VWSundownAudio
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Alright, I have a 2006 Silverado 1500 crew cab with the Bose system in it. I replaced the stock HU with a Pioneer double din. I got a Kenwood 1000w class D mono amp and paired it with a 400W RMS Kicker CVR 12" DVC 4 ohm subwoofer. And I have a medium sized ported box. I ran all 4 gauge wire.
I wired this sub parallel to a 2ohm load. (The amp puts out 500w RMS @ 2ohms)
I had this setup in TWO other vehicles. It hit hard and worked perfect, NO problems. I got this new truck that I just described, and I turned the whole sytem on for the first time after hooking it up and nothing... I put my finger on the sub and I could barely feel it move. So I thought, oh. Must be my ground. Made a new, superior ground. Nothing changed. Okay I thought, must be my RCA cables. Nope. So I thought man, my sub or amp must be shot. I took the whole system back out, took the sub out of the enclosure, checked wiring, nope. Hooked it all back up in a different car, and it started hitting so hard, like the first day I bought it!!!!!! So I moved it back in the current truck, and nothing. So I got desperate and started messing with the bass boost and gain on the amp. I got the sub to start moving, but it didnt hit all that hard and the volume seemed completely erratic. At one moment the sub would be moving alright, but at the next it would flex so hard it would clip and the amp would go into protection mode. It seems like my door speakers are getting way too loud, way too fast, and the sub (at the correct settings, bass boost 0 and amp gain correct) cant get enough volume before my door speakers are blaring and as loud as I want to turn them up before they blow. And the volume on the head unit is only like 1/3 if that!
So my question is.... what could be causing this, what is wrong with this particular vehicle??? The same setup works in every other one of my vehicles! Could it be because of my stock BOSE system? I would be greatful for ANY input. I dont want to take it to an audio shop and spend my life away just so they can be stumped also.
I wired this sub parallel to a 2ohm load. (The amp puts out 500w RMS @ 2ohms)
I had this setup in TWO other vehicles. It hit hard and worked perfect, NO problems. I got this new truck that I just described, and I turned the whole sytem on for the first time after hooking it up and nothing... I put my finger on the sub and I could barely feel it move. So I thought, oh. Must be my ground. Made a new, superior ground. Nothing changed. Okay I thought, must be my RCA cables. Nope. So I thought man, my sub or amp must be shot. I took the whole system back out, took the sub out of the enclosure, checked wiring, nope. Hooked it all back up in a different car, and it started hitting so hard, like the first day I bought it!!!!!! So I moved it back in the current truck, and nothing. So I got desperate and started messing with the bass boost and gain on the amp. I got the sub to start moving, but it didnt hit all that hard and the volume seemed completely erratic. At one moment the sub would be moving alright, but at the next it would flex so hard it would clip and the amp would go into protection mode. It seems like my door speakers are getting way too loud, way too fast, and the sub (at the correct settings, bass boost 0 and amp gain correct) cant get enough volume before my door speakers are blaring and as loud as I want to turn them up before they blow. And the volume on the head unit is only like 1/3 if that!
So my question is.... what could be causing this, what is wrong with this particular vehicle??? The same setup works in every other one of my vehicles! Could it be because of my stock BOSE system? I would be greatful for ANY input. I dont want to take it to an audio shop and spend my life away just so they can be stumped also.
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