@gridracer...if you didn't see i said that i misread the specs and am no longer going to purchase the soundstorm...i'm looking for an amp that delivers 600 Watt RMS at 2 ohms.

i just rele dislike doing things under my hood cuz my engine bay is so compacted together.

well a little while after i bought the car i decided to take a look at the battery and the positive terminal was the most corroded i had ever seen a terminal get to. i mean it was just a mound of corrosion, you couldn't see the terminals or anything. So this could have had an effect on it. and i alr...

and relating to an earlier post i mean "get a new amp" not "get a new sub"

Already found a new amp to suit my needs (: http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_23045_SoundStorm+-SSL-+EV1500M.html?utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=froogle apparently i misread the specs and thought that it put out 600 RMS at 2 ohms...nevermind on this amp. seems like ther...

went to an audio store out here and told them exactly what was going on. Said the PSU is proly fried. That was before I told him that I jump started my car. when I told him that he asked if I took at the power wire fuse. told him no, and he basically told me thats what caused the issue right there. ...

FUBAR?

i'm pretty sure the power wire is 4 gauge (or better)...so it could be possible that jumpstarting my car caused something in the amp to fail but the failure didn't occur until a few days later after i had been running my amp and subs for a while. SOOOO more than likely i need to get a new sub?

@Kurt Wild...if i take the amp apart is there any possibility that i could find the problem? and it would appear you are saying that a short in the wires wouldn't cause my fuses to blow and i find that hard to believe.

yes it does go through a grommet

i sure did, why?

I have had my audio in my car for well over a month with no problems. my battery died on Friday, and had to buy a brand new one. Last night while I was driving, all of a sudden my front headlights flashed on and off once really quick, and my Subs stopped playing. I decided to wait till today to try ...

Ok explain something to me...So my amp is a 1 ohm stable and will put out 500 RMS, will that do 500 rms to 2 subs or would you break down to 250 per sub??

It's a sealed box that use to have a couple pioneers in them. Not sure of the specs on the box though.

Now that i think about it...if i change the subs and keep the same amp there won't rele be much of a difference anyways. if i want to upgrade the subs i need more power as well.

I'm actually not sure if the amp will push 500 to both....I have a PRD 500.1

also 109 is pretty high in general for rsd's. they have the 2ohm versions on sonicelectroncs for $40 I hope you know that the RSd's on that website are a version that only has a 350 watt RMS.... Ok in general, I want some subs that are going to rattle my car. What will I get with the PG's? The Alpi...

I currently own 2 12" Alpine Type S subwoofers. Similar to these... http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/p_13849_Alpine_SWS-1222D.aspx I want to know how much better the PG RSd12's will be... http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/p_17537_Phoenix_Gold_RSd12.aspx and by better I mean how muc...

Just realized you already answered my first question....so i guess i just need to know how to remove the speakers in the front dash

well it would actually seem that things have started to go a little downhill. I'm not sure if the speakers are blown from me playing them too loud or not. But my front left speaker and one of the speakers in the back seem to have a strange noise coming through when music is playing. It's really only...

turns out that all nine speakers are wired to the amp. and i assumed that there would be nine wires connecting from the amp, to the back of the stereo. but that is not true. only 4 wires which is standard for almost all wire harnesses. so got everything hooked up and the aftermarket head unit makes ...

I own a 2002 Saab 9-5 with the AS3, 9 speaker, system. I am going to put in an aftermarket head unit, but I have read a few times that the original speakers in the car run at weird ohms, and that it would be best to install aftermarket speakers as well. Can anyone elaborate on this? If I install a n...

should i be able to just use a standard drill bit to drill through the firewall?

hmmm i guess i'm just a little timid about cutting or drill cuz i dont want to mess anything up on the car. cuz if anything does go wrong i doubt i would be able to fix it myself.

I own a 2002 Saab 9-5 Aero. I plan on installing a new head unit, amp, and subs. Upon removing most of the panel pieces under the steering wheel, under the glove box, and removing the glove box, I cannot seem to find any breach in the firewall to run the power wire to the battery. There must be some...