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<blockquote data-quote="IronAnger" data-source="post: 8769243" data-attributes="member: 684237"><p>I hate asking for help in forums, Kuz I always feel like I'm embarrassing myself, but I'm perplexed as to why my system is sounding so bad. </p><p></p><p>I installed my kicker speakers and amp with no issue, and they sound great. But after finishing the box for my kicker L7 sub and installing it I was very disappointed!</p><p></p><p>I have a 10" Kicker L7 Q-Class DVC 2 Ohm (paralleled to 1) powered by a <u>Rockford Fosgate </u>R2-750X1. This thing is 750w RMS, so I would think it could put out some serious bass. But.... It doesn't. With bass boost at 0 on the HU, and Punch EQ at 0 on the amp, you barely notice there's even a subwoofer in the car at all! </p><p></p><p>I used a multimeter to set the gain on the sub amp, but found it very peculiar that the C.L.E.A.N. output clipping light was firing off when the gain wasn't even half way up. Voltmeter read the correct voltage for my subwoofer with the gain knob at 11 o'clock.</p><p></p><p>I actually can get decent bass if I turn up the Punch EQ; which I understand is a bass boost. Which, obviously, is not ideal! I don't want bass in a narrow frequency.. but why would the bass boost be acting more like a gain than the gain?</p><p></p><p>The HU has a Bass boost setting from 1 to 5. I played with it and got more bass out of the sub, but it doesn't sound good at all. Very muddy, almost like I would need an EQ for the sub itself!</p><p></p><p>So, I'm at a loss. After spending all this money on decent equipment and spending months to build a box, sound deadening the doors and trunk... I feel defeated. What am I missing?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IronAnger, post: 8769243, member: 684237"] I hate asking for help in forums, Kuz I always feel like I'm embarrassing myself, but I'm perplexed as to why my system is sounding so bad. I installed my kicker speakers and amp with no issue, and they sound great. But after finishing the box for my kicker L7 sub and installing it I was very disappointed! I have a 10" Kicker L7 Q-Class DVC 2 Ohm (paralleled to 1) powered by a [U]Rockford Fosgate [/U]R2-750X1. This thing is 750w RMS, so I would think it could put out some serious bass. But.... It doesn't. With bass boost at 0 on the HU, and Punch EQ at 0 on the amp, you barely notice there's even a subwoofer in the car at all! I used a multimeter to set the gain on the sub amp, but found it very peculiar that the C.L.E.A.N. output clipping light was firing off when the gain wasn't even half way up. Voltmeter read the correct voltage for my subwoofer with the gain knob at 11 o'clock. I actually can get decent bass if I turn up the Punch EQ; which I understand is a bass boost. Which, obviously, is not ideal! I don't want bass in a narrow frequency.. but why would the bass boost be acting more like a gain than the gain? The HU has a Bass boost setting from 1 to 5. I played with it and got more bass out of the sub, but it doesn't sound good at all. Very muddy, almost like I would need an EQ for the sub itself! So, I'm at a loss. After spending all this money on decent equipment and spending months to build a box, sound deadening the doors and trunk... I feel defeated. What am I missing? [/QUOTE]
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