Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Audio JL Audio continues to blow my mind!

That comment scares me, a 4 ohm speaker is not louder than an 8ohm, its all how you wire it. I see you have a 250a2, I'm not real familiar with Rockford's models, but I'll bet that it is 4ohm Mono stable 2ch amp, meaning that those 8 ohm woofers if bridged properly will get the most power out of that amp available. If you put two 4 ohm speakers on it bridged, yea it will be loud, then you'll have silence for a loong time time till you get your amp fixed.

Regarding your toasted JL's I'd say the ones blown in a week were from over equalization (distortion/abuse) the dustcaps coming off is a problem, but by any chance did you Armoral your subs? Surrounds do tend to tear on those woofers as well, but again lots of people use Armoral and that eats the glues that hold woofers together, resulting in things popping off and tearing prematurely.

I am totally impressed with the JL amps. I don't quite understand the whole load sensing thing, but it works. I have the 300/4 (75x4). I have the front channels in stereo and the rear channels bridged (150watts @ 8 ohms). The load rating is 1.5 to 4 ohms stereo or 3 to 8 ohms bridged. Jl Audio isn't really about SPL, mostly SQ. play a set of main speakers through a Rockford amp and then play the same speakers through a JL.....you too will be amazed!

The load sensing thing is cool. You can load it down to 2 ohms and still know exactly what wattage youre pushing. And know that it's still clean.

My .02

-Joe

AMEN!! I love my 3 JL 8W6s...

I have one still available new in box if anybody wants it. Was going to do a 4 8" box, but decided to do the 3.

And with the PPI amp running them, they sound awesome!