mwestep
Junior Member
***UPDATE: FIXED***
After reading this thread http://www.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=88666 I went out and double checked the head unit ground. I put the ground cable at another spot and it worked itself out. I still plan on upgrading my amp sometime in the real near future, but I am just glad that I have a good sounding system as of now. Thanks a lot for all your guys' help, I really do appreciate it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
And I can't get it to sound good at all. The music always sounds "tinny" and there is really no body to it. Even if I turn the gains way down on my amp (US Acoustics USB-4085), it sounds like that. I have the head unit at moderate (~20) volume, and tried to set the gains correctly on the amp at 25/35 volume on the head unit. Any ideas what would cause this?
I just took out my older Pioneer DEH-7400mp head unit, and it sounded a lot better than this.
Only thing I can think of is that my amp is an older amp. And it might not be able to handle the 4v preout of the Alpine. Would that cause this? I can't check out another amplifier because I don't have a spare lying around.
Thanks guys.
*edit* oh, here is my system specs
Alpine CDA-9833 head unit
US Acoustics USB-4085
Alpine SPX-177a Type X speakers
Ascendant Audio Atlas 12" in custom 2cf box
After reading this thread http://www.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=88666 I went out and double checked the head unit ground. I put the ground cable at another spot and it worked itself out. I still plan on upgrading my amp sometime in the real near future, but I am just glad that I have a good sounding system as of now. Thanks a lot for all your guys' help, I really do appreciate it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
And I can't get it to sound good at all. The music always sounds "tinny" and there is really no body to it. Even if I turn the gains way down on my amp (US Acoustics USB-4085), it sounds like that. I have the head unit at moderate (~20) volume, and tried to set the gains correctly on the amp at 25/35 volume on the head unit. Any ideas what would cause this?
I just took out my older Pioneer DEH-7400mp head unit, and it sounded a lot better than this.
Only thing I can think of is that my amp is an older amp. And it might not be able to handle the 4v preout of the Alpine. Would that cause this? I can't check out another amplifier because I don't have a spare lying around.
Thanks guys.
*edit* oh, here is my system specs
Alpine CDA-9833 head unit
US Acoustics USB-4085
Alpine SPX-177a Type X speakers
Ascendant Audio Atlas 12" in custom 2cf box