what can i do????

[pontiac_rayzer 10+ year member]

i have 2 audiobahn subs in my car and they sound pretty hard,but when i turn the volume up on my car stereo the sound of the woofers kinda goes away does anyone know why that is?

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[chris96camaro 10+ year member]

cuz they are audiobahns

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Thats Audiobahn for you //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif .

 

[pontiac_rayzer 10+ year member]

ok thank you for your help, but really can anyone else tell me why that is happening

 

[SPL140.2 5,000+ posts]

Maybe its distorting or maybe its the enclosure.

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

I had an all Audiobahn system in my car and had the same problem //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif . I thought maybe it was a power problem. I went and spent another $700 on a bigger amp and nothing //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif . Well after about $2500 on Audiobahn **** I decided just to junk everthing and start over. I bought An all Alpine system and am a hell of alot more satisfied //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif . Audiobahn products are all show but no sound quality.

 

[chris96camaro 10+ year member]

ok thank you for your help, but really can anyone else tell me why that is happening

You thought we were joking...

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

We were not joking //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif . I tried everything for a bigger amp to a different box. I spent to much money on this **** to just junk it which is what I did anyway //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif . Believe me I tried everthing to try to save my investment, but nothing. The sound seem to fade away after high volume.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

clipping? and what does it mean for a sub to "sound pretty hard"?

 

[AndonD454 10+ year member]

clipping? and what does it mean for a sub to "sound pretty hard"?

hah you know.. the shit be bangin

but ive heard this a few times from people runnin audiobahn stuff.. these guys werent joking.. not sure what it is about em. what model do you have. most of the audiobahn subs ive heard sound like pure distorsion. im wonderign if they just reached their peak for the amount of power you have and cant get and louder (or distort any more) as the volume increases.

 

[Jdizzle 10+ year member]

the audiobahn effect

 

[pontiac_rayzer 10+ year member]

oh man that's messed up, i guess i just have buy some new subs then thanks for the help

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

What exactally does your setup consist of amp, box and what model subs? My first set of subs did exactally what you are saying and they were in a vented box. They did hit hard but after high volume it would fade away //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif . The excursion was so severe it looked as if the subs were going to come out of the basket //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif but not loud. I then tried another model of subs with a sealed box and they did sound somewhat better in sound quaility, but did the same thing. I even tried a bigger amp and nothing. Then I finally decided after spending a couple of grand I was done with Audiobahn //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif . I guess it is the way subs are made I really dont know, the amps however are somewhat good though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif .

 

[pontiac_rayzer 10+ year member]

well do you think that it could be the wires that i used, because i'm using some cheap RCA wires for now maybe that could be the problem

my setup consists of a 500 watt amp and the subs are in a vented type box, i have all the factory audio in the car but the subs and amp i really don't know the model of the subs really but the amp is good cuz i had it in another car runnin a pair of pioneer subs and they sounded much better than the audiobahn

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

My 2000SPL's did that in a sealed box. After a certain point, they just wouldnt get any louder amd really sounded like shit. But my ported box solved that problem.