Subs louder while driving

[Steven206Seattl 10+ year member]

Is it normal for subs to sound louder when your driving then when you're idleing? My car idles at 13 volts and drives about 13 volts too. But I also had the windows down when driving.

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[AndonD454 10+ year member]

does your car idle at 13 when you have your subs cranked?

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Some are louder with the windows down...

 

[2loud4u 10+ year member]

Some are louder with the windows down...

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does your car idle at 13 when you have your subs cranked?

my guess no.

most alts do not put out there power till you spin them up. around 2000rpm

 

[Steven206Seattl 10+ year member]

With the subs cranked up it still idled at 13 volts. Maybe it's something with pressure?

 

[gHOstFaCe 10+ year member]

Some stereo's have a setting that turns up the volume with driving and lowers it when idling. Usually the settings are low, med and hi. It was designed to play louder over road noise while the cars are in motion. I always disable it.

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

IMO mine was louder always sitting still, not going down the road
maybe my ears are werid //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

same here

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

x3 same with me

 

[systembumping 10+ year member]

IMO mine was louder always sitting still, not going down the road
maybe my ears are werid //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

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[xpl0it 10+ year member]

Is it normal for subs to sound louder when your driving then when you're idleing? My car idles at 13 volts and drives about 13 volts too. But I also had the windows down when driving.

you're windows down will make it louder. If i have my windows about 1/2 down, that's the loudest aspect of my car, in which you can barely breath. I MISS MY SYSTEM, I WON'T SEE HER UNTIL DECEMBER!!!!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

IMO mine was louder always sitting still, not going down the road
maybe my ears are werid //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Same here, I think the wind has something to do with it...

 

[Vega 10+ year member]

Yeah my system it louder with the windows down. My car has the auto volume feature that increases the volume when the car is moving to make up for road noise. I turned that feature off because it always causes distortion with my speakers and caused my last sub to blow.

 

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

Mine is alot louder with the windows down. And to me it sounds even louder when I am sitting still

 

[AndonD454 10+ year member]

mine seems louder with windows up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif 2 dr explorer ftw