So i cant get my amps to clip

[alex5857 10+ year member]

I've owned about 4-5 subwoofer amps, even when the gain is turned all the way up, my amps wont clip?

and i feel like its not producing full power either..i've been checking my voltage and it stays in the high 13's even when at full tilt, and this is with no big 3 done.

i have a MTX 1501d run with kicker 1/0 and a kicker 350.4 run with 6guage..

i even tried two DMM's because i thought it was a error, and it wasn't..i checked front and back wiring and it was pretty consistent.

the hell is going on?

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[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

why do you want your amp to clip?

 

[chunky cumz 10+ year member]

you might be tone deaf. it happens! no kiddin

 

[chunky cumz 10+ year member]

lol idk

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

As far as I know you can't tell if it's clipping with a DMM, you need an O-scope or good ears for that.

Make sure the sub out on your HU is all the way up, and look up the line out voltage your HU is spec'ed for.

 

[chunky cumz 10+ year member]

oh ya h/u have very low voltage outs sometimes. check that. I only get h/u with 5v or better. anything less is shyt to me.

 

[Trez0r 10+ year member]

wow , just turn the gain up and turn the volume all the way up and play it for 10 minutes, im sure your amp will be clipping. If that is what you want .

 

[alex5857 10+ year member]

I was trying to see how high i can go with the gain..

my HU is a x100 wich only have 2v preouts..i was checking the voltage on it and it says around .002 on the rca's at the amp..on both my sub and front stage..

so im assuming thats the problem?

 

[alex5857 10+ year member]

and yes the sub is turned all the way up on the HU

 

[alex5857 10+ year member]

http://www.fadfusion.com/selection.php?product_item_number=20082405632

would that work?

 

[MAY03TBLT 10+ year member]

what head unit do you have?

did you ever get the 1501 looked at for the humming noise?

 

[alex5857 10+ year member]

i have a x100..and no i didn't because it stopped doing it within a week and has been running fine since.

 

[shaneb 10+ year member]

so why exactly do you want your amps to clip? obviously an amp with a clip light would help?

i guess so that you know where to tune it and to get the most power out of it...

so if it isn't clipping, and obv. you care not about distortion, crank that thing up and like it, or get a bigger set up...

 

[Linkz 10+ year member]

buy a line driver that supports the maximum voltage rating that you amp will take.

 

[alex5857 10+ year member]

so why exactly do you want your amps to clip? obviously an amp with a clip light would help?i guess so that you know where to tune it and to get the most power out of it...

so if it isn't clipping, and obv. you care not about distortion, crank that thing up and like it, or get a bigger set up...

I just want to know why none of my older amps nor my new ones obviously clip even when the gain is set all the way up, maybe there is a problem somewhere.

and now that its mentioned i think the pre-outs voltage is wayyy to low which is why i was asking if getting a line driver would help.