my kicker zx550.2(getting 550w) on the 500w sub. It is loud as shit for what it is, now my question is does the brand of sub really make that much of a difference with how loud it is? are there other 500-600w subs that could sound a lot louder for the same size/watts? or should I not worry about getting any new subs until I want to go higher watts?

[mylows10]

You are putting alt of power to a sub that can't handle that much power for long. If you bought a Dd , Ascendant , dc or another good sub not only will it sound better it will last longer and the best part is if you mess or blow it up you can recone it. You can't with your kicker cvr

[Guest]

dont worry about it. if it is true (idk if it is or not) then you would BARELY notice a change. the biggest thing is the box design. if you have a box that is designed to the exact/close specs of the manufacturers specs (99% of the time) that will be as loud as the woofer will get. at least thats my opinion.

[Guest]

You are putting alt of power to a sub that can't handle that much power for long. If you bought a Dd , Ascendant , dc or another good sub not only will it sound better it will last longer and the best part is if you mess or blow it up you can recone it. You can't with your kicker cvr

wtf?

[Emoxihax]

You are putting alt of power to a sub that can't handle that much power for long. If you bought a Dd , Ascendant , dc or another good sub not only will it sound better it will last longer and the best part is if you mess or blow it up you can recone it. You can't with your kicker cvr

this sub has been going strong for over a year now. only problem is when I try to push it too hard I notice the amp goes into protection mode.. which could be the amp and not the sub, not sure on that one yet though

[Guest]

this sub has been going strong for over a year now. only problem is when I try to push it too hard I notice the amp goes into protection mode.. which could be the amp and not the sub, not sure on that one yet though

protection mode would be the amps fault, either the way you wired the woofer to the 2 channel amp or the settings are wrong and you are clipping

[Emoxihax]

the kicker amp runs mono 550w @ 4 ohms. the cvr is a dual 2 ohm sub. so I have it wired so the positive from the first channel and the negative to the last channel(that's what it shows as mono on the amp) then I ran the positive to the positive coil and the negative to the negative coil(I noticed there's 2 other coils on the other side I don't have touched to anything though o.o) is that how I was supposed to do it?

[Guest]

the kicker runs mono 550w @ 4 ohms. it's a dual 2 ohm sub. so I have it wired so the positive from the first channel and the negative to the last channel(that's what it shows as mono on the amp) then I ran the positive to the positive coil and the negative to the negative coil(I noticed there's 2 other coils on the other side I don't have touched to anything though o.o) is that how I was supposed to do it?

you are running that amp at 2 ohms with only one voice coil hooked up....absolutely not good. take that woofer out right now and rewire it like this

the way you have it now is having each channel see a 1 ohm load (its built to see 2 ohms and up on each channel) on a single voice coil that was designed to be seen 250rms. if you wire it like the picture, the amplifier should never see protection mode again and your woofer will be happy (and louder)

[Emoxihax]

just ran the wire between the two coils that weren't connected, I'll test it out tonight or tomorrow, thank you for the help

[Emoxihax]

also: could that be why my amp would get really hot at times?