Ok I was bumpin today...for a coupple hours or so off and on. I have two type R's ported and a memphis 1000d amp. Everything sounds good and hit hard. Ok, heres the problem. When I last listened to it it was working good and was loud. I turned it down before I parked in my apartment complex. We got the late night munchies and it is like 20 degrees outside. I let my subs worm up for like 10 mins before showin my buddy how hard they can hit. When I turn it up past volume 10 (Alpine) the subs started cutting in and out. What do you think the problem is? They were working fine with no signs of Fu***ng up last time I listened to it? Mabye the voice coils were just really cold! HOPEFULLY!
yea clipping, like Reece said. if your amp is 1k watts then you can AT MOST send 500 to each sub(unless its underrated). if you try to send more thats called clipping. set your gains with a dmm then show him how loud it bumps.
it's not under rated. After I set it with a dmm, do you think they will stop cutting in and out? I have a warranty on them and I might just take them back for two Kicker CVX's and then start from fresh, setting the gain with a dmm. I have never used one before and have never had an issue with clipping. Always just set it by ear.
hopefully it will stop when you set your gains correctly. it can b done by ear but i dont trust mine lol. if it dosnt stop then you are prob going into protect mode due to short circuit or to low impedance. make sure that nothing is connecting between your speaker outputs on your amp.
will you please stop getting newwer and crappier speakers you went from some great subs to some subs that cnt even get up to the kappas level and now you want to go even further down to some kickers wow dude you are very backwards people usurally start with and alipne type r and go up to kappas or DD's you know something good rather than not so good
oh anyways back to the topic. whenever it cuts in and out, its usually the amp. everyone is saying check your gain. 3/4 is too much. if you don't want to set it with the dmm then why don't you turn the gain down to about 1/4 first and then try it.
1 ohm. That amp is like a true 1k @ 1ohm. I just turned the gain down and set it by ear as if I were setting it with a dmm. The gain is about half way up now and it sounds better. Only problem now is with low frequncey songs it shakes everything so hard on my dash and makes the song skip when its turned up to like vol. 17 (Alpine). lol..
Yeah I live in so Cal. But I'm in the Marine Corp. and I have a one month leave so I am in Indiana right now. ITS FU(KING COLD OVER HERE!! This is where my other car is (TOYOTA CAMRY) My baby is in Mission Viejo, California.
"im pretty sure the cold weather affected your subs...20 degrees isnt exactly subwoofer friendly. the rest are just being ignorant about your gain."
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It gets cold as hell here, and when im driving around in 0 degree weather the subs deff. dont play as loud. the suspension is soo stiff. After a while though they warm up and are better.
i used to push my perfects so hard when it was cold but they never hit like they did when it was warmer when its like 70-80 my subs always hit the hardest.
lawl at all of you, I live in Indiana, I bump all day, every day, no matter how cold it is, and that's with cheap a ss sony sh!t. Never had any problems like this, Thought sony was crap? lol lol lol lol
Ok i know it is, thus the reason for new equipment sitting in my apartment(warmer weather = install time). I was curious how someone would: "set it by ear as if I were setting it with a dmm. "
is that possible? use your ear as if it were a precise meter of voltages?
hey nick, what are you doing in indiana? isn't 1 month leave like a vacation for you? I could have thought of better / warmer places to go this time of year
Your impedance is very different in a cold environment vs. warm. You would need a good amount of time(at least 20 minutes of medium power) for both the speakers and the amps to get warm, if it is very cold.
nick s i dont know about what? your fckin stupid you gave the perfect kappas not enought power not the right size box and your saying there crap since your in indiania wait till i get my new setup bring you little type rs down to the ville and i will kill your system before i role up learn what your sh!t be fore you talk it
and chad lee thats my bad i didnt pay attetion to what i wrote till you said something but the perfect kappas are some pretty good subs wouldnt you say?
ok hmmmm buddy did i ever ask you to protect me from anyone was i the one that asked you to join the army or whatever to defend this country sorry no i didnt so before you throw one of your life desions in someones face remember who made that desion U did not me so dont try to tell me im the disrespectful punk talkin crap on the net your also talking crap ok get the picture i tired from the beging to help you and tell you which system would bang harder but obiviously u think that the subs that are dam good are crap becuz you dont know how to use them sounds personal to me. an btw i will never bang anything made by sony i ride either kicker or infinity only and you know if you check my profile out thats the old setup also my first which you know bangs pretty hard so go back to that pawn shop tell them that you need some real speakers and that you obiviously know absutly nothing about car audio also ask them to let you borrow a dmm im pretty sure someone would have pawned one not knowing how to use it
