Need help

[PrunetuckyMuddin]

Im new to subs and amps. I found a 12" crossfire sub and a 1200 watt soundstorm amp for $130, the sub is already in a box. I was wondering if this was a good deal, I'm just looking for something that gives me some bass and has a decent kick. Thanks for the help guys

 

[1998ECSB4x4]

That's not that bad although personally i don't buy used subs anymore. Should be better than stock, just don't turn the gain all the way up

 

[PrunetuckyMuddin]

I ended up buying a 10" kicker with bx new from best buy. I hooked up the RCA cables to the deck and now what do I plug them into? there's positive and negative plug ins on the box and I'm assuming those are for the amp, what do I hook the RCA cables to? I suck with electronics so I'm not sure what to do

 

[ChrisAU]

The RCA's plug into the amp to send the sound signal to it.

 

[1998ECSB4x4]

Well if you don't know about amps, make sure you have the subsonic at 20-25hz or so no bass boost and the gain at less half down (some go from 6v to .2v) lower is full gain and higher is no gain.

 

[PrunetuckyMuddin]

Ok, thanks Chris, what chords do I need to get to hook the amp up to the sub

 

[Rich32]

You'll just need speaker wire from amp to sub just make sure you wire to right ohms to get most from your amp

 

[PrunetuckyMuddin]

Ok, I think I understand what to do now. Just to make sure, I don't hook the sub to the deck right? And the sub has a 300 watt max, so what amp should I get to go with it

 

[1998ECSB4x4]

you want the rms and you need the ohms that make the huge difference. http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp would be a good place to go once you figure out the ohms and if its SVC or DVC. I'm betting its a SVC 4 or 8 ohm.