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question on a boss amp paired to q flame 12sub

Discussion in 'Car Stereo Amplifiers' started by brian62584, Oct 12, 2010.

  1. brian62584

    brian62584 Member

    i have a 1200watt boss amp and audiobahn q flame 12..the other day i got curious to see if i could run it daul voice coiled to get more thump...the bass cuts off when you turn the volume up to a certain point and then comes back on when you turn it back down before that point in the volume.....is my amp not powerfull enough for the sub or does anyone know what problem im running into?
    thanks brian:confused:
     
    brian62584, Oct 12, 2010
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  2. ericj

    ericj Full Member

    Sounds like your amp can't take the ohm load. What model is your amp and what is the voice coil configuration of your sub?
     
    ericj, Oct 12, 2010
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  3. brian62584

    brian62584 Member

    think there ran pos to pos and neg to neg on back of the sub....i wanna say its the cw type but not sure,i know its 1200watt 2 channel
     
    brian62584, Oct 12, 2010
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  4. ericj

    ericj Full Member

    Wiring that way is called parallel wiring. If your sub is a 2ohm DVC, your amp is seeing 1ohm. If it's a 4ohm DVC, your amp is seeing 2ohms.

    If your amp isn't 2 or 1 ohm stable (depending on the VCs in your sub) that could be the problem.

    Do you know if your amp is going into protect mode when it cuts out?
     
    ericj, Oct 12, 2010
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  5. brian62584

    brian62584 Member

    ill half to look after im off work and see if its doing that...apreciate your help man....

    i kid you not i love the sub but i know the amp is not all that great
     
    brian62584, Oct 12, 2010
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  6. des343

    des343 Full Member

    why can i not post a new thread??? i have tried a few times now and it wont let me at all says need mod approval and everything..

    i cant figure out hwo or how to get ahold of someone to help me with this like to pm a mod or who is a mod..please someone help?

    other post ive made also have not been posted and its been HOURS

    sorry not to steal your tread i am just getting frustrated and this is the easiest way maybe someone could help
     
    des343, Oct 12, 2010
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  7. brian62584

    brian62584 Member

    make sure you have went back to your email and registerd for this forum.....you may have already but just saying...i forgot to and had that problem but im a newbie too lol

    your ok....i understand
     
    brian62584, Oct 12, 2010
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  8. TE5LA

    TE5LA Guest

    Sorry, but he said the amp was 2-channel, so he would have to have bridged it. That means for a dual 2-Ohm, the amp is loaded at 1/2-Ohm and a dual 4-Ohm would be 1-Ohm. It's too low either way.

    Remember, for a bridged amp, you need to divide the speaker's nominal load by two.
     
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    TE5LA, Oct 13, 2010
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  9. brian62584

    brian62584 Member

    any help on how i would do that? im not to familare with daul voice coil speaker..i know how to run it into daul but i know nothing bout ohm's :(
     
    brian62584, Oct 15, 2010
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  10. brian62584

    brian62584 Member

    i did some research on the speaker....its a 3 ohm..and trying to see how i can get the best punch out of the sub without hurting the amp...i learned that the parallel was not good cause its running down to 1 ohm and amp cant handle that...which would be the best way to wire the dual voice coils also
     
    brian62584, Oct 16, 2010
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  11. brian62584

    brian62584 Member

    update::::::Diablo Series 2-Channel Class AB Car Amplifier RMS Power Rating: 4 ohms: 230 watts x 2 chan. Max power output: 600 watts x 2 channel................. i thought it was a 1200watt amp..its not...so now my question is how would i run the daul voice coils to match this amp......i guess now i will start saving for a better amp with more power
     
    brian62584, Oct 16, 2010
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