I want to lay out the full story here so its understood the process Ive been through to get here. I started about a year ago when I purchased one used 12w6v2 to replace the basswedge i have with 2- 12w0v3. Upon receiving the new sub i hooked it up to my 500/1 jl amp and it blew. I got my money refunded and the sub sat for about a year in my garage until i decided to have it refoamed and reconed. Did that and then began actually learning how car audio works, by this I mean ohm loads amp adjustments and overall wiring.
So fast forward to now.. I hook up the newly refurbished 12w6v2 to my 500/1 amp. This is where i learned my first lesson. My thoughts were that one 12 with 600 rms would be louder than two at 300 rms, but at the time didnt realize that Im pushing the same wattage too. What I learned was that one 12 will never be as loud as two 12s can be at least with this setup. I purchase a second 12w6v2 and begin looking for an amp. I find a used x1200m kenwood that pushes 800 rms at 4 ohms and decide thats the ticket as most mono amps will only push 600 rms at 4 ohms unless youre spending 1k plus on an amp.
So I hook both subs up at 4 ohms to this monoblock amp and it just isnt performing nor sounding like 400 rms per sub. I hook up my old bass wedge at 2 ohms to the same amp and its powering it much better so now i dont think its an amp issue.
I understand that 2ohms will go lower than 4ohms but i also believed that at 400 rms per sub it would still be louder than my bass wedge at 2 ohms and it was not.
So I am now here to ask opinions on a goal forward and to see what i may be missing here. I can wire them at 1 ohm to this amp but its not reccomended from the seller as he says the amp tends to blow if ran at 1 ohm. I have looked into doing the new jd1000/1 which would be back at the 300 rms per sub or a used 750/1 jl amp.
Wiring wise right now i have the subs at 8 ohms and then connected at the amp to drop to 4 ohms. As a note the two 12w6v2 ran at 4ohms on my 500/1 was louder than my basswedge ran at 2ohms. Thats 170 watts a piece at 4ohms on those subs.
So fast forward to now.. I hook up the newly refurbished 12w6v2 to my 500/1 amp. This is where i learned my first lesson. My thoughts were that one 12 with 600 rms would be louder than two at 300 rms, but at the time didnt realize that Im pushing the same wattage too. What I learned was that one 12 will never be as loud as two 12s can be at least with this setup. I purchase a second 12w6v2 and begin looking for an amp. I find a used x1200m kenwood that pushes 800 rms at 4 ohms and decide thats the ticket as most mono amps will only push 600 rms at 4 ohms unless youre spending 1k plus on an amp.
So I hook both subs up at 4 ohms to this monoblock amp and it just isnt performing nor sounding like 400 rms per sub. I hook up my old bass wedge at 2 ohms to the same amp and its powering it much better so now i dont think its an amp issue.
I understand that 2ohms will go lower than 4ohms but i also believed that at 400 rms per sub it would still be louder than my bass wedge at 2 ohms and it was not.
So I am now here to ask opinions on a goal forward and to see what i may be missing here. I can wire them at 1 ohm to this amp but its not reccomended from the seller as he says the amp tends to blow if ran at 1 ohm. I have looked into doing the new jd1000/1 which would be back at the 300 rms per sub or a used 750/1 jl amp.
Wiring wise right now i have the subs at 8 ohms and then connected at the amp to drop to 4 ohms. As a note the two 12w6v2 ran at 4ohms on my 500/1 was louder than my basswedge ran at 2ohms. Thats 170 watts a piece at 4ohms on those subs.