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I'm not the OP of this, but thought it might help other's out. I have done this mod and can say it's really help out the Kicker sub sound. Also always for better control of the bass
Originally Posted by dan02gt
Replacing the sub amp:
Originally Posted by dan02gt
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Originally Posted by needparts View Post
Can you explain more how you upgraded the amp on the sub please? Or showpics too
Yeah sure. The upgrade is pretty easy.
I cut the wiring harness where it goes into the amp. There are 8 wires inthe harness.
Red and Black are power and ground but at only 14 Ga they are to small torun anything more than the 200 watt amp that comes in the the system. So Ibought a 8 Ga Kicker amp install kit for about $25.00 at Sonic.
The voice coils on the sub are the blue/blue black and gray/gray black. Thesub is basically a Kicker CompVT with dual 1 Ohm voice coils. So I connectedthe blue black wire to the gray wire to put the voice coils in series for a 2Ohm load to the amp. The blue wire becomes your sub positive and the gray blackwire is your negative to the amp.
The green/green black wires are your signal in.
On the wires, the solid color is positive and the one with the black stripeis negative.
For the amp I went with the Kicker KX400.1. It makes 400 watts RMS at 2Ohms. According to Kicker the 10" CompVT can handle 400 watts RMS so thisis a good match on power. I choose the KX400.1 for a couple of reasons:
It can take high and low level inputs.
It has multiple turn on options eliminating the need to run a remote wire.
It is small in size
It comes with the bass level remote and has a nice built in cross over andbass boost system
They can be found refurbished with a 1 year warranty for about $160.00.
The JL XD3001/v2 also has these features and would be a good choice as well.
I bought these from Amazon to turn the signal input into RCAs to feed itinto the amp.
Thanks for the post... I have the Kicker sub stage now and I'd like to run a little more power to it with the ability for the bass ****. I'm just wondering how the plastic enclosure is going to hold up to the extra wattage? I've always ran wooden boxes.
Thanks for the post... I have the Kicker sub stage now and I'd like to run a little more power to it with the ability for the bass ****. I'm just wondering how the plastic enclosure is going to hold up to the extra wattage? I've always ran wooden boxes.
Any input?
Thanks
The plastic enclosure is pretty robust so I don't think you will have anything to worry about. I've been running the 400w Kicker amp for quite a while now and have no issues with the sub or enclosure.
The plastic enclosure is pretty robust so I don't think you will have anything to worry about. I've been running the 400w Kicker amp for quite a while now and have no issues with the sub or enclosure.
which method are you using for the remote turn on? i'm ordering the complete soundstage kit and would really like to do this to be able to give the sub its own control ****.
edit: if i were to buy a universal bass **** with in/out rca connections, could one be wired in line with green/green-black signal wires from the subs wire harness using the speaker wire to rca adapters?
which method are you using for the remote turn on? i'm ordering the complete soundstage kit and would really like to do this to be able to give the sub its own control ****.
edit: if i were to buy a universal bass **** with in/out rca connections, could one be wired in line with green/green-black signal wires from the subs wire harness using the speaker wire to rca adapters?
I use DC off-set on the KX400.1 for the turn on and it works flawless. You can wire a bass **** in and it will work just fine. I played around with that exact thing with a old Precision Power **** I had laying around before I upgraded the amp.
The question I have. The Kicker substage gets its signal form a high level speaker connection. If you want to feed from a low level rca is that possible.
I am doing a JL Audio summing device/a cleansweep(dsp)/ amp for the front and rear speakers and want to feed the signal to the kicker substage from the JL cleansweep or summing device.
You should be able to do that as long as your low level output has enough voltage. The worst that would happen is that the sub wouldn't be that loud if there wasn't enough input voltage.
You can also upgrade the substage amp to one that accepts low level inputs which is something I would highly recommend.
03-19-2015, 12:20 PM
Kicker Soundgate Powerstage/Substage and mods
