Amplifier cutting out- the cause?

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

Problem 1: Turn up music on Clarion DPX1000.2 2ohm load and 4 ohm 15" 1000 watt Orions until sounds like the car and the woofers are going to come apart, amplifier cuts out.

Problem 2: Hook up different woofers, (15" 850watt 4ohm Coustics) I can turn it up until they start to smoke, amp doesn't cut out.

Problem 3: Hook up Orions again and still, cuts out at high volume, before they distort (purty darn loud anyway, if I may add).

All of the wiring is good (contacts, fuses), but the box is more or less just of the untuned BestBuy breed 1.5, 2 cubes divided. Could it be the difference in the boxes (Coustics were in ghetto plyboard makeshift approx 4 cubes undivided) or an ohmage nuance? Car audio gurus, enlighten me.

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[imallthatisman 10+ year member]

well watt raiting dont mean a whole lot when it comes down to it. i'd say turn down the high input on your sub

 

[imallthatisman 10+ year member]

im sorry turn down you high input on your sub

 

[imallthatisman 10+ year member]

arrgg my hands dont say what i'm thinking. AMPLIFIRE IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

In the Bass Experiment, the Coustics literally hit until they made the headlights dim almost completely- then the Orions would make the amp shut off before the voltage meter vould do much twitchin' at all. By adjusting the bass boost and the gain I've got it a little louder, but not much.

 

[xploit2 10+ year member]

AMPLIFIRE let me help you out. TURN the gains settings down on your amplifier. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wave.gif.002382ce7d7c19757ab945cc69819de1.gif we looking OUT! imallthatisman