color me disappointed

[brown7348 10+ year member]

Yup, i would think that if that doesnt work, it may be that the box is just too small, but i would think it would still get moving pretty good with even only 200 watts or so..

 

[husker77 10+ year member]

20 was were the front speakers started sounding like crap, but the other problem I have is when I was playing the 40hz test tone it was coming through the front comps. The hu doesn't have anyway to tune it out so I suppose I need to get some bass blockers.

 

[husker77 10+ year member]

IDK man... on my CDA-9887 I was able to run bass at +0 and have PLENTY of output but that also has a lot hotter preamp section.

That has 4v preouts.

 

[brown7348 10+ year member]

I see, my set up used to do the same thing with my alpine hu, but i found out how to use the built in crossover which helped alot.. Idk what kind of settings the hu your using has..

 

[husker77 10+ year member]

Not crap for settings really. Pretty sad little head unit, I really screwed up buying it. Lesson, don't take your wife along and be in a hurry when picking out a head unit.

 

[splwj47 10+ year member]

ur head unit must have a high pass filter, your comps are not meant to play that low.

 

[brown7348 10+ year member]

It seems it should still be able to perform decent by the way of sub output, i have had several diff problems with subs and wiring, had a loose ground the other day and i thought i blew something up sub rattled and got quiet but amp never shut off, had a bad set of rcas before and was only getting like half the power from my amp somehow, it could be something simple as that.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Why only 1 channel of the amp hooked up?

 

[SMS 10+ year member]

i have the same sub but its a 10", it doesnt get loud at all in a sealed box- has good extrusion but is really quiet-its weird to watch it moving like crazy and producing so little bass. does pretty good in a ported box though.

 

[VisceralSound 10+ year member]

Use this tone

Download 50hz -3db.mp3 - Kiwi6.com Mp3 Upload

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

Not crap for settings really. Pretty sad little head unit, I really screwed up buying it. Lesson, don't take your wife along and be in a hurry when picking out a head unit.

you can nclean nit up by adding a pre amp eq,,will bring alot to life up in there,and you can get one under $100 bucks even Cadence CEQ-773 (CEQ773) 7-Band Paragraphic Equalizer + Subwoofer Crossover 812902000022 | eBay

 

[husker77 10+ year member]

Why only 1 channel of the amp hooked up?

Because it is a 500 watt rms 1000 max sub and the amp puts out 1000 watts per channel when run at 2 ohm, or 500 per channel at 4 ohm. The sub is dual 2 ohm coils and the amp is not bridgeable, I think 2000 watts might be a bit much for the sub.

 

[husker77 10+ year member]

you can nclean nit up by adding a pre amp eq,,will bring alot to life up in there,and you can get one under $100 bucks even Cadence CEQ-773 (CEQ773) 7-Band Paragraphic Equalizer + Subwoofer Crossover 812902000022 | eBay

Problem is it only has sub rca outputs. This was kind of a spur of the moment deal, found the sub at a garage sale for $25, so it might take a while to get the bugs out. I wish they still made powered eq's.

 

[husker77 10+ year member]

i have the same sub but its a 10", it doesnt get loud at all in a sealed box- has good extrusion but is really quiet-its weird to watch it moving like crazy and producing so little bass. does pretty good in a ported box though.

It doesn't move much at all when the gain is turned down.

 

[RoYALbLUE08 10+ year member]

i have this same exact problem with the sub on my boat. its connected to a kenwood kmr 330 HU and i have the rear sub preamp output doesnt work so i have it ran with RCA splitters with the rear speakers. i have the gain almost all the way up on the alpine mrp m500 amp to get good bass out of my alpine type r sub