No bass

[DreamsteR 10+ year member]

alright you can all flame on me (stupid me I didnt look first) I went out and bought 2 legacy 10's. they sounded okay at first with my first box which was like 1.5 cu ft with 2 3in ports, but I put it in a vented enclosure now all the sudden they dont give any bass (or so it seems like) at all, they move but you can only hear it when the trunks open. Both setups powered by a sony xplod 800w amp cause Im cheap and want something quick. the box is 27x20x9 with a 16.25in length and 8 on the other length, its 4.5inches tall (which Im thinking thats the prob) so could anyone explain whats going on or what? yes I know legacy and sony xplod **** I already know

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[sinosic 10+ year member]

subs might be outa phase. meaning on one of the subs the wire are reversed. flip the wires at one terminal. see if that is your problem

 

[DreamsteR 10+ year member]

hmm possibly but would it make both of them work alright? (move)

 

[bizzy07 10+ year member]

if that is the problem it will make a night to day difference

 

[DreamsteR 10+ year member]

would it be possible just to switch the wires on the amp?

 

[LilBassGuy 10+ year member]

It depends on how you have it wired. If you have only ONE pair of wires running from the amp to the enclosure, and then have the wires split internally, then you will need to get inside the enclosure and swap one of the subwoofers positive and negative wires.

If you have TWO pairs of wires running from the amp to the enclosure, one pair (pos and neg) per subwoofer, then you can simply swap the positive and negative wires on the amp terminal for one subwoofer.

The other replies are correct: if this is your problem, you will notice immediately.

 

[DreamsteR 10+ year member]

welp I think I found the problem. I hooked the battery up to my charger (my battery dies overnight for some reason) had the car on and the system on as well and everytime the bass would hit even with the battery charger it'd make the engine slow down a bit...so Im thinking its the battery or alt...so I dunno what to do yet...but see when I had the system hooked up before it would run just fine but dim the lights and all, also could it be possible that using butt connectors on my speaker wire it could be killing the sound?

 

[sothrowd 10+ year member]

You got the remote wire hooked up right? Does the amp stay one while the car is off? if so then the amp is draining power.

 

[DreamsteR 10+ year member]

yeah, I got the wire hooked up to the REM on the amp and the power antenna from the stero

 

[DreamsteR 10+ year member]

also still doesnt explain the battery being drained while car is started

 

[AAckley1 10+ year member]

Battery being drained while car is started = Shitty Alternator.

Alternator no good, Bass no worky, car soon diey.

 

[DreamsteR 10+ year member]

lol yeah, Im thinking about buying a used alternator since Im a little...okay alot low on cash and I dont wanna run my credit card bill any higher, plus I gotta buy a clutch which is like 170 etc etc so, I guess I'll go bass-less/low bass till I can get a HO alt.

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

yeah, I got the wire hooked up to the REM on the amp and the power antenna from the stero

i have read somewhere that this isnt the best place to hook up the remote. Try hooking it up to the hu just to see.

 

[bopo668 10+ year member]

you could also put a small wire with the power wire on your amp and run it to a toggle switch and then to your rem on the amp and just turn it on manually with the toggle switch

 

[DreamsteR 10+ year member]

well techincally that is the HU wire, doesnt matter really tho, Ive pretty much found the prob...