Just a Few ?s

[Ali1 10+ year member]

ok, maybe i confused you guys. I did the DMM procedure at volume 26/35. Took out the leads, put in the subs. The amp still clips at 26 volume. That's my point. I actually know two people that own the hercules with type Rs, and they are still fine. I am not worried about blowing them because their cheap(as in price). As long as i don't keep a clipped signal, i think i should be fine. This is because my ohm load after box rise, turns out to be 1.4-1.5 ohms. My Real Question is why does my clip at the volume i used to set the gains. For instance, i used the DMM procedure at volume 35. I still got clipping at 35 even though i set my volts at 44.1. So i tried volume 30/35, same thing. I still get clipping at volume 30, even at 29. So i tried the DMM procedure at volume 26/35 and guess what? I still got clipping at volume 25, 26. WHYYYYY? Someone help.

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

your not calculating box rise

dont turn the HU past 3/4 usually, is this a 860/8600?

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

your not calculating box rise
dont turn the HU past 3/4 usually, is this a 860/8600?

860/8600? whattt? The alpine HU is CDA-9856. Hifonics Hercules Pushing two Type Rs (12) at 1ohm. After box rise, it's roughly 1.5.

If i calculated box rise, wouldn't that just make the scenerio worse? 1500*1.5=2250