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<blockquote data-quote="bbeljefe" data-source="post: 8161071" data-attributes="member: 655960"><p>Your power wire is too small. On an amplifier that produces 1600 watts I would be running 1/0 cable with a 1/0 to 4 gauge reducer and, you need a second battery. At the absolute least, you should have a good, solid run of 4 gauge to that amplifier and you should have the big three installed.</p><p></p><p>You have good equipment that's being starved of power. The y connector isn't the problem and I doubt the gain setting is any part of it, unless the person who used the DD-1 didn't know how to use it. But with insufficient wire, you'll never know if the DD-1 was used properly.</p><p></p><p>And, your head unit isn't a problem. The entire purpose of the gain is to match the amplifier with the voltage level of the preamp and if that's only 2 volts and the gain is set properly, the amp will produce its max power... so long as you give it ample power with which to do so.</p><p></p><p>You don't have a signal or gain or speaker or amp or box problem, you have a power problem. Correct that and you'll have good bass.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: And, you need a second battery. ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbeljefe, post: 8161071, member: 655960"] Your power wire is too small. On an amplifier that produces 1600 watts I would be running 1/0 cable with a 1/0 to 4 gauge reducer and, you need a second battery. At the absolute least, you should have a good, solid run of 4 gauge to that amplifier and you should have the big three installed. You have good equipment that's being starved of power. The y connector isn't the problem and I doubt the gain setting is any part of it, unless the person who used the DD-1 didn't know how to use it. But with insufficient wire, you'll never know if the DD-1 was used properly. And, your head unit isn't a problem. The entire purpose of the gain is to match the amplifier with the voltage level of the preamp and if that's only 2 volts and the gain is set properly, the amp will produce its max power... so long as you give it ample power with which to do so. You don't have a signal or gain or speaker or amp or box problem, you have a power problem. Correct that and you'll have good bass. EDIT: And, you need a second battery. ;-) [/QUOTE]
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