popping..

[Etac 10+ year member]

ok im having a slight problem with my speakers popping but i know its coming from the amp and its not a problem with the speaker itself.. only one speaker does it and if i switch em.. it switches to the other one so its defently related to the amp .. and it also did this with another set of speakers

now i was just wondering what could be causing this.. if i raise the high pass filter i can raise the volume more without it popping so its also defently related to teh bass... along with the amp..

could this be caused by a bad ground..? (doubt it) the amp clipping? or someting wrong with the amp possibly? if i set the highpass around 120 or so, i can get the lights in my crossovers to glow alot but if i set the highpass to 60-80 i cant even get them to light up at all really before they start popping... so im pretty sure its under its rms of 284 with the highpass around 60-80 (ill check with volt meter later)

any help would be appreciated

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[Etac 10+ year member]

anyone?

 

[pilyin 10+ year member]

I had a problem similar to this, but it was an RCA out on the Head unit. Try a different amp and see if it does the same thing?

 

[GearGuy2001 10+ year member]

I had that problem when I turned my deck on intial, it was fixed when I got a new remote line ran (i know it doesnt make sense but thats all I changed)

 

[skateboardkid 10+ year member]

Or switch the RCA from HU and see if it changes sides.

 

[Etac 10+ year member]

actaully i think i just might be overpowering them.. i got the other side to do it too after doing some testing... i am throwing a 284 watt amp (rms) at speakers rated for 50 watts (100 peak) lol

they are probaly just bottoming out or something similar..

but im unsure what bottoming out really sounds like... i wouldnt be surprised if its it but the pop is loud... it almost sounds like playing bass through a broken speaker.. but these arent broke.. and they defently pop at the peak of bass notes