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I've got 3 10" mtx subs but i desire more bass. The amp i have is underpowering the 3 10's and therefor it doesnt sound good, distorts etc. Its an mtx 801d mono amp. If i were to buy a 12 L7 with dual 4ohm voice coils, could i hook it to the amp? The amp has 2 ohm minimum and puts out 750rms at 2 ohms. Perfect for the sub isnt it? Would the 12" L7 sound better? How exactly would i wire a dual 4 ohm voice coil? Does it have one + and one - on the sub just like normal, or are there 2 + and 2 -? Wiring to a box's speaker inputs? Bridge the amp? And as i asked in antoher thread, can i use kicker sub with mtx amp? It says in the manual for the amp in troubleshooting section that if bass is weak it is because your not using mtx woofers.
 
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The 12L7 will have 2 sets of terminals. Your MTX is a monoblock so you want to wire it in "parallel". That means connecting the 2 +'s and the 2 -'s to the + and - output on the amp. The L7 is an impressive sub,will give you just as much or more output from a much smaller box and will sound better.
 

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Why not just....

mr_tinkertrain said:
I've got 3 10" mtx subs but i desire more bass. The amp i have is underpowering the 3 10's and therefor it doesnt sound good, distorts etc. Its an mtx 801d mono amp. If i were to buy a 12 L7 with dual 4ohm voice coils, could i hook it to the amp? The amp has 2 ohm minimum and puts out 750rms at 2 ohms. Perfect for the sub isnt it? Would the 12" L7 sound better? How exactly would i wire a dual 4 ohm voice coil? Does it have one + and one - on the sub just like normal, or are there 2 + and 2 -? Wiring to a box's speaker inputs? Bridge the amp? And as i asked in antoher thread, can i use kicker sub with mtx amp? It says in the manual for the amp in troubleshooting section that if bass is weak it is because your not using mtx woofers.
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upgrade your amp to something with power levels you want?

Your sub isn't distorting. Your sub is reproducing exactly what it's being given - a distorted signal. More power is the answer. There is cheap power available - you need 500-750 watts RMS at 4ohms for that MTX box - and you can get that fairly cheaply. I'd start there.

Just my 2¢
 
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I say get a new amp...if you got a 750w RMS amp you'd be in good shape and you'd be getting the clean signal out of those subs that you should be
 
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the only thing is that i have gotten offers for the 3 mtx subs and well i really like the looks of the solo barics as well. I want one of the 2004 models and then a custom box with about 1.2 cubic feet. I would be losing about 100 dollars switching over to kicker L7 and for the extra bass , why not? Like i said, i think the amp i have is almost ideal for one L7. btw even though its monoblock amp, it still has + - + - and that confuses me. So would a 2 channel amp have speaker hookups for 4 speakers? anyway my question again is would the dual 4ohm voice coil L7 work well with my amp? 800watt rms at 2 ohms.
 
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