Amp turn-on question

[jacka 10+ year member]

Whenever I turn my car on, my Diamond D3 400.4 seems to get turned on a few seconds before my D6 1500.1 does. There's vocals and then about 4-5 seconds later the bass will finally get going. It's not much of a problem to me, but I was just wondering if there's a few to have them on at the same time or why there's a delay for the subwoofer amplifier.

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[wesl56 10+ year member]

my JBL 1200.1 used to take a few seconds to kick in

not sure why.. might be to protect the subs or the amp or w/e

that d3 is a a/b and the d6 is a class d, correct? maybe that also has something to do with it

 

[jacka 10+ year member]

i see thanks for the replies. guess its nothing i can fix. not a big deal though.

 

[cdpcp3 10+ year member]

as long as it works, id be happy

 

[synikalt 10+ year member]

How do you have the remote wires running to both amps? I think theres a delay when Remote wire went from Hu>amp>amp. But running both remote wires from the HU seperatly to both amps makes a different. really nothing to worry about tho if its running correctly

 

[kross 10+ year member]

I don't see how that could make any difference.

 

[jinx8402 10+ year member]

My brothers old system did that as well. We always assumed it was just how the amp was designed to protect either the amp or the sub.

We actually liked it, because the system would come on, then a second later the bass would kick in...lol

 

[goodstuff 10+ year member]

my bass amp (if you can call a legacy that) comes on before my jl mids/highs amp.

 

[spoonraker 10+ year member]

It just depends on the amps. A lot of them have a turn on delay so that your bass doesn't thump when they first turn on. Some of them are just slower.

 

[synikalt 10+ year member]

I don't see how that could make any difference.

I guess its just another right/wrong way of doing things...running remote wires from amp to amp is called a daisy chain. and if the amps dont support it you may not get a signal out of one. But if yours is working then should be fine

 

[spoonraker 10+ year member]

I guess its just another right/wrong way of doing things...running remote wires from amp to amp is called a daisy chain. and if the amps dont support it you may not get a signal out of one. But if yours is working then should be fine

Actually in this case, it makes absolutely no difference. There is no such thing as an amp that "doesn't support it". I think you are confusing this with wiring in series. All he is doing in this case is moving the split very very very close to one of the amps. It's not like the signal flows into the amp and then comes out at a different point which he is attaching to another amp...he's just shoving two wires in one terminal. This is a common technique when wiring multiple subwoofers or DVC subwoofers.