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I'm currently waiting for the CAB-22 to be fixed and sent back.

 

Now I'm having issues with my old amp that I'm using in the meantime. I've been running it for several days. This morning when I turned the car off it made a very loud boom/pop. Loud enough I jumped. Checked all my connections and they seem snug. I also noticed that when the car is running I can feel and very faintly hear some vibration/hum from the subwoofer. It didn't make the noise when I drove yesterday so I'm at a loss why it started all of a sudden.

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5 hours ago, whoopdeedoo said:

I'm currently waiting for the CAB-22 to be fixed and sent back.

 

Now I'm having issues with my old amp that I'm using in the meantime. I've been running it for several days. This morning when I turned the car off it made a very loud boom/pop. Loud enough I jumped. Checked all my connections and they seem snug. I also noticed that when the car is running I can feel and very faintly hear some vibration/hum from the subwoofer. It didn't make the noise when I drove yesterday so I'm at a loss why it started all of a sudden.

Your voltage isn't dropping too low while your listening to it is it? 

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Sounds like ground loop making the hum. It's intermittent due to change in atmospheric conditions. The loud pop is the soft turn on/off circuit died or equipment not turning off in the right order. Audio control has an article about the turn off pop. They suggest changing ground and or adding a small capacitor to the remote turn on to the amp so it turns off after the other equipment.

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On 4/8/2021 at 2:52 PM, Dafaseles said:

Your voltage isn't dropping too low while your listening to it is it? 

I don't have a great volt meter, just using a basic cigarette lighter plug but it drops from 14.6 to 14.

 

Oddly enough after I posted I unplugged the RCA's to see if it would still do it. It went away.. So after checking all my connections, which were fine. I reconnected the RCA's and tried it again, no problems. Seemingly went away all on its own and hasn't done it since. I'm at a loss as to why caused it and how I fixed it by simply turning it on and off with the RCA's unplugged.

 

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  • Pioneer 80PRS
  • Taramps Smart 5
  • Sundown Xv3 15" (2)
  • Mechman 320a
  • XS Power D3400 (2)
  • KnuKonceptz wire and RCAs
  • Slam Panda knob (RJ45 model)
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1 hour ago, whoopdeedoo said:

I don't have a great volt meter, just using a basic cigarette lighter plug but it drops from 14.6 to 14.

 

Oddly enough after I posted I unplugged the RCA's to see if it would still do it. It went away.. So after checking all my connections, which were fine. I reconnected the RCA's and tried it again, no problems. Seemingly went away all on its own and hasn't done it since. I'm at a loss as to why caused it and how I fixed it by simply turning it on and off with the RCA's unplugged.

 

Well, a's looking as your not dipping below 12 volts, you're good. 

Maybe your RCA wasn't making a good connection to the amp. Unplugging and plugging them back in might have gotten them a more snug connection. 

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