distortion noise

[chowdog 10+ year member]

im running 4 hifonics brutus 12's, and 2 hifonics brutus amps. if i turn on the radion it plays the subs but if i change the volume or try to turn up the amps, my subs make a crackle sound. any ideas wut the heck the problem is?

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[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

gain is up to high? need more info, type of amps, where your gain is set right now, how you set your gains, etc.

 

[chowdog 10+ year member]

2 hifonics brutus 1200.1 amp.

4 hifonics brutus 12's

every dial on these amps are all the way down

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

bad rcas or bad ground? where is your amp grounded? bare metal?

 

[chowdog 10+ year member]

bare metal sanded down by a dremmel tool straight to cab with large bolts, and seperate places

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

try using a different pair of rcas

 

[pr-festiva 10+ year member]

so if you turn the gain up the subs crackel?,, ive had it happen because of dirty volume pots before,, but that was home audio