IF you think the stock B&O is putting out true 125 watts then grasshopper, we need to talk. It might be the amp clipping have you felt the amp to see how hot it is?
Yeah... It's warm...not hot enough to be concerned it's overheating.
I remember answering your question in another thread. You do not have too much amp for those speakers. You probably are overextending them playing low bass. A 6x9 can most definitely play lower than a 4" but it's still not a real sub, and there's obviously differences between a small 8" sub and a 12". You're going to need a real subwoofer to get what you're looking for but in the meantime, turn the knob down a tad before you blow up that 6x9. (Hopefully not too late.)
I ended up biting the bullet and installed a powered sub, and also disconnected the factory B&O sub.
what model, and how do you like it? I've seen powered subs installed behind the rear bench back, in the seat tray, and on the floorboard behind the driver's seat. pretty much every powered sub should easily outdo the 6x9.
My buddy had an old 10 inch no name brand one lying around he let me have. It's from a company called JCPower. My research about it says it's manufactured in Mexico. It sounds pretty decent, but not up to level I'm used to in my previous automobiles. I understand you have to lower your expectations when it comes to trucks with the limited space you have to work with. Nevertheless, it definitely fills in the missing lows in the music. I'll probably be on the lookout for $$$ deals for another 10 inch from a more reputable brand just to see if there's that big of a difference in sound quality. If there isn't then I'll just return it.
Not true, just depends if you want to lose the use of the rear seats OR don't use 10" or large subs. I have a 1996 Dodge Ram club cab (before 4 dr trucks were a thing) I had 5, 8" subs in a custom box with an Orion 2250 XTR running them. Just can't go very big.
I used the b&o sub speaker line and a cheap stinger line out converter. My amp can accept speaker level directly but it involves cutting off the RCAs and I wasn't interested in that.
On the harness, the pink pair goes from one plug to the other and all the other wires are labeled with speaker connections. However, it looks to me like that pink pair is the sub. Am I crazy? Why is it the only connected pair?
The Pink wires are for CANBUS communication. Pins 5/15 are the subwoofer.
