subs facing?, does it matter? Options

[lake1069]

i have 2 12" 700watt subs in my hatch, i've been messing with the levels to get it to sound just like i like them, but i'm wondering if it makes any differece which way the subs face, like toward the driver or opposite?

[Abraxis64]

first off, cool that you're doing your part to help the katrina victims. now, on to the audio

for starters, i don't really know how your shop would have that amp wired. your subs are 4ohm subs and if they bridged your amp, they would've only had two options--wire your subs down to 2 ohms (which your amp isn't rated to handle in bridged mode) or wire them in 8ohms, which would give you half of that 460watt rating, so only 230 for BOTH of your subs, not each.

what i suspect they did is simply run the amp in stereo operation. can you tell by looking at it? there should be two sets of + and - terminals on your amp. are both the - and both the + terminals in use? or just one of each. if it's the former then it's in bridged mode. if it's the latter, it's in stereo mode. either way, you're either getting 115w to each (if it's bridged) or 150w to each (if it's in stereo).

tough call here, buddy. do you like how your setup souds and just want it to be louder? or do you simply want it to be loud and you're willing to sacrifice some of the musicality? if you're willing to sacrifice some musicality, you may want to consider a ported enclosure for those speakers, though i'm not certain that i remember what type of enclosure those drivers were designed for. also keep in mind that ported enclosures are substantially larger than sealed ones. you could just throw more power at it, but you wouldn't be able to do anything with your current amp. and, even then, it's no guarantee that you'll like how your speakers sound with the extra power.

i guess it all depends on what you want out of your system but, as it is right now, your hands are kind of tied with your equipment...i guess it's up to you

peace