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Aftermarket car subwoofer is VERY quiet, can barely hear it even when ear is right up against the speaker
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<blockquote data-quote="spaghetto15" data-source="post: 8783887" data-attributes="member: 685458"><p>So I got this supposedly 800w sub and amp combo for 20 bucks from a friend who doesn't know much about these things, he got them for free.</p><p></p><p>The speaker is from some random Chinese manufacturer, about whom I can’t find much about. The only image I could find online (mine is in a box) -</p><p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/k6qjqng88sl81.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=436bab6d0e87de9060f562934c3970ce87a31bd2" target="_blank"><img src="https://preview.redd.it/k6qjqng88sl81.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=436bab6d0e87de9060f562934c3970ce87a31bd2" alt="r/CarAV - Aftermarket car subwoofer is VERY quiet, can barely hear it even when ear is right up against the speaker" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>The amp is a Philips DAP 4020.</p><p></p><p>I bought a wiring kit, hooked everything up to my car's factory stereo, including a cheap line output converter. The amp's power LED is on, but the audio that comes out is EXTREMELY quiet. I hooked up the amp to my phone via a 3.5mm cable, and I could only hear a little bit of the low end and only when I put my ear right up against the speaker.</p><p></p><p>I have tried turning the gain up and down, filter on and off, nothing works. At first I thought that maybe I hooked up the LOC to speakers that don't output the full range of frequencies, but as I said, the problem persists even when the amp is hooked up just to my phone.</p><p></p><p>Any help would be appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spaghetto15, post: 8783887, member: 685458"] So I got this supposedly 800w sub and amp combo for 20 bucks from a friend who doesn't know much about these things, he got them for free. The speaker is from some random Chinese manufacturer, about whom I can’t find much about. The only image I could find online (mine is in a box) - [URL='https://preview.redd.it/k6qjqng88sl81.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=436bab6d0e87de9060f562934c3970ce87a31bd2'][IMG alt="r/CarAV - Aftermarket car subwoofer is VERY quiet, can barely hear it even when ear is right up against the speaker"]https://preview.redd.it/k6qjqng88sl81.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=436bab6d0e87de9060f562934c3970ce87a31bd2[/IMG][/URL] The amp is a Philips DAP 4020. I bought a wiring kit, hooked everything up to my car's factory stereo, including a cheap line output converter. The amp's power LED is on, but the audio that comes out is EXTREMELY quiet. I hooked up the amp to my phone via a 3.5mm cable, and I could only hear a little bit of the low end and only when I put my ear right up against the speaker. I have tried turning the gain up and down, filter on and off, nothing works. At first I thought that maybe I hooked up the LOC to speakers that don't output the full range of frequencies, but as I said, the problem persists even when the amp is hooked up just to my phone. Any help would be appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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