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<blockquote data-quote="KaeZoo" data-source="post: 1602333" data-attributes="member: 554753">His explanation doesn&#039;t cut it.&nbsp; It&#039;s not normal for a mono amp to reduce its power output when it&#039;s connected to a stereo signal, except under rare conditions when the&nbsp; bass passages in a song are recorded out of phase for effect.&nbsp; You&#039;re describing a power drop that&#039;s visible to your eye when you&#039;re looking at the subwoofer.&nbsp; That&#039;s a pretty substantial difference. It should not be doing that.&nbsp; The input was miswired, pure and simple.Are there RCA cables connected to your amp, or was it connected through the high-level input plug?I noticed on a post of yours in another topic, you mentioned that your amplifier has the gain set near max and the bass boost all the way up.&nbsp; Usually when I install an amp on a line-out converter, I can keep the gain pretty low.&nbsp; If you need a maxed gain and high bass boost to get decent bass from a 12-inch Type R in the back of an SUV, that&#039;s another clue that something&#039;s wrong.I think when you finally get the problem fixed, you&#039;re going to be amazed at what you&#039;ve been missing all this time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KaeZoo, post: 1602333, member: 554753"] His explanation doesn't cut it. It's not normal for a mono amp to reduce its power output when it's connected to a stereo signal, except under rare conditions when the bass passages in a song are recorded out of phase for effect. You're describing a power drop that's visible to your eye when you're looking at the subwoofer. That's a pretty substantial difference. It should not be doing that. The input was miswired, pure and simple. Are there RCA cables connected to your amp, or was it connected through the high-level input plug? I noticed on a post of yours in another topic, you mentioned that your amplifier has the gain set near max and the bass boost all the way up. Usually when I install an amp on a line-out converter, I can keep the gain pretty low. If you need a maxed gain and high bass boost to get decent bass from a 12-inch Type R in the back of an SUV, that's another clue that something's wrong. I think when you finally get the problem fixed, you're going to be amazed at what you've been missing all this time. [/QUOTE]

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