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<blockquote data-quote="ledzeppac" data-source="post: 2739510" data-attributes="member: 574552">I&#039;m fairly smart, however this is my first install with componants and a sub.setup is:kicker ks 5.25 comps&nbsp; 65 watts rmskicker compvr 10 inchAlpine mrp-450 70X4Alpine mrp-d450 220 4 ohm and 450 2 om1st. my crossovers are glowing extremely bright... just as brighter than my maglight.&nbsp; Are they supposed to do this?Also, I set the gains to around 65% ( I know I know)... I am listening for distortion.&nbsp; The amp gets pretty hot and by the end of 30 minutes with the volume up pretty loud it cut out.&nbsp; &nbsp; I know that would be a sign of clipping/distortion/overpowering etc...&nbsp; but the gains were only 65-70% up and I was only using 2 channels... And for comparison my mono block wasn&#039;t even warm...Lastly my kicker comps sound nice, get decently loud. BUT they are not that loud.&nbsp; nothing to show off about, nor make my ears ring.&nbsp; My cheesy 5x7s running off the HU over power them when the fader is balanced. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gifAny input would be great.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ledzeppac, post: 2739510, member: 574552"] I'm fairly smart, however this is my first install with componants and a sub. setup is: kicker ks 5.25 comps 65 watts rms kicker compvr 10 inch Alpine mrp-450 70X4 Alpine mrp-d450 220 4 ohm and 450 2 om 1st. my crossovers are glowing extremely bright... just as brighter than my maglight. Are they supposed to do this? Also, I set the gains to around 65% ( I know I know)... I am listening for distortion. The amp gets pretty hot and by the end of 30 minutes with the volume up pretty loud it cut out. I know that would be a sign of clipping/distortion/overpowering etc... but the gains were only 65-70% up and I was only using 2 channels... And for comparison my mono block wasn't even warm... Lastly my kicker comps sound nice, get decently loud. BUT they are not that loud. nothing to show off about, nor make my ears ring. My cheesy 5x7s running off the HU over power them when the fader is balanced. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif[/IMG] Any input would be great. [/QUOTE]

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