Hi there.

I’m using this unit here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YNBHR73

The issue I am having is subwoofers and not having a lot of money to fix my situation.

I currently have that 3 x 8" ported Skar box, but it has such low impedance that the speaker safety trips constantly on it. Godzilla help me if someone says a word with a p in it.

Is there a way for me to rewire that setup to gain more impedance and stop it from cutting off or should I move on and get a single 12" for the small box I have? (I have a behind the seat single 12" enclosure.)

I’d obviously love to have bass as deep as possible, but any options would be nice.

Thanks

  • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    You’ll never get deep bass with 8’s, so yes, a 12 would be the better option if that’s what you ultimately want.

    As far as an amp kicking off, it could be a bad ground but it’s probably just not designed for a lot of power. Finding a balance between clean power to maximize the sound output and not damaging the speaker is always a challenge.

    • mihnt@lemy.lolOPEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      You’ll never get deep bass with 8’s, so yes, a 12 would be the better option if that’s what you ultimately want.

      Yeah, I figured this was the case on those, but they were free. So maybe they can suffice until a new sub could be acquired.

      As far as an amp kicking off, it could be a bad ground but it’s probably just not designed for a lot of power. Finding a balance between clean power to maximize the sound output and not damaging the speaker is always a challenge.

      It might be that these speakers are wired in such a way that they come out to be 1.3Ohm. Which is below the amp’s “rating”. Optimally I’d want to be between 2-8Ohms for this amp. Either 4-6Ohm being “optimal” as far as I can tell.

    • mihnt@lemy.lolOPEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      So let me try and rationalize this because this Skar box setup is weird.

      This must be how it is wired currently because it does show 1.3Ohm on my multimeter.

      And I’d want to do what is shown in the 3x speaker example on this?

      As for the 12”, you could tell me more about it, like the volume and port details and I could recommend some woofers that will work well with the box.

      It is a non-ported, angled, behind the seat “truck box”. This is the speaker that I found in it: https://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Car/Subwoofers/Shallow+Mount/TS-SW124D

      It was 100% blown, sadly. :(