subwoofer distortion help meee

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

i tried that. even with the gain all the way up the ipod doesnt come through. i actually just measured the voltage at my amp and its actually like closed to 16.3 or something idk how its so high is that possibly cause of an overcharged capacitor? is that even possible?

just take the cap out of the equation, the amp may be shutting off or acting funny due to too high voltage

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

when you meter it what setting are you using on the DMM? and where are you taking the reading from exactly?

 

[phemps 10+ year member]

okay i took the cap out and i measured 16.7 volts at my amp

 

[phemps 10+ year member]

VDC and im measuring from power to ground on my amp input

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

should be a 20v setting

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

better measure at your battery, if its still 16v you have a bad alt or regulator

 

[cj407]

bet you its a cheap DMM...thats way too high on a standard 12v system....

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

either the meter is junk or your alternators rectifier bridge is toast and you need a new 1. double check at the battery to make sure then do like i told you 2 hours ago and take it to a PARTS STORE AND HAVE IT TESTED !

 

[phemps 10+ year member]

just checked my battery and got almost 17 volts. i actually recently changed vehicles tho and had this same distortion problem in my previous car..

 

[phemps 10+ year member]

yea the meter isnt too great so that may be part of the reason im getting such a high reading

 

[cj407]

someone from PA please go help this kid out....as this thread gets more cluttered with ways to help him and he comes back with another excuse as to why thats not it....

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

put a new battery in your dmm, 17v on stock electronics will fry some shit real quick

 

[phemps 10+ year member]

yea im positive its just because its a shitty dmm its one i got from school

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

funny thing is you have the gains low....bet you the h/u eq is set to blast bass....and also eq's on both are set above sub frequencies....

here you could of said "make sure you dont have bass boost and EQ's maxed, that could cause distortion"

sub freq. at 100hz.....lmao...thats mid bass...maybe take a tutorial on setting crossovers before you ask questions

Here you could of just suggested a frequency for him instead of laughing at him.

just take it to a shop as it sounds like you dont know what you are doing....or find someone in PA that is also on here...and knows more than you...

he did take it to a shop and they did nothing. most shops if you dont buy product from them they arent going to make their best effort wasting time helping you.

maybe you didnt intend to sound like a smart *** but to me it definitely sounded as if you were putting him down instead of being like jdawg and actually suggesting fixes. ive put examples under everything for you....

eh, could be a simple misunderstanding. just sounded like a smart *** to me.

 

[cj407]

well seeing as i am a smart *** you got that correct....but if someone's poor lil feeler's are hurt cuz i suggested things in a smart *** way...he should grow a set of balls and realize its the FUCKING internet