Thread: New (to me) Subs

Ok I just got two kenwood 12's in a box with an amp from a friend and I was wondering if someone could tell me what do I need to put them in. I know I have to get the power cable and the rca that goes from the head unit to the amp and then the cables from the amp to the subs. Is there anything that im missing?

I have an alpine hu and another thing I wanted to know was on the stereo it has a subwoofer setting on it and it goes to +12 is this good to control the sub or do I need a bass knob?

Ok thanks for the info I'm new to the audio stuff so I'm trying to learn as much as I can. I'm guessing bass boost is a fast way to blow your subs right

Ok so what's like the best brand of wires I can get or are they usually all the same

Ok is there like a certain guage you need for like certain watts for the subs or something like that

Ok then I should get some 4 guage because I have an 800 watt amp right

I don't know it just says 800 watts heres a picture of it and along with the subs

what size of fuses are in the amp?

its got a 15 and a 30

aways safer to have bigger wire...

Should I point the holes in the box towards the passengers or away? Oh and I read somewhere I forgot where but the person was saying that if you use the ports that the box has for the wiring that you loose some power to the subs, that you are better off putting the wires straight from the amp to the box without using the ports that are on the box. Is this true?

4 gauge should be plenty for what you are running