The Rubicon 1000-2 amp i purchased from ca classifieds as new was tested today on a dd3515 wired the sub to a 2 ohm load and bridged it onto the amp but the amp barely pushes it, looked like it was being pushed by a 25 watt amp. I then hook it up to left channel and did the same thing also the right channel... then i read the manual and did some of the things it said, but same crap results! after 2 hours of headache i decided to wire a jL w6 old version sub to it, the sub was wired at 6 ohms and bridged onto the amp still barely pushed it and the sub has a low rms rating to it, even an audiobahn amp i had before pushed it good. What can be wrong here? im going to send a pm to mark about this asap, 4-5 hours of my life that i will never get back.
Yes planning to run them on subs Was testing it to see how well it worked since my mmats problem i am now cautiously paranoid about amps that act funnny. here's what the manual says on it. all three colums serprated into these specs on it.
Was gonna test to see if worked w/o a problem and sit it in my closet till summer. The spare fuse came in plastic packet that looked like it had been restappled and colour on the metal part is corroted a lil still never opened it.
That amp is really better suited for a front stage........ didn't you get an atomic 5000.1 also?
If you are going to use it as a sub amp, with that 3515 connected it should be doing 1000 watts which should push that sub pretty well. Check all settings: did you set the gain?, does it have a subsonic filter?, and make sure the LPF is set around 80-85. Having that too low and the subsonic too high can cause what you described.
I checked everything even has a clipping indicator, clip lights would turn on when gain is full and bass boost is up, should it be clipping at .56 Db's on the TL? Spent my last of cash on this and is giving me a headach. Yes also the atomic 5000.1 was sent in for repairs I hope Atomic does a good repair job and not crappy ones like DB R website says some people do.
Yes he responded back basically saying it was sold as, new and since its' nature of item being sold there is no refund and suggested me to call the SSA customer service again which i need not to i responded, he is the owner and i need no suggestions from his cutomer support to suggest if im wiring something wrong, I already spent hours testing and rewiring everything. I guess i can't do anything about it eh? amp was basically broke upon arriving on first power on.Now anyone know where i can sent this thing in for repairs besides soundstream? contacted them but still no response so i don't want em touching it.
That amp is hosed if it is wired right. I have a 300 and it pushed a single 12 quite hard. Not that often amps work like that though, with limited output. There *may* not be that much wrong with it.