10" type r's werent as loud as I thought?

[Nico Koutouzis 10+ year member]

Get a pic of the control settings on the amp and how they are now. We can help you with that. Also, it never hurts to go back and double/triple check the wiring. In many cases the easiest thing to over look is the issue.
If you have a DMM check to see what is the resting ohm load is.

I put the test leads and after 10 mins it still sat a 1.1 ohms which is quite normal for a dmm so I am pretty sure they are wired correctly. I can take a pic and post it tonight because I am not home right now.

 

[Epic0318 10+ year member]

Go catch pro rabbit. Nico listen to this man. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/redface.gif.62fdbfe1a101588a808c4cff71bcb942.gif

 

[NT_Hardcore 10+ year member]

u can turn the gain up past the mathmatical value. iv never left an amp at the base setting, its always higher a higher output voltage....

 

[Nico Koutouzis 10+ year member]

uhhh what^^ I thought if u put the gain past the mathematical value is when distortion and all that good stuff happens? And if I did I wouldnt know how much higher to go seeing as though it is my first real system technically

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

u can turn the gain up past the mathmatical value. iv never left an amp at the base setting, its always higher a higher output voltage....

NO NO NO. Worst piece of advice. If you set it higher than it's supposed to, you'll be sending a clipped signal which you are NOT supposed to do.

Op I really think it's your box. Did you say its 1.2 to 1.4 ft³ for the pair or each?

 

[Nico Koutouzis 10+ year member]

for the pair. its prolly about 1.3 give or take .5

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

Box seems really small. With sub displacement seems like .5 to .6 cubes each. How loud were you expecting them to be?

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Could always drop down to one sub and port that one. Type-r's do exceptionally better in ported boxes.

 

[NT_Hardcore 10+ year member]

NO NO NO. Worst piece of advice. If you set it higher than it's supposed to, you'll be sending a clipped signal which you are NOT supposed to do.
Op I really think it's your box. Did you say its 1.2 to 1.4 ft³ for the pair or each?

simply not true. but im not here to arguee. OP good luck hope u get it figured out.

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

Im going to guess youre expecting too much out of the pair in a tiny sealed box.

 

[Nico Koutouzis 10+ year member]

I guess so... I will re tune the amp and see what happens. I havent tried bass boost on the HU yet either so as long as I doint blow em im fine thanks for the help though guys. I will post the decent build when I am done. 1 week to go. so pumped.

 

[NT_Hardcore 10+ year member]

id turn the gain up some before i touch any kind of bass boost...

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

simply not true. but im not here to arguee. OP good luck hope u get it figured out.

Are you stupid? When you go higher than the set voltage, you start to send a clipped signal. Just because you CANT hear it, doesn't mean you aren't doing it. Dont give stupid *** advice to people when you don't even know what you're talking about.

 

[NT_Hardcore 10+ year member]

Are you stupid? When you go higher than the set voltage, you start to send a clipped signal. Just because you CANT hear it, doesn't mean you aren't doing it. Dont give stupid *** advice to people when you don't even know what you're talking about.

really? what a great group of ppl on here. you can find the mathmatical value, lets say its 54.7 out put volts. that is not the point where you will get "clipping". you CAN exceed that value and be fine. put it on a scope and check, ill wait. and to add to the ignorance, a little clipping never hurt anyone. but if YOU dont know what your doing stick to the basics as you seem to be already.

 

[kickersubs4life 10+ year member]

I agree that it is the box that is your problem. I had 2 12 in type rs bought them in a sealed box and they were ok but when I swtiched them to a ported box it was like having completely different subs. Them type r's need their air to breath.