What am I Doing Wrong?!

[SmartAsss 10+ year member]

when using a scope, youre setting the gain pretty safely

Yep, and from my testing the difference in output is substantial, I would recommend you my mentioned method to experience it for yourself so you know im not b.s.ing you. It sounds like you may have already done this... try this with your scope on music too. I would use both methods and draw your own conclusion. Very little amplifier clipping while listening for the changes I mentioned will give you a superior view of this whole thing and optimize your system performance. should be a fun project if your into it. let me know what you thoughts are.

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

no sir, your pos and negative terminals are mixed up

O! Ok... Im pretty sure they arent cuz it still sounds realy clean and crisp but Ive done it before lol

 

[plugitin 5,000+ posts]

Yep, and from my testing the difference in output is substantial, I would recommend you my mentioned method to experience it for yourself so you know im not b.s.ing you. It sounds like you may have already done this... try this with your scope on music too. I would use both methods and draw your own conclusion. Very little amplifier clipping while listening for the changes I mentioned will give you a superior view of this whole thing and optimize your system performance. should be a fun project if your into it. let me know what you thoughts are.

oh dontcha worry. ill be messing with this all soon. would be fun to see the difference in output on the term lab

 

[plugitin 5,000+ posts]

Yep, and from my testing the difference in output is substantial, I would recommend you my mentioned method to experience it for yourself so you know im not b.s.ing you. It sounds like you may have already done this... try this with your scope on music too. I would use both methods and draw your own conclusion. Very little amplifier clipping while listening for the changes I mentioned will give you a superior view of this whole thing and optimize your system performance. should be a fun project if your into it. let me know what you thoughts are.

oh dontcha worry. ill be messing with this all soon. would be fun to see the difference in output on the term lab

 

[dirtye30 10+ year member]

O! Ok... Im pretty sure they arent cuz it still sounds realy clean and crisp but Ive done it before lol

bet you a beer they are //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

bet you a beer they are //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Hmmmmm now I realy wanna go check but its cold! When I did it with my Comps they sounded horrible thou

 

[Redlineaudio 10+ year member]

Hmmmmm that realy ***** since I had that one built and spent good money on it... but surely that isnt the only problem

lay the box down with the sub up and load the port on the side of the truck and see what it sounds like.

also does your Hu have any type of cross over in it? turn it off and just use the one in the amp.

 

[Canaan 10+ year member]

Having a single sub setup w/ the sub wired out of phase will not really effect the output. But having a 2 sub setup w/ 1 out of phase will cause all kinds of hell.

OP.

Please post pics of your enclosure installed in the vehicle.

I'm going to bet this is an enclosure design issue.

 

[Redlineaudio 10+ year member]

Hmmmmm now I realy wanna go check but its cold! When I did it with my Comps they sounded horrible thou

This happens offten, make sure to check it.

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

lay the box down with the sub up and load the port on the side of the truck and see what it sounds like.

also does your Hu have any type of cross over in it? turn it off and just use the one in the amp.

It doesnt as far as I know

Having a single sub setup w/ the sub wired out of phase will not really effect the output. But having a 2 sub setup w/ 1 out of phase will cause all kinds of hell.

OP.

Please post pics of your enclosure installed in the vehicle.

I'm going to bet this is an enclosure design issue.

One sec I trying to edit a pic of my old box sense I dont have one of the new one

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

Heres a very crude idea... the box in the pic is almost the same size as the new one

 

[SmartAsss 10+ year member]

When I did it with my Comps they sounded horrible thou

actually if you flip the polarity of only the midbass on the drivers side (after the passive crossover) you can actually increase the midbass output and will help center the sound stage. acoustic cancellation can happen when your mid basses are aimed at each other. give it a shot to see if it works for you. It worked wonders in my truck.

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

actually if you flip the polarity of only the midbass on the drivers side (after the passive crossover) you can actually increase the midbass output and will help center the sound stage. acoustic cancellation can happen when your mid basses are aimed at each other. give it a shot to see if it works for you. It worked wonders in my truck.

I meant Kicker comps lol... But that is interesting

 

[SmartAsss 10+ year member]

Oh, lol.

 

[BuckyBoy 10+ year member]

Box details:

2.25 @ 38

Port Area - 11.5" x 3.0"

Port Length - 23.5"