Having problems with installing a Bazooka bass tube

[jimmyo]

Hey everyone. I just installed a Bazooka tube in my car and I'm having problems with the speakers working correctly. For some reason, if I turn the volume up high, it's seems like the bass tube is sapping the power away from my rear 6X9s. If I have the volume at a normal level, or to where there isn't a lot of real loud bass output, the 6X9's will put out sound fine. The CD player is a JVC unit and it has two RCA outputs on it which I have the Bass tube connected to. The Bass tube has two low-level RCA inputs in it also. The bas tube is connected to the CD player by RCA cables, and the tube is wired directly to the battery. The tube also has a built-in amp inside of it. The 6X9's are like 200-ish watt Xplod 3-ways. If I disconnect the bass tube, the 6X9s will work fine, with no distortion at high volumes.

How can I get it to where it doesn't make the 6X9s sound all distorted and stuff whenever the bass tube bumps hard? I'm stumped //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

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[bhsswrstlr 10+ year member]

bass blockers? crossovers?

check your head unit to see if you have your crossovers set correctly and the same on your amps.

 

[~Magick_Man~ 10+ year member]

could it be the output from the tubes messing with the speakers?

you might try moving the tubes out of your car while keeping them hooked up the same way and see if the 6 x 9's still dont play right.

just a suggestion.

~Magick_Man~

 

[~Magick_Man~ 10+ year member]

update?

 

[jimmyo]

Sorry about the delay. My job's working my *** off...

I was messing with the RCA cable yesterday and noticed that one of the connectors was broke. I bought a new RCA cable and it seemed to fix the problem. The bass tube hits a bit louder now.

I ended up noticing something else annoying though. When the player is searching through tracks, or stations, I can slightly hear the RPM's of the car's engine through the speakers. Is this because of a bad ground or something??