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Hey guys, happy thanksgiving!
My current setup is a 10L7 running at 1 ohm on a First Gen Orion HCCA 250, bridged with an old school Audiocontrol 2SX. I love having this old gear, but whenever I really have the sub turned up, my speakers make a "distortion noise." Not sure how to explain it, just that when the sub hits, the tweeters make noises right then. I've had some audio guys look at it, and they say that my HCCA 250 is pulling so much voltage, it is starving my Alpine 4-ch amp from voltage and causing the distortion. Is this because the Orion is an old amp? Is it because it is running at 1 ohm? I'm not really interested in upgrading my alt, I did the big 3, and I'd like to be able to keep my current setup if I could. Would the problem be solved some simple way, or would it be better to change to a newer amp that would use less voltage at 1 ohm? I appreciate any answers, it's frustrating to not be able to run my system at full potential without hearing those noises!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
My current setup is a 10L7 running at 1 ohm on a First Gen Orion HCCA 250, bridged with an old school Audiocontrol 2SX. I love having this old gear, but whenever I really have the sub turned up, my speakers make a "distortion noise." Not sure how to explain it, just that when the sub hits, the tweeters make noises right then. I've had some audio guys look at it, and they say that my HCCA 250 is pulling so much voltage, it is starving my Alpine 4-ch amp from voltage and causing the distortion. Is this because the Orion is an old amp? Is it because it is running at 1 ohm? I'm not really interested in upgrading my alt, I did the big 3, and I'd like to be able to keep my current setup if I could. Would the problem be solved some simple way, or would it be better to change to a newer amp that would use less voltage at 1 ohm? I appreciate any answers, it's frustrating to not be able to run my system at full potential without hearing those noises!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif