Help me discover which is bad.. Amp/components/both

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

Alright, heres the story.

I get back from vacation in May and out of nowhere one side of my components isn't working right. If i turned the volume up loud, the amp power light would go off and so the music would quit. Well i figured it was my amp going bad..So i just listened to my left side play since it played normal. Whats weird is my vehicle had been sitting in the same place for 2 weeks and this happened.

Anyways..Fastforward to Thursday afternoon. I have my key turned back listening to music while we are camping. I got to crank my Blazer up about an hour later and smell something, which is never good. Once it cranks back up the side of components that played normal was playing at a GREATLY reduced volume. WTF?

I just got done playing around with my amp..I had the components bridged..I thought a channel may have gone bad so I put the wires in different channels..Same thing..

If i set the settings up exactly like I had them for the 10 months I have had this amp, both sides barely play and its like the mids don't even work. On my right side if I turn the volume up the mids will sort of pop. And the amp will cut out and come back on.

ANY help will be appreciated. I don't know whether to buy another amp or what...

This is already the second freakin one I have had on these Rainbow SLCs in just 2 1/2 years.

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[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Deerhunt asking an audio related question?

Lies.

 

[roarzorz 10+ year member]

Shenanigans.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like blown components... either tweet... mid... or both.

nG

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

Oh and my amp isn't an Orion 400.2 anymore..Its a 4 channel older Clarion I bought off here.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Are you're crossovers easily accessible?

Easy way to find out of the components are bad is to take the speaker wires and either test the impedance with a DMM, or to "pop" them with a 9v battery and see if they respond...

nG

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

Oh and my amp isn't an Orion 400.2 anymore..Its a 4 channel older Clarion I bought off here.

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[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

Are you're crossovers easily accessible?
Easy way to find out of the components are bad is to take the speaker wires and either test the impedance with a DMM, or to "pop" them with a 9v battery and see if they respond...

nG

They are inside my door. I have never taken my door panel off though. I am kind of a pay someone who knows what they are doing to do it type person.

I'll try to get it off and do that though.

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I can't.

It is already oversized from the mods and if i try and update it it tells me its oversized and i can't. lol

 

[nativeboy 10+ year member]

Deerhunt nice avatar... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

They are inside my door. I have never taken my door panel off though. I am kind of a pay someone who knows what they are doing to do it type person.
I'll try to get it off and do that though.

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[nativeboy 10+ year member]

probably bad speakers or amp?

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

User error.

 

[smgreen20 10+ year member]

Just go to the amp, disconnect the speakers and test w/a 9v battery, better yet use a DMM and see what the impedance is. A 9v battery can still make a bad speaker pop. What model is the Clarion amp? I used to own a few of their older amps, APA4160, APA4200 so that could help me w/the amp side of things.

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

so that could help me w/the amp side of things.

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[Cameron_B 10+ year member]

disconnect speaker at amp, check impedance.

If that is good, play and tone and check output from amp.