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Soundqubed Q1-1200.2 Issue
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<blockquote data-quote="nategearing42" data-source="post: 8513115" data-attributes="member: 653335"><p>Hey guys! I'm gonna start this my telling you everything I have.</p><p></p><p>Pioneer 6700bt headunit</p><p></p><p>American Bass Xfl 12 in a custom 2 cubic foot box tuned to 32 hz</p><p></p><p>Soundqubed Q1-1200.2</p><p></p><p>Knuconcepts 4 gauge power and ground. 12 gauge speaker wire and Krystal RCA cables.</p><p></p><p>Second skin audio damplifier pro in the trunk.</p><p></p><p>So I just received my soundqubed 1200 this morning. I set my gain with a DMM. I followed these steps, <a href="http://knowledge.sonicelectronix.com/car-audio-and-video/car-amplifiers/how-to-adjust-amplifier-gains-using-a-digital-multi-meter/" target="_blank">How to Adjust Amplifier Gains Using a Digital Multi-Meter | Learning Center | Sonic Electronix</a></p><p></p><p>Anyway, when following these steps the sub barely seems like its on. I can barely and I mean barely hear it over my stock door speakers. I'm not sure what the problem is. I have to turn up the subwoofer control function on the headunit in order for it to be loud at all, but I don't want to do that since I set the gain with a DMM in order to keep it from clipping. Is the DMM not very accurate? Did I just get a bad amp? I fail to see how a 1200 rms amp would not be able to push an xfl. When setting the controls on the headunit higher and set the gain a bit higher the amp puts out some serious power but I'm afraid it is clipping. Any suggestions? I have emailed soundqubed but I dont think they will get back to me until monday. Am I just being paranoid and it's okay to turn up the headunit controls? I just can't wrap my head around the fact that everything on the headunit is set to be equal, the amp gain is about 70% turned up and the amp barely pushes the sub at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nategearing42, post: 8513115, member: 653335"] Hey guys! I'm gonna start this my telling you everything I have. Pioneer 6700bt headunit American Bass Xfl 12 in a custom 2 cubic foot box tuned to 32 hz Soundqubed Q1-1200.2 Knuconcepts 4 gauge power and ground. 12 gauge speaker wire and Krystal RCA cables. Second skin audio damplifier pro in the trunk. So I just received my soundqubed 1200 this morning. I set my gain with a DMM. I followed these steps, [URL="http://knowledge.sonicelectronix.com/car-audio-and-video/car-amplifiers/how-to-adjust-amplifier-gains-using-a-digital-multi-meter/"]How to Adjust Amplifier Gains Using a Digital Multi-Meter | Learning Center | Sonic Electronix[/URL] Anyway, when following these steps the sub barely seems like its on. I can barely and I mean barely hear it over my stock door speakers. I'm not sure what the problem is. I have to turn up the subwoofer control function on the headunit in order for it to be loud at all, but I don't want to do that since I set the gain with a DMM in order to keep it from clipping. Is the DMM not very accurate? Did I just get a bad amp? I fail to see how a 1200 rms amp would not be able to push an xfl. When setting the controls on the headunit higher and set the gain a bit higher the amp puts out some serious power but I'm afraid it is clipping. Any suggestions? I have emailed soundqubed but I dont think they will get back to me until monday. Am I just being paranoid and it's okay to turn up the headunit controls? I just can't wrap my head around the fact that everything on the headunit is set to be equal, the amp gain is about 70% turned up and the amp barely pushes the sub at all. [/QUOTE]
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