blown amp?
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blown amp?
I have been using a 600 watt max sony xplode amp to power 2 10 inch pioneers. yesterday i noticed sometimes when the bass hit, it would like cut out. Now today, almost every bass note cuts out. I have heard of "clipping" is this maybe what i have, and do i need to buy a new amp or is there something i can do? Also the subs can handle a lot more power than the amp provides.
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http://www.bcae1.com/installationprimer.htm
Just over halfway down there is a section that talks about what clipping is. It also dispells a lot of other audio myths.
Just over halfway down there is a section that talks about what clipping is. It also dispells a lot of other audio myths.
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if u where to look at a radio on a graph it would be a perfect wave, clipping is when the sound turns it into a square wave... basically your music is so loud it is getting distorted... clipping is very bad
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May check out to see if your amp is overheating, most amps have a thermo overload protection and shut off, with the higher temps outdoors, your amp may not be able to keep cool enough to run the power you are trying to run at. small 12V fans from radioshack work well as long as they are only drawing 100-150milliamps, you can connect them to the amp turn on without any problems.
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it isnt because its getting hot because it does it almost instantly when i turn it on, but the wires are pretty thin, but i thought that would have made a difference before because i have been using the amp for about 6 months, maybe it is just going bad?
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sounds like maybe you have burnt up the voice coils from not enough power, dont know what model pioneer subs you have but not enough power can be as bad as to much, really can hurt if you have had the volume cranked way up trying to bass out with not enough POWER
JUST MY 2 CENTS I HAVE HAD LOTS OF SYSTEMS IN MY TIME.
it could be a loose wire as stated above also, but figure you would have checked that the first thing?
JUST MY 2 CENTS I HAVE HAD LOTS OF SYSTEMS IN MY TIME.
it could be a loose wire as stated above also, but figure you would have checked that the first thing?
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Running a sub with a clipped signal will fry it faster than running it on "not enough" power. Definitely upgrade your wires. And if at all possible do NOT run a cooling fan off of the amp turn on. You can cook your head unit doing this if the fan is too big. Instead, wire up a relay that gets switched on with the amp turn on wire and then have the relay turn on the amp and the fan. If you go that route, it gets messy fast with all the extra wires.