Hmmm, so setting the gains no higher than 3/4, and set it from there, and I should be fine technically? The guy is ready to ship the kenwood amp anyday, just waiting on my word....what do you suggest here?

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1999 Chevy Cavalier Coupe

- JVC KD-G710 HU
- JVC CS-HS601 6 1/2 Mid-Range Speakers Up Front, With JVC Tweeters and X-Overs.
- Pioneer 2 Way 6x9's in the rear deck.
- Pheonix Gold Series SA1.4 4-Channel
- Mmats 15' ProCast, In a 3.5 Cubic Ft Slot Ported Box.
- Kenwood KAC-9152D Monoblock.
- Blue Stinger 0 Guage Power Wire

It seems your sub is already wired properly to run at 2 ohms. With this particular sub, this is the best configuration. You have no 4 ohm option here. Your other option is 8 phms, which is retarted. All you have to do is plug the one wire coming out of the box into an amp. Plus to plus and minus to minus. Easy. The amp in turn will see that 2 ohm load from the speaker, and work in one channel mode. I hope you are getting a monoblock, as many 2-channel amps do not work as low as 2 ohms in bridged(1-channel/mono) mode. Do not worry about overpowering your equipment at all. I gave 300 watt speaker a 1000 watts before with no problems at all. If anything it is very good to overpower it, underpowering may lead to problems. Just google that. So plug your gear together and have a blast.

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Arc Audio KS1000.1 > 3 x 10" CSS SDX10's in 2.4 cubes sealed
Rockford Fosgate Riot Cables
Monster Cable 300 Series Speaker Wire
Focal Plain-Chants
Dynamat
Monster Cable 2-Farad Cap
Optima Yellow Top
180 amp Iraggi Amputator alt
Rockford Fosgate 0AWG "Big 3"


FOR SALE: Above subs with the custom wedged box and damping material on the inside. $450 No offers. Amazing stuff, mint, just too much weight for my lowered car.

That Kenwood amp looks good for your application. Set the crossover to low pass at around 80 hz or lower. And subsonic filter to around anywhere between 25-35 hz. I don't think you will need to set your gain to higher than 1/4 of the way for good sound quality. You will be happy with 900 watts. You will probably never use that much anyway, and even at high volumes the amp will not distort, unless gains are too high. For my music taste, I would never run my sub/s at less than 750 watts rms. Have fun.

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Alpine 9887
Steg K2.03 > 1.2" CDT ES-010, 7.1" CDT ES-07, CDT 560i
Arc Audio KS1000.1 > 3 x 10" CSS SDX10's in 2.4 cubes sealed
Rockford Fosgate Riot Cables
Monster Cable 300 Series Speaker Wire
Focal Plain-Chants
Dynamat
Monster Cable 2-Farad Cap
Optima Yellow Top
180 amp Iraggi Amputator alt
Rockford Fosgate 0AWG "Big 3"


FOR SALE: Above subs with the custom wedged box and damping material on the inside. $450 No offers. Amazing stuff, mint, just too much weight for my lowered car.

How is it possible that it is wired to 4ohm? It has a wire coming from each voice coil, leaving me with 2 sets of wires coming out of the box, each with a positive and a negative. To wire it to 2ohms, wouldn't I have to wire the negative and postive terminals on both voice coils:
Illustration: = is wire

VC #1 VC #2
+ ========= + ==
- ========= - ==

Then they would run out of the box in one wire, with a postive and a negative, and be able to run it to the terminals on the amp. I think what I am saying is right, but I really do not know. I was almost sure it's wired to 4ohms now, as each VC is wired seperate, and it's a 4ohm sub. The Monoblock amp only has one + terminal and one - terminal right? Hopefully you guys can confirm. I really, really appreciate all this help. I'm trying to learn myself, but nobody ever learned a whole lot without some good help Thanks a lot guys, look forward to hearing from you.

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1999 Chevy Cavalier Coupe

- JVC KD-G710 HU
- JVC CS-HS601 6 1/2 Mid-Range Speakers Up Front, With JVC Tweeters and X-Overs.
- Pioneer 2 Way 6x9's in the rear deck.
- Pheonix Gold Series SA1.4 4-Channel
- Mmats 15' ProCast, In a 3.5 Cubic Ft Slot Ported Box.
- Kenwood KAC-9152D Monoblock.
- Blue Stinger 0 Guage Power Wire

I dont think your sub will ever see the 900 rms you are dreadfull about, just set your gains right and you should be more then fine man !

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Thanks, but it's no longer a Kenwood amp. I found one locally for cheaper, and the sellar is a friend of mine, so I know it's good stuff. A Pheonix Gold 500.1, puts out 500 RMS at 2ohms, so I'm fine. Just need to figure out the wiring, suggestions?

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1999 Chevy Cavalier Coupe

- JVC KD-G710 HU
- JVC CS-HS601 6 1/2 Mid-Range Speakers Up Front, With JVC Tweeters and X-Overs.
- Pioneer 2 Way 6x9's in the rear deck.
- Pheonix Gold Series SA1.4 4-Channel
- Mmats 15' ProCast, In a 3.5 Cubic Ft Slot Ported Box.
- Kenwood KAC-9152D Monoblock.
- Blue Stinger 0 Guage Power Wire

if it's the octane model, it will never do 500rms. i used to have one it would do 350ish on it's best day with the gain cranked to max. honestly the kenwood was a better buy if it is indeed the octane 5:0.1 you are talking about

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Alpine CDA-9885 :: Alpine Spr-176a :: Pioneer TS-D160R ::
Kicker ZX350.4 :

He said a Pheonix Gold 500.1, so I don't believe it's the Octane.

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1999 Chevy Cavalier Coupe

- JVC KD-G710 HU
- JVC CS-HS601 6 1/2 Mid-Range Speakers Up Front, With JVC Tweeters and X-Overs.
- Pioneer 2 Way 6x9's in the rear deck.
- Pheonix Gold Series SA1.4 4-Channel
- Mmats 15' ProCast, In a 3.5 Cubic Ft Slot Ported Box.
- Kenwood KAC-9152D Monoblock.
- Blue Stinger 0 Guage Power Wire

phoenix gold doesnt have any amps called the 500.1

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2002 Chevy Trailblazer LT 4x4
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Alpine CDA-9885 :: Alpine Spr-176a :: Pioneer TS-D160R ::
Kicker ZX350.4 :

Well, that's odd, it might be an older amp, so there wouldn't be very many specs for it kicking around. I'll have to look into it.

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1999 Chevy Cavalier Coupe

- JVC KD-G710 HU
- JVC CS-HS601 6 1/2 Mid-Range Speakers Up Front, With JVC Tweeters and X-Overs.
- Pioneer 2 Way 6x9's in the rear deck.
- Pheonix Gold Series SA1.4 4-Channel
- Mmats 15' ProCast, In a 3.5 Cubic Ft Slot Ported Box.
- Kenwood KAC-9152D Monoblock.
- Blue Stinger 0 Guage Power Wire