Why Am I Not Getting Full Potential

[littleitaly1990]

alright well I just drove home from my friends house...and used that sub+ on the HU and went to +6 and got voltage drop for the first time since I had my new alt....I think that may have been the problem, and all this time I though it was just a bass booster and not necessary. I am still going to seal the holes up and move my subs forward for comps, and I will retune tommorrow and let you guys know how it goes.... and its a 225 amp alt I guess when I compete on sunday I will figure out if that helps!!

[andym85]

yea, on my alpine deck i have the x-over set at 80, bass at 0, and usually i have the sub set at +10 or +11 for daily driving...

[ChevyBoy]

i believe nismo said with the alpines, that controls the output voltage of the head unit for your rca's.

[Guest Nismofreak]

i believe nismo said with the alpines, that controls the output voltage of the head unit for your rca's.

ding. Yes

the subwoofer control needs to be on +15 to work correctly. That might be your problem

[ChevyBoy]

maybe not +15, but not on 0 neither.

[Guest Nismofreak]

maybe not +15, but not on 0 neither.

its +15

goes from 0 to 15.

[ChevyBoy]

i know, but then you can always start clipping if everything isnt all set correctly.

[andym85]

i only put mine on +15 when i compete...

[Guest Nismofreak]

i know, but then you can always start clipping if everything isnt all set correctly.

not really. I have a clip meter on my colossus just can't go past 28 and you bass need to be set on -4 so you don't clip.

[ChevyBoy]

i mean watch your settings on the amp.