How can you tell if an amp is bad or messed up?

[Jer510 10+ year member]

I've been running my Kicker ZX 750.1 with 2 CVR dual 4 ohm subs for about a month and now the subs are messed up. I think the voice coil is blown cause it smells funny after slapping for a couple minutes. I lowered the gain so that it doesn't smell anymore but now the subs don't sound very clear. I know that I am supposed to run dual 2 ohm subs with my amp. I know my subs are messed up, but how can I tell if my amp is messed up or bad? If I keep using these subs with my amp with the gain at a lower level, can my amp get damaged? Thanks..

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[michaellane 5,000+ posts]

youre amp is not to be wired past 2ohms. people say it will be okay but no it wont be okay. some of them run fine at 1ohm others do not

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

youre amp is not to be wired past 2ohms. people say it will be okay but no it wont be okay. some of them run fine at 1ohm others do not

My amp is running at a 4 ohm load. How can I tell if the amp is messed up? I know my subs are kinda blown?

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

Kicker ZX 750.1

750 watts @ 2 ohms

375 watts @ 4 ohms

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

Can someone help?

 

[Tone415 10+ year member]

try to hook ur amp up to someone elses subs

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

Any other ways? Can my amp get messed up by running a 4 ohm load. It is 4 ohm and 2 ohm stable.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

clamp it

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

what do u mean by clamp it?

 

[Enellz 10+ year member]

try to hook ur amp up to someone elses subs

x2

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

clamp it

How do I clamp it?

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

Any other ways? Can my amp get messed up by running a 4 ohm load. It is 4 ohm and 2 ohm stable.

no.

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

where is the gain set now and the bass boost? they probably arent going to be very loud with only 185 watts each.

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

where is the gain set now and the bass boost? they probably arent going to be very loud with only 185 watts each.

the gain is a lot less than I used to have it. The gain is almost half. and the bass boost is just a quarter up. but loudness on the head unit is off, bass is at 0 on the headunit.

 

[bhsdriller 10+ year member]

pm spidermonkey...he'll get it fixed up for you