Diamond Audio Comp Speakers.

 

Silver Member
Username: Comerz

Post Number: 151
Registered: Nov-07
K ive been trying to research to find how to install these. Its been a bit of a battle. So from what ive gathered u can install comp speakers two ways, either off your headunit and not use the X-overs, or through the X overs.

I want to go through the X-overs provided by diamond audio. I have bought a kicker 4 channel amp that is capable at 4 OHMS bridged giving 175 RMS to each speaker. Well my diamond audio S600s need exactly 175 RMS to each speaker so that works out good.


I guess what im wondering is how the heck do i wire my amp to my crossovers to make my amp give them 175 RMS to each speaker?

my amp reads: Amp 1: L+ L- R+ R-
Amp 2: L+ L- R+ R-

Will I want to bridge between the amp 1 and amp 2 settings or just stay in the amp 1 setting?

Sorry if my words sound confusing, tried to clarify it as best as i could.

Any help is GREATLY appreciated
 

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Username: Bernymac

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Registered: Sep-04
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I posted the manuals to your amp. Did you even take a look? Because its pretty damn easy. So go back and take a look at that manual so you can understand how to hook up your components.
 

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Username: Deadrabit

Post Number: 803
Registered: Jun-07
lol
 

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Username: Comerz

Post Number: 152
Registered: Nov-07
how in the heck does that manual tell me what i need to know? i am not running the speakers right to the amp, i am going through a crossover..
 

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Username: Comerz

Post Number: 153
Registered: Nov-07
well everything is installed and im just waiting to plug the connections in to the amp and crossovers, can someone please explain how to do this.

Sorry berny but that diagram nor does the kicker manual tell me what i need to know.

I got 2 front speakers and 2 tweeters that are going into my crossovers, and my crossovers are going into my amp. I JUST need to know how my crossovers go into my amp.

Does one crossover go into amp 1 and the other crossover into amp 2 or do they go into jus amp 1, like i really dont know.

It is really the last step i need, my dynamat is installed, all my wiring is run, i just got to know these connections
 

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Username: Comerz

Post Number: 155
Registered: Nov-07
**Bump**
 

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Username: Big_edge_head

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Post Number: 2731
Registered: Mar-07
What amp do you have?
 

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Username: Drant19

DUB-C, TX

Post Number: 1254
Registered: Aug-07
i think he has the zx350.4, IIRC
 

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Username: Big_edge_head

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Post Number: 2732
Registered: Mar-07
This is so simple man, I think you're thinking too hard about it. The second diagram that Bern posted explains it crystal clear.

 

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Username: Big_edge_head

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Registered: Mar-07
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Username: Hittin1

Lake Charles, La. United States

Post Number: 1378
Registered: May-07
"LOL"

dBLK.... You have very little room to talk.

BTW. I saw your YT vid of the alien moth.... ROFL
 

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Username: Bernymac

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Post Number: 4321
Registered: Sep-04
"This is so simple man, I think you're thinking too hard about it. The second diagram that Bern posted explains it crystal clear. "

Think of the subwoofers in diagram #2 as the input terminals on your passive crossovers.
 

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Username: Comerz

Post Number: 156
Registered: Nov-07
o ok sorry for the confusion then guys, I just wanted to get it all right and have a good install. Ill post pics when I hook this up.

I would need 2 RCA jacks then wouldnt I? like I couldnt bridge one RCA jack? also going from the amp to the crossover, can you place the wire in any one of the 2 input jacks? because there is no + or - on the crossover.
 

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Username: Bernymac

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Post Number: 4324
Registered: Sep-04
"I would need 2 RCA jacks then wouldnt I?"

Answered in your other thread. Can be easily answered if you were to read the manual.

"because there is no + or - on the crossover."

Look at the plastic see through cover......If that does help you, the very left input terminal is -, next to that will be the + input terminal.

IF that doesn't help you I provided a picture for you.

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Username: Comerz

Post Number: 157
Registered: Nov-07
well i thought i had everything in the right place but i guess not.

only one side works, the other speaker doesnt work at all, it sounds like crap. It sounds right tingy.

Iunno, im gunna try to find the problem but this whole thing is gross.

any suggestions?
 

Silver Member
Username: Comerz

Post Number: 158
Registered: Nov-07
I have got both sides of the speakers working and set my gains etc. It sounds good but its almost sounds like my 6x9's are being amped because when I put just my front speakers on it sounds quiter and doesnt fill with a nice sounds, as soon as i turn my rears on with the front it fills in the sounds much much better and sounds way better than with just the front on.

But from what I gathered these comp speakers should blow the 6x9's right out of the water. Only thing I can think of is maybe theres a setting on my deck I got to switch or i might have put the RCA's wrong in my deck, theres 3 different RCA spots in my deck, one input is in a spot called "MS" and the other RCA is in rear. Its too late to switch them up now but do you think switching them RCA's around will give me more power to the front speakers?

Im running this off of a Kenwwood MP538U.

Berny I know your getting frusterated with me sorry man. I did read the manual you supplied but i just couldnt make sense of how many RCA's i needed and where to put them, in terms like, do they also need to be bridged from amp 1 to amp 2 etc.

But anything you guys might know that will help will be awesome, everythings installed, very clean install, this is the last step. Im almost there! :-)
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