please please help im stumped

[TRAP$TAR 10+ year member]

ok so i have a 1200 mono hifonics amp 4gauge wire kicker rca cables pioneer hu and 4 kicker comp cvr 10's

gain set to about a little past mid way and bass eq is set all the way down and my subs will hit but as soon as they hit a certian point the will start to distort just sound so ugly i tried a different hu re grounded everything checked all fuses nothing but yet the amp worked fine in another car on another sub with gains set very low i dont understand i cant get them to hit like the use too please help

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[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

could be box placement

 

[DukeNut 10+ year member]

what is your low pass filter set at? possibly it is too high.

 

[TRAP$TAR 10+ year member]

could be box placement

what do you mean explain please

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

which way they are facing, what was your old car, whats the new one?

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

I think you need to check gains my man. I think you have it a bit too high to be honest.

EDIT: in short, if you turn your head unit to as loud as you turn it daily and set your gains you shouldnt set it to where your subs distort.

It could also be the subsonic or lowpass filter if you dont know what those do.

 

[Wragold 10+ year member]

it could be that you might not have a subsonic filter on and your woofer is unloading when it gets below the tuning freq.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

i think you need to learn how to use commas and periods

 

[TRAP$TAR 10+ year member]

which way they are facing, what was your old car, whats the new one?

there facing toward the cab in a 1986 oldsmobile cutlass supreme same as caprice and i just hooked the sub wires to a differnt amp in a differnt car

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

they might be wired out of phase, also try turning them around and see what its like, you might have to do some rear deck mods or take the back speakers out to let the bass wave in

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

could be something rattling in the car

 

[TRAP$TAR 10+ year member]

I think you need to check gains my man. I think you have it a bit too high to be honest.
EDIT: in short, if you turn your head unit to as loud as you turn it daily and set your gains you shouldnt set it to where your subs distort.

It could also be the subsonic or lowpass filter if you dont know what those do.

no my gains set to about mid way the problem occurs when the gain is past mid way or when i turn the hu up even with all loud settings off .... when i re wired everything it the subs worked fine beating it down for about 5 minutes then started distoring again so i had to turn the gain back up

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

it could be low voltage too

 

[TRAP$TAR 10+ year member]

they might be wired out of phase, also try turning them around and see what its like, you might have to do some rear deck mods or take the back speakers out to let the bass wave in

thats a good idea cause i swear when i was pulling the box towards me and away from the cab they would start to hit then distort again when i moved them back

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

if they beat for 5mins then started to distort you might have blown them