DD1 doesn't seem to be helping?

[Trey_Dog650]

I've always wondered this though, I have an Excelon too, in the menu you can turn off the built in amp, I did this and my bass played but the door speakers didn't work so I figure you turn this off when your speakers are being powered by a seperate amp and maybe that internal amp causes the early clipping?

I read a while ago that the sub level needs to be at +15 so I did this and it made my subs come to life, no issues at all with my subs and its been about 2 months now. I'll have to maybe talk to Treydog on here since he lives near me and has a DD-1 so I can get mine tuned and see what happens since my x592 is an older model.

I usually have my volume at 28-30 anyways

Anytime bro. Just lemme know

[Mikey Bates]

so no matter what combination of settings i kept getting the same output. but im wondering. if the amp is putting out more than 500-600 watts. my box is 3 cubes wch is the max the sub whould be put in. is that "bottoming out" sound possibly caused because the box is to big with to much power???!?

[ALPINE408]

1 quick question when did the dd-1 start detecting clipping?

Itt detects distortion not clipping ????????

[Mikey Bates]

1 quick question when did the dd-1 start detecting clipping?

Itt detects distortion not clipping ????????

i dont recall saying that but if i did i interchange clipping and distortion. my bad. i know it detects distortion only lol

[ALPINE408]

I dunno if you said it a lot of people were saying in this thread tho

What will make a sub bottom out

1 box to big

2 port to big

3 playing to far out of tunning

or all of the above

[Mikey Bates]

I dunno if you said it a lot of people were saying in this thread tho

What will make a sub bottom out

1 box to big

2 port to big

3 playing to far out of tunning

or all of the above

bottoming out only noticeable when volume is loud though right?

and how do i tell the difference between clipping and bottoming out??

Edited June 7, 2012 by Mikey Bates

[ALPINE408]

bottoming out the voice coil and former hit the bottom of the motor it sounds like metal hitting metal or a loud tap sound you cant mistake bottoming out

clipping will sound like major distortion if your clipping that bad

Edited June 8, 2012 by Team Bassick (ALPINE)

[P4killer_]

Also if you listen to any Decaf, or boosting and set your gains using the wrong tone... you could be clippin some..

iirc he never goes louder than -5 so you should use track 3 to set your gains.

if you set it using the other two (-10, -15) you will clip.

This may not apply to you but i thought it worth mentioning.