Audio Sub/can anyone explain??

[xpeschon]

Can any one explain the connections on this babe?? I'm confused about the whole crossover stuff and how to hook it..

http://static.zoovy.com/img/gooddeals18/W1173-H1239-Bffffff/S/shkmotsubwoofer1.jpg

I want to hook it up to this AMP that I have installed already.. The AMP has a L and R output and also a place to connect a SUB.. Can I hook these up to work hand and hand with each other??

http://static.zoovy.com/img/gooddeals18/W400-H265-Bffffff/C/322821106_tp.jpg
Thank you in advance for any help you maybe able to provide..
X-Joe

 

[aka1004]

That sub is self-amplified and you can't or should not be connected to your amp.
You can use a y adaptor on one of RCA cable, left or right it doesn't matter or splice into one side of speaker and run a speaker cable to line-level input of sub, which ever is easier for you.

I took another look and sub has both right and left input, kinda weird for tubed sub but anyway, run both right and left RCA splited from source of music to sub for best result using y adaptor.

 

[xpeschon]

Yah thats what I was thinking as well.. I THINK I will end up putting a Y splitter at the AMP I have installed already--then run the RF cable from the Y to the L and R on the SUB... Just gotta get it here in order to play with it a bit I guess, should be here by Friday.. The whole high Level input (Rated at 0.4-8V) and the Low Level input (rated at 0.2 -4V) is confussing to me, not sure what they are used for.. Any idea here??

X-Joe

 

[aka1004]

Thats the amount of voltage of signal that amp can handle.
Typical car headunit will have like 2 volt of signal strength and some higher end units advertises their headunit will put out up to 4 volts.
I use my iPhone as source thru headphone out that splits to 2 RCA and it's output was pretty low so I used trunk mounted equalizer with line driver built in to boost the signal strength so I don't have to turn up the sensitivity so high. That adjustment screw amp has is NOT a volume control.
It adjust sensitivity of amp, yes it gets louder when you turn it up but at the cost of more distortion. Lower the sensitivity the better it's gonna sound.
You buy biggest amp you can afford or your vehicle can handle and try to keep the sensitivity as low as possible.

By the way, advertised wattage of car audio amp or headunit Does NOT mean anything. Manufacturers can put whatever they want on them. They is no governing body that regulates or anything.
Lower end amps are over- rated, mid- ranged brands like alpine or kenwood can actually do what they advertise and higher end equipments are under rated, on purpose for the most part so car audio competition vehicle can have 3 amps that are rated at 50 watts each but it can actually produce 400 watts.
And those motorcycle amp that advertise 250watts!!!, probably only produce 5-10 usuable watts.

You mention something about crossover. Keep it on low pass only for sub:thumbup:

 

[xpeschon]

Now your starting to educate me a bit, I love it... I will keep you posted on what I end up with.. Not sure which way to go actually,, considering dis-assembleing the whole TUBE when I get it, build a shelf with-in the trunk of the spYder and run possible 2 6" SUBS or 1 10" SUB using the AMP that is supplied with the SUB... Just kind of playing around with it..

Thank you very much and again, I will keep you posted brother..

X-Joe

 

[xpeschon]

Went like clock work.. I finished the project over the week-end.. I ended up re-mounting my amp and everything.. I did install both 6 inch subs that run to a whole differant AMP-- I must say it does sound pretty nice... The problem is that when you close the hood you lose a lot of the sound, yes I knew that was going to happen but when its just sitting there and the trunk is open, it sounds pretty darn good... I ended up putting a rubber seal around the edge of the shelf and cutting a 2 inch vent hole with cover in the shelf for air.. The Air flow to Sound mixture is off I'm sure but I'm no geographically wizzard here.. At any rate the bottom line is I'm happy with it... I may end up going to one 8 inch sub later on but for now I'm gonna run 2---6 incher's

X-Joe