New speakers clipping?

[PuZo 10+ year member]

I just got new speakers installed. Not sure exactly what model, but they are CDT's, 6.5 and either a 61 or 62 I believe. Any ways, I'm using an old Kenwood amp, rated at 180w rms x 2 channels at 4ohms. What should my settings be at? How should I set my gain? Do I need to set it as HPF or leave that portion off? What about the frequency? 200hz? I don't know why it's clipping.... seems like it shoudn't and the volume isn't even that loud, I can probably still talk with someone while it's clipping. Any ideas? Thanks

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[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

How do u know it's clipping? Distortion?

And your HPF should be on, either at the amp or at the HU. Start at 80-100hz and figure out the sweet spot.

 

[pr-festiva 10+ year member]

did a shop do the install?

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

27v

 

[PuZo 10+ year member]

Yea, but there was absolutely no bass and very quiet, my previous single Phoenix gold rsd was louder so I started tweaking and when the bass was on was when it started clipping.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

If you're hearing clicking noises with bass it's the speakers hitting their mechanical stops. You need to set the HPF higher or turn down the bass.

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

There's roughly a $100 difference between HD-61 and HD-62, plus they have different mids and crossovers. You'll need to set them up about the same as far as the HPF and amplifier power. The power rating is for a 120 Hz HPF, and power handling decreases as you lower the HPF. It's less important to dial in XXX watts than it is to listen for the speakers when they stop sounding clear as you adjust the gain. If you aren't using a 1 kHz sine wave test tone then pick your loudest song and adjust the gain with your head unit turned up around 75% of maximum volume.

"Fine-Tuning Stereos"

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

There's roughly a $100 difference between HD-61 and HD-62, plus they have different mids and crossovers. You'll need to set them up about the same as far as the HPF and amplifier power. The power rating is for a 120 Hz HPF, and power handling decreases as you lower the HPF. It's less important to dial in XXX watts than it is to listen for the speakers when they stop sounding clear as you adjust the gain. If you aren't using a 1 kHz sine wave test tone then pick your loudest song and adjust the gain with your head unit turned up around 75% of maximum volume."Fine-Tuning Stereos"

this ^^^

 

[PuZo 10+ year member]

I listened to it more and it's not really clipping, it's more like a scratching sound, the music still plays it just has these random scratches.

 

[PuZo 10+ year member]

Also, there is practically no bass when I tune it, how do I reset my Alpine 9881 so all the settings are gone?