20 hz bass machine Premium Member
Danger Ranger
I'll start by saying I'm not a genius but I'm not an idiot either.
I just finished installing a system into my 2002 GMC Yukon. A bit of backstory that doesn't matter in the slightest, I originally put this equipment in my 2004 cavalier. My wife bought me a 12" ZV5 for Christmas. I got it all put in by new years then the day after I put it in my motor took a dump and I got the yukon.
Anyway, a few things to note before I get into my question. I built the box myself with extreme care and with a blueprint from Mark from car audio fabrication, so I have confidence it is a proper enclosure for this sub and that it was built correctly. Secondly I set the gain using a 0 DB sweep with an AMM1 across the entire frequency band that I'm using (20-80 hz).
Now onto the situation. I set everything up, It sounds awesome, but the sub gets smelly in a hurry (5-10 minutes and it starts to smell). While setting the gain I specifically went soft (wanting to take it slow, let things break in at low power) During the sweep I never went over 1000 watts (using real time power mode) and did not clip. I'm using an orion XTR 2500 which hit 3600 watts at 14.4 on the amp dyno so I have headroom on my amp. Overall I have a sub that's conservatively rated at 2000 watts RMS, a clean signal coming from the head unit, gain set very conservatively at 1000 max across the entire frequency range I'm using, a box that was specifically designed for this sub, but it still smells pretty bad
1 last thing I want to add is that I'm using a DEH-80 PRS in network mode. Sub is crossed over at 80hz at a 36DB slope. Gain was set with everything on flat (how I like my setups anyway).
If anyone has any ideas why I'm having so much trouble or maybe spotted a big nono in my procedure please let me know. Thanks in andance.
I just finished installing a system into my 2002 GMC Yukon. A bit of backstory that doesn't matter in the slightest, I originally put this equipment in my 2004 cavalier. My wife bought me a 12" ZV5 for Christmas. I got it all put in by new years then the day after I put it in my motor took a dump and I got the yukon.
Anyway, a few things to note before I get into my question. I built the box myself with extreme care and with a blueprint from Mark from car audio fabrication, so I have confidence it is a proper enclosure for this sub and that it was built correctly. Secondly I set the gain using a 0 DB sweep with an AMM1 across the entire frequency band that I'm using (20-80 hz).
Now onto the situation. I set everything up, It sounds awesome, but the sub gets smelly in a hurry (5-10 minutes and it starts to smell). While setting the gain I specifically went soft (wanting to take it slow, let things break in at low power) During the sweep I never went over 1000 watts (using real time power mode) and did not clip. I'm using an orion XTR 2500 which hit 3600 watts at 14.4 on the amp dyno so I have headroom on my amp. Overall I have a sub that's conservatively rated at 2000 watts RMS, a clean signal coming from the head unit, gain set very conservatively at 1000 max across the entire frequency range I'm using, a box that was specifically designed for this sub, but it still smells pretty bad
1 last thing I want to add is that I'm using a DEH-80 PRS in network mode. Sub is crossed over at 80hz at a 36DB slope. Gain was set with everything on flat (how I like my setups anyway).
If anyone has any ideas why I'm having so much trouble or maybe spotted a big nono in my procedure please let me know. Thanks in andance.