Is it wired correctly?

savagescott

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I just had a pro install a system in my boat. 6 speakers and a sub driven by two 4/3 channel amps. ( the 4 channels of amp 1 driving 4 speakers, 2 channels of amp 2 driving the remaining two speakers and the other two channels of amp 2 bridged for the sub). The head has 3 pairs of preamp outs - 1 set being for the sub. The installer told me that the balance, fade and independent sub volume adjustments on the head would not work because of the way he had to connect the head to the amps. He implied the problem was the number of preamp outputs on the head. One other note... I unhooked the sub to do some cleaning and in addition to the sub not working, two speakers quick working, too. Lastly, it doesn't seem like I'm getting uniform sound out of all the speakers, i.e., vocals will be strong in one speaker but weak in another. None of this seems to be quite right but I'm not knowlegable enough to discuss it with the installer. Any advice/suggesstions are appreciated...

 
1. If he wired the speakers and amps right you would be able to use the fade and balance on the Head unit.

2. Check the fuse on the power wire of the amp as well as on the amp for the amp that is not powering on. also make sure all the wires are in the right places power, ground, remote, speaker wire. How did you disconnect the sub to clean?

3.Are all the speakers the same? If they have different impedance on the coils then the wil be getting different amounts of power. that is also true if he wired one set in parallel and bridged two channels and the other two are going to there own channel. also are the amps the same?

 
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