subwoofer sounds

[tdiddy 10+ year member]

I've had my 2 Sony Xplod 12's but today i turned it up to about 35 and all of a sudden i heard like a clapping sound, what could it be?

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[Jdizzle 10+ year member]

blown....perhaps they are sonys by the way

 

[406er 10+ year member]

probably bottem out the subs. reset your gains on your amp or turn the gain down a bit

 

[tdiddy 10+ year member]

how do i do that with the gains?

 

[analogkid]

if you want the simple way without getting technical. set the volume at about 3/4. turn the gain(input level) on the amps all the way down. now with a nice clear cd that you would typically listen to turn the gains up until the subs just distort, then turn it down a bit. this will get you relatively close to where you need to be. there are much more involved ways which you can explore but i dont know how serious you are about car audio. this method will suffice. it is a knock off way of doing it but it will be good enough to help the amp from clipping and the subs from bottoming out.