Taramps SMART3 Gain setting?

[ThxOne Premium Member]

The smart3 has a limiter so that at 1 ohm it can't pull too much current at the same time it makes it difficult to clip at 1 ohm as it throttles back but it did make m
My subs sound "not right"

Interesting... was that at full tilt I am guessing? I know my P3's won't handle the SMART3 full tilt.

 

[spokey9]

Word?

I had a shop refuse to make door pods for me because the owner was convinced my smart3 was a fire hazard

Man I ran mine all summer with no fuse just to see...between that and running the gain up for a few days...never had an issue but my voltage don't go below mid 13's and even then it don't drop below 14 unless I'm playing a few really bass heavy tracks in a row.

 

[spokey9]

Interesting... was that at full tilt I am guessing? I know my P3's won't handle the SMART3 full tilt.

Yeah that was full knob...the clip light never came on though

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

Yeah that was full knob...the clip light never came on though

Yummy! When I know for sure what replacement subs I am getting I am going to send off these P3's in epic fashion.

 

[spokey9]

Yummy! When I know for sure what replacement subs I am getting I am going to send off these P3's in epic fashion.

I thought I was gonna do that to my armada 12's when I ordered the sql-15's...I ran those 600w 12's full power on the smart and short of just doing something dumb...they took it and I sold them to a buddy

 

[dragon.breath 10+ year member]

When I got my first Taramps, (hd3000) I thought that it made the subs sound funny. Then I realized that the crossover controls were extremely sensitive.( you can use them if you need to, but sometimes moving a setting the width of a hair can change the sound. A light touch is necessary) I have a head unit with crossovers built in, so I just turned the subsonic all the way down and the low pass all the way up so that they basically don’t do anything. Then it sounded normal.

 

[spokey9]

When I got my first Taramps, (hd3000) I thought that it made the subs sound funny. Then I realized that the crossover controls were extremely sensitive.( you can use them if you need to, but sometimes moving a setting the width of a hair can change the sound. A light touch is necessary) I have a head unit with crossovers built in, so I just turned the subsonic all the way down and the low pass all the way up so that they basically don’t do anything. Then it sounded normal.

Yeah I'm not using the crossovers on mine either I really had the controls on taramps but they're solid amps for the most part

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

I have the big bass knob for it and I also have the AudioControl 608 DSP... Pretty sure I will run it off the DSP I think... maybeeeee IDK.

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

I have the big bass knob for it and I also have the AudioControl 608 DSP... Pretty sure I will run it off the DSP I think... maybeeeee IDK.

Use the AC DSP - The Taramps crossovers are pretty pathetic.

 

[spokey9]

The eq bass makes the onboard crossovers easier but if you got a free channel on the dsp you can do more

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

The eq bass makes the onboard crossovers easier but if you got a free channel on the dsp you can do more

I got 2 for tweets, 2 for mids, 2 for midbass and 2 more for the subs

 

[spokey9]

I got 2 for tweets, 2 for mids, 2 for midbass and 2 more for the subs

You only need 1 for the subs...


Might be time to think about a front sub buddy

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

You only need 1 for the subs...


Might be time to think about a front sub buddy

Hmmm I got room in the floorboard under the glove box

 

[spokey9]

Hmmm I got room in the floorboard under the glove box

And a free channel on the dsp

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

I'm gonna be def. Ok, gotta go back to work.