new box = bad sound :(

[macsdad 10+ year member]

the higher the ohm load, the less power you will 'see'. Just as the ohm load lowers, you 'see' more power.

 

[robertoyoung08 10+ year member]

the higher the ohm load, the less power you will 'see'. Just as the ohm load lowers, you 'see' more power.

But what about when really high ohms? What's the affect other than seeing less power.

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

But what about when really high ohms? What's the affect other than seeing less power.

very low possible power, if the gains are set pretty high, you'll be clipping because the amp only makes X amounts of power at certain ohm loads but you are telling it to make much more then that which can cause clipping.

 

[robertoyoung08 10+ year member]

very low possible power, if the gains are set pretty high, you'll be clipping because the amp only makes X amounts of power at certain ohm loads but you are telling it to make much more then that which can cause clipping.

Hmm okay. Lol nice signature

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

cool i'll try to stop by. do you know till when it'll run?


thanks. i think i may have just found the problem. combination of impedance and phase, i think.

went and bought a multimeter and metered my impedence. I couldnt get a read at the +/_ terminals so i pulled the subs. i thought they were dual 2 ohm and turns out they are dual 1 (.7 to be exact).

right from the start my impedance was wrong. I'm still working on it, but looks like im about to run out of time for the night. Any educated guesses from you guys as far as being able to tell if this could be the culprit for both the clipping and ****** sound??

Not sure how long but will go til

 

[robertoyoung08 10+ year member]

Update:

Think I fixed the problem. Won't find out for sure until i do some small adjustments on my amp tomorrow and on my 3sixty.3 processor, but i'm getting MUCH better sound already.

As some of you suggested- impedance, phase and ohm load were the issues.

I had wired the speakers incorrectly. I took them out, checked the ohm's and rewired them to get a 3 ohm load (each sub is DVC .8 ohms). Prior to this rewiring, the multimeter didn't even get a read out, so it must have been a weird wiring thing i did.

Thanks for all the input guys. I appreciate your time and help.

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