ok first i had tried to wire it the way it is on #1 in the diagram....when i did this...the left sub sound came out all distorted nasty while the right came out clean. when i hooked in the right alone the sound was nice. and then hooked in left alone sound was nice. but then im thinking the 2 subs together were not sounding right becuz of the way i wired a single channel amp (500/1 JL amp btw) do i need another amp or is the wiring in diagram #2 the correct way? if not can anyone help explain to me the correct wiring technique



[Modified by redteg1, 2:22 AM 4/8/2002]

 

ok so nobody knows?

 

how many voice coils do w3's have?

how many ohms are the subs?

you will probably want to connect the + from one sub to the other, and the - from one sub to the other, then the + from one sub to the amp's + and the - from that same sub to the amp's -...... assuming the w3's have only one voice coil. that is referred to as parallel. check your levels and filter on the amp. the audio forum would be a better place to post such a question.


[Modified by Pb_Foot, 10:49 PM 4/7/2002]

 

i told you to check jl's website..they have a diagram there
http://www.jlaudio.com/subwoofers/pdfs/10W3_BDS.pdf

 

haha, didn't think about suggesting that. i forgot how great JL's tech support was.

 

u mean like this

 

it would help a lot if you didn't draw the wires as one... go to JL's website like was suggested....



http://www.jlaudio.com/tutorials/wiring/2svc.html

 

haha sorry bout that...didn't mean to "*****" all over the forums
ok...so
so then the pos and neg wires leading out to the lower left of the diagram would go into the amp as drawn? so basically i could split the stereo/speaker wire...watever u call it and use one pos side to connect both subs and the neg wire to connect both subs and use those to plug into the amp?


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