diagnose my symptom please!

[elinett 10+ year member]

Hey, yesterday I got my new comps hooked up (pg xenons) to my amp (pg octane 4ch) running off of my HU (pioneer 8600). I havent got my rear coaxs hooked up yet bc i ran out of time, but i got my front playing. it didn't sound very loud and sounded like the bass was weak and when it hit it sounded almost like a stock spkr being played too loud (more of a flat pop than a solid full tone). then i was driving today and the left spkr cut in and out and just stopped working soon after, except if i put the balance all the way on left it sounds like the tweeter is playing quietly (i have tweets screwed into the mid, is this good for imaging by the way?) so what you guys think it could be? would hooking up the rears make something work so they sound like they should. o and the amp puts 85 watts into 4 chan. thanks any ideas are appreciated

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[elinett 10+ year member]

bump

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

Make sure the speakers aren't grounding out... ie the ternminals aren't touching any metal.

 

[elinett 10+ year member]

do you mean the actual speaker or wires or both? thanks

 

[deadboi77 10+ year member]

both, but mainly the terminals.

 

[elinett 10+ year member]

ok, i am heading over to my friend's house tonight to check everything out and get to the bottom of this. also, the xenon comps can handle 150 rms a piece, and my amp is 85watts into 4 channels so i plan on giving them 85 a piece. does this mean if i have the gain on my amp way up is the only way to get the full 85 to each? sorry i'm not the most knowledgeable about this stuff.

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

gains arent volume knobs. they match the pre-amp V from your deck

 

[ruckus]

sounds like the speaker died to me if it just stopped working after making sounds like it was being played too loud. cone might of blown. sounds like what my premier sub did except for the playing low part.

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

Eh, whaddaya mean screwed tweeters into the mids?

 

[Decipha 10+ year member]

i have tweets screwed into the mid, is this good for imaging by the way

yes its good to have your tweets as close to the mids as possible but i believed

you damaged the mids when you screwed the tweets to it. Sucks to be you!!!

 

[Goldenknob 10+ year member]

ok the thing about the gain.. not to steal the thread but I'm curious, say you have a H/U with 2.2v preamps and one with 4v preamps does that mean you will have to turn the gain on the amp with the smaller H/U preamp voltage up higher than the other or lower?

 

[jsloan10 10+ year member]

Basically.

 

[ruckus]

Basically.

so when calculating the volts needed for an amp if the voltage figures out to say 41volts and the preouts are 4 volts you tune the sensitivity to 41 volts or 37 volts?

I guess 41 since the preouts would measure into it?

 

[elinett 10+ year member]

update...yesterday i took the spkr out of my door and found out it is just a defective speaker. it plays fine-as long as you hold the fvckingg cone down physically. my friend said it's bc the vc isnt wrapped tight enough or something. i am going to get it replaced today. and no i didn't damage anything by puting the tweeter on. it is designed to screw into the center of the mid, it is called a convertible or braxial component set.

 

[Goldenknob 10+ year member]

awsome glad you found out what it was... gl to you