The issue I am having is subwoofers and not having a lot of money to fix my situation.
I currently have that 3 x 8" ported Skar box, but it has such low impedance that the speaker safety trips constantly on it. Godzilla help me if someone says a word with a p in it.
Is there a way for me to rewire that setup to gain more impedance and stop it from cutting off or should I move on and get a single 12" for the small box I have? (I have a behind the seat single 12" enclosure.)
I'd obviously love to have bass as deep as possible, but any options would be nice.
You'll never get deep bass with 8's, so yes, a 12 would be the better option if that's what you ultimately want.
As far as an amp kicking off, it could be a bad ground but it's probably just not designed for a lot of power. Finding a balance between clean power to maximize the sound output and not damaging the speaker is always a challenge.
You’ll never get deep bass with 8’s, so yes, a 12 would be the better option if that’s what you ultimately want.
Yeah, I figured this was the case on those, but they were free. So maybe they can suffice until a new sub could be acquired.
As far as an amp kicking off, it could be a bad ground but it’s probably just not designed for a lot of power. Finding a balance between clean power to maximize the sound output and not damaging the speaker is always a challenge.
It might be that these speakers are wired in such a way that they come out to be 1.3Ohm. Which is below the amp's "rating". Optimally I'd want to be between 2-8Ohms for this amp. Either 4-6Ohm being "optimal" as far as I can tell.
You could wire the woofers in series to up the impedance, and see how that sounds. I think that would get you to 6ohms, which is safe for a home system. You will lose some power in such a setup, but it might be okay.
As for the 12”, you could tell me more about it, like the volume and port details and I could recommend some woofers that will work well with the box.
Yes, like the 3x, but a little tricky for dvc subs. Parallel to the voice coils and series between the woofers. That would be 3ohms I think, which would work better, if the fosi can handle 3ohms.