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<blockquote data-quote="bbeljefe" data-source="post: 8212017" data-attributes="member: 655960">Unless you&#039;ve checked the gain with a Distortion Detector or an oscilloscope, you do not know whether or not your amplifier is clipping. Dangerous clipping happens before it becomes audible and when it does become audible, it is very dangerous.As for the amp and sub combination you have, the amp won&#039;t do its rated power but the subs should be okay with what the amp does send them, so you&#039;re fine so long as the gain isn&#039;t set too high. As for the smell, sometimes you do get a smell from new subs but if they&#039;re not overpowered (which yours are not), they&#039;re being sent a clean signal and they&#039;re cooling properly, you will never smell anything from them.So to help you find the problem...What head unit do you have?What level is the bass setting on the head unit at?What level is the gain on the amp set to?Is the bass boost on the amp turned up at all?What size power and ground is feeding the amp?Where is the amp grounded?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bbeljefe, post: 8212017, member: 655960"] Unless you've checked the gain with a Distortion Detector or an oscilloscope, you do not know whether or not your amplifier is clipping. Dangerous clipping happens before it becomes audible and when it does become audible, it is very dangerous. As for the amp and sub combination you have, the amp won't do its rated power but the subs should be okay with what the amp does send them, so you're fine so long as the gain isn't set too high. As for the smell, sometimes you do get a smell from new subs but if they're not overpowered (which yours are not), they're being sent a clean signal and they're cooling properly, you will never smell anything from them. So to help you find the problem... What head unit do you have? What level is the bass setting on the head unit at? What level is the gain on the amp set to? Is the bass boost on the amp turned up at all? What size power and ground is feeding the amp? Where is the amp grounded? [/QUOTE]

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