brucesmith Posted January 19, 2012 Report Posted January 19, 2012 My buddy bought two alpine type X's with a Hifonics Colossus amp. They installed it with 4 Gauge wire and it clips when you turn it up. It doesn't seem like they are hitting as hard as they should be able to without clipping. If he changed it to 0 Gauge wire would the clipping stop? Quote
n8ball2013 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Posted January 19, 2012 how do you know its clipping Quote THERE IS NO BUILD LOG! 1998 Chevy Silverado ext cab Alpine CDA-9887 4 Team Fi 15s 2 Ampere Audio TFE 8.0 2 Ampere Audio 150.4 3 Digital Designs CS6.5 component sets Dual Mechman 370XP Elite alternators inbound! 8 XS Power d3400 6 XS power d680 Second Skin Stinger Tsunami Wiring Sky High A Real Voltmeter not a piece of shit stinger.
Guest Posted January 19, 2012 Report Posted January 19, 2012 he should be using 0 gauge regardless. the shop that installed it is retarded as fuck for using 4 gauge. if they did that i cant imagine what else they fucked up on. whats his electrical look like? thats a 3000w amp and i hope to god he's not running it on a stock alternator and battery with no big 3 done. Quote
TeamHT Posted January 19, 2012 Report Posted January 19, 2012 And if they lack the ability to correctly install the amp, I would assume it is possible that the amp is clipping. I assume the gains have been set grossly incorrectly. Quote Tell me...does this smell like chloroform to you?
Guest Posted January 19, 2012 Report Posted January 19, 2012 how do you know its clipping amp knob has a 3 stage clipping indicator Quote
brucesmith Posted January 19, 2012 Author Report Posted January 19, 2012 he should be using 0 gauge regardless. the shop that installed it is retarded as fuck for using 4 gauge. if they did that i cant imagine what else they fucked up on. whats his electrical look like? thats a 3000w amp and i hope to god he's not running it on a stock alternator and battery with no big 3 done. Okay I said it didn't seem right that they were using 4 gauge. I'm gonna get him to go back and tell them to put 1 gauge. Thanks for the help guys. Quote
n8ball2013 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Posted January 19, 2012 Id believe my wife telling me I was clipping before that knob. Quote THERE IS NO BUILD LOG! 1998 Chevy Silverado ext cab Alpine CDA-9887 4 Team Fi 15s 2 Ampere Audio TFE 8.0 2 Ampere Audio 150.4 3 Digital Designs CS6.5 component sets Dual Mechman 370XP Elite alternators inbound! 8 XS Power d3400 6 XS power d680 Second Skin Stinger Tsunami Wiring Sky High A Real Voltmeter not a piece of shit stinger.
brucesmith Posted January 19, 2012 Author Report Posted January 19, 2012 how do you know its clipping amp knob has a 3 stage clipping indicator That's exactly how I know Quote
Guest Posted January 19, 2012 Report Posted January 19, 2012 he should be using 0 gauge regardless. the shop that installed it is retarded as fuck for using 4 gauge. if they did that i cant imagine what else they fucked up on. whats his electrical look like? thats a 3000w amp and i hope to god he's not running it on a stock alternator and battery with no big 3 done. Okay I said it didn't seem right that they were using 4 gauge. I'm gonna get him to go back and tell them to put 1 gauge. Thanks for the help guys. just putting 0 gauge wont solve the problem... Quote
brucesmith Posted January 19, 2012 Author Report Posted January 19, 2012 Id believe my wife telling me I was clipping before that knob. But I mean common, they ran a 3200 watt amp with 4 gauge. Obviously it's gonna clip. I will believe that knob in this case haha. Quote
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