how to wire Audiobahn

[Awheet]

Hey guys i have a 10in audiobahn Special editon and it has 4 positives and 4 negitives. I needed to see if anyone knew how to wire it. I went to best buy and he was like yeah they are all the same just wire it like normal, and of course that didnt work... So i finally found a wireing diagram online and wired it like it said. But it would only work if i touched one of the negitive wires to the body of the woofer itself. so its only going to do anything if it is touching the metal of the sub. Then sometimes it will spark and kick the amp off...So can anyone help me???please... also im using thick speaker wire and a 340watt amp.

[touringcamry]

Need the specs of the amp and driver to know how to wire it! How many coils and impedance per coil? Never seen sub with 4 voice coils before.

How many channels and how many ohms stable?

[Awheet]

# 45 oz. Strontium Magnet
# RMS Power Handling: 300 watts RMS
# Peak Power Handling: 600 watts approx.
# 2" 4-layer ASV Voice Coil
# KM3 Coated for Virtually No Cone Distortion
# Non-Pressed, Non-Transfer Paper Cone
# PHAT Foam Surround
# Non-Pressed, Non-Transfer Paper Cone
# 2 Ohm or 8 Ohm operation per sub (1 ohm, 4 ohm, 16 ohm per pair)
# Lug Lock Terminals

Subwoofer Size 10"
Voice Coil(s) Dual (2 voice coils)
Impedance (per voice coil) 4 ohms
Peak Power Handling 600 watts approx.
RMS Power Handling 300 watts
Woofer Surround Foam
Woofer Composition N/A
Sealed Box Volume 0.75 - 2.0 cubic feet
Ported Box Volume 0.65 - 2.4 cubic feet
Sensitivity 91 dB
Frequency Response 28 - 1000 Hz


http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/e...ent=AWC10T.jpg


The amp is a 2channel bridgeable Jensen 340 watt amp

[Awheet]

also i've seen switches to control the sub and amp just to turn them on or off i would like to do this because i go to a community college and it is in the deep hood and ghetto and i dont wont everyone in town knowing that i have speakers and sound equipment. also is it hard to install an eq

[Awheet]

ok guys this site is dead now huh??? but here's the specs on my amp.

Jensen model ps260 2/1 channel amp
power output-
85x2@2 ohm(stereo)
170x1@4 ohm(bridged)

[touringcamry]

Your sub and amp are mismatched. You should get a second identical sub, a different sub, a different amp, or you can run your system at half its potential.

Your amp is only stable to 4 ohms bridged but your sub can only do 2 or 8. If you wire the coils in parallel then you risk the amp burning up or going into protect if you got a good one. If you wire the coils in series then you only get half the power.

If you only run one sub, you need either a sub with single 4 ohm voice coil or dual 2 ohm voice coil if you want to operate your amp in bridged mode.

If you get a different sub, don't get Audiobahn again unless you are getting it super cheap.

[Slaughter]

I would pickup a different amp to be honest. If the sub is in good shape, then stick with it for now. Grab an amp as you can always swap out the sub at a later date. Look for a Class D mono amp in the 400w range and keep your gains down. I don't know much about that sub, but my audiobahns can take a pounding. Try to pickup a Kicker KX400.1 or something for about $100 used. Plenty of power now and still a bit of headroom to upgrade.

In regards to adding a switch to turn off the amp, you could just wire in a SPST Toggle onto the remote line.