Hey everyone, I installed a pair of rainbow cmx components (150RMS) which are hooked to a mtx ta3404 amp. The amp puts out about 60x4 @ 4 ohms RMS or 200x2 RMS @ 4 ohms bridged. I tried both regular and bridged hookups, but in both setups the speakers would distort before they got loud and the amp will clip and shut off temporarily. I though there was a problem with my amp at first, so I borrowed my friend's Treo 75.5 amp and hooked the speakers up bridged. The same thing happened, the amplifier clipped and shut off. I then turned all the bass down from the door speakers which helped them get a little louder without sounding terrible but the amp would still shut down. I thought there was a problem with my ground so I re grounded the amp to bare metal which I scraped with a metal brush. The new grounding did not make a difference. I was thinking then that maybe my amp wasn't getting enough power so I hooked up my 0 agu wire to the amp, which made no difference. Next, I tried switching out the RCA's but, once again, this made no difference. I previously had 4 way pioneer that I had the same problem with but, I just assumed the cause was low end speakers. I am starting to think that there is a prob with my head unit, I can't think of anything else... I have a Eclipse CD5000 with 8 volt pre output. I am thinking this might be the problem. I would greatly appreciate any help or suggestions.
Thanks,
Chris Thomas
