help my subs are distoring

[cazorp 10+ year member]

ok so i just got my directed 1100d and i hooked it up tonite, but they are distoring bad and even when i turn the gain down. they are kenwood w 3005 12's 2 of them and its an older model 1100d which is strappable. should i just get new subs?? because these dont seem to be working

thanks for any help

Zach

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[crazy4ozs]

how mayn watts r u runnign to them comapred to what the RMS of the subs are?

 

[Ricky616 10+ year member]

whats the rms on the subs and the amp those kenwood subs are ok i had a pair with a excelon amp and no distortion at all

 

[PepsiFiend69 10+ year member]

try adjusting the LPF, i had trouble with that amp a little, if the LPF is to high it sounds like they're distorting...or maybe that was just my box? IDK

 

[crazy4ozs]

ya could also be the box...hwo much airspace are they getting?

 

[cazorp 10+ year member]

thanks pepsi ill try that, i dont know what the space they are gettin is, but it was custom built for the subs by r/t mobile sound and they are normally pretty good, so ill try the lpf

thanks

Zach

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

Have you used the amp before with other subs?

I'm just curious if you think it's getting enough power. I don't know what electrical upgrades you have, tho, just my $.02

 

[cazorp 10+ year member]

no i havent used it with any other subs yet, but its a big enough amp they should be getting plenty of power. there are alot of settings, frequency and lpf dials subsonic filter. how am i supposed to set all these??? ive never see and adjustable lpf before.

thanks

Zach

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

thanks pepsi ill try that, i dont know what the space they are gettin is, but it was custom built for the subs by r/t mobile sound and they are normally pretty good, so ill try the lpf
thanks

Zach

Is that a local outfit, Zach? If so, where are they located?

 

[PepsiFiend69 10+ year member]

ok here... is you box ported? if not then turn off the sub sonic filter

set your gain, then turn your music up to where you listen to it, have the LPF about 3/4 of the way up, then slowly turn it down untill you cant hear voices in the subs, just bass, that's the way i set mine

but if your box is ported you'll need to set the SSF somewhere in the 50-65 hz range, but its all box tuning dependent.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

ok here... is you box ported? if not then turn off the sub sonic filter
set your gain, then turn your music up to where you listen to it, have the LPF about 3/4 of the way up, then slowly turn it down untill you cant hear voices in the subs, just bass, that's the way i set mine

but if your box is ported you'll need to set the SSF somewhere in the 50-65 hz range, but its all box tuning dependent.

PepsiFiend ~ that is flatly insane. He would only want to set the SSF that high (and it's pretty doubtful that there is that high of a frequency setting on the SSF to begin with!) if his enclosure was tuned to somewhere around 75~90Hz !!! What do you reckon the odds of that are?

 

[cazorp 10+ year member]

its a sealed box. and ill try that again

thanks guys

Zach

P.S. Prowler R/T mobile sound is a company in Michiganm i have relatives up there and he builds their competition boxes. I believe hes in Ann Arbor

 

[Cris 10+ year member]

The only time I heard my subs sounding like they were distorting was when I set my amp to "full" instead of "LPF". Make sure you have your lowpass filter set.

 

[duckfart 10+ year member]

I think that amp only has a LPF setting

 

[cazorp 10+ year member]

ok so i just turn off the SSF and mess with the LPF and I should be good to go then right???

thanks

Zach