bgaccord Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 well i have some cdt CL-61A-25 PRO components,i have them hook up with a dhd 400 watt amp and a alpine crossover ,when i turned it up my mids start distorting really bad,they dont get loud,my highs do ,but mids just distort,can it be the amplifier ?rigth now i have 2 channels for mids and other 2 channels for highs ,my mids are playing from 80 hz to 2500 and tweeter from 2500 and up.i play around with crossover but no luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beanz Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 YOUR GAINS TOO HIGH just like my words lol Quote That's why they don't deliver. Yer ass better go sit along the side of the road and wait. You can't expect them to travel up some dirt road in a hick / back woods town. Thats how horror movies start I explain things very simply and use analogies in terms of Pickles, and grape drink, pool noodles and jackhammers...if you can't put 2 and 2 together there man, There simply is not much more I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSkippyJ Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 YOUR GAINS TOO HIGH just like my words lol This. Are you using the crossovers that came with the component set or running active? Quote F150: Stock 2019 Harley Road Glide: Amp: TM400Xad - 4 channel 400 watt Processor: DSR1 Fairing (Front) 6.5s -MMats PA601cx Lid (Rear) 6x9s - TMS69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris from Mi Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 well, clipping causes a great deal of distortion, how many watts in rms is each side getting? i'm betting not enough and (as said above) the gain is too high causing distortion. Also, what slope is the crossover and be sure its actually at 80 hz, try going a bit higher to see if it will clear it up a bit Quote Orion 2500D, Jbl Gto 75.4 Team Wolfpack Audio FSQ 15" d2, mb quart xover, tweets peerless 6.5 mids Alpine cda-105 optima up front Knu klm 1/0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loganberry Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 your brain, telling your fingers, to turn the knob, all the way, to the right, commas represent steps along the way lol Quote My F-150 Build GET ON THE BANDWAGON what if they tried messing with the amps when the subs werent louder hahah jk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgaccord Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) This. Are you using the crossovers that came with the component set or running active? im runnnig active,i set gains with dmm but still get distortion,i think is 18db slope,i dont know how many real watts does the amp give out but it says 100 watts per channel so i have each speaker on its own channel i try setting crossover up to 180hz and still get distortion Edited January 20, 2010 by bgaccord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finkster Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) the stock crossovers are high passed at 100 hz for those comps. so i guess you are running active. Like someone above said, try turning up the hpf a little and see what happens. sounds to me like something is crossed over wrong, check all the rca cables. also try a steeper slope for the lpf on the mids and see what happens. double edit: can your pioneer run active? Edited January 20, 2010 by finkster Quote DAT 4125------>RE XXX comps active Eclipse cd7000 I serve drunks for a living Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSkippyJ Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 im runnnig active,i set gains with dmm but still get distortion,i think is 18db slope,i dont know how many real watts does the amp give out but it says 100 watts per channel so i have each speaker on its own channeli try setting crossover up to 180hz and still get distortion I looked up the amp, was hard to find somewhere that gave the RMS rating, it is 50W a channel. If the amp works, you should just bridge the amp and use the crossovers that came with the component set. Quote F150: Stock 2019 Harley Road Glide: Amp: TM400Xad - 4 channel 400 watt Processor: DSR1 Fairing (Front) 6.5s -MMats PA601cx Lid (Rear) 6x9s - TMS69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris from Mi Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 wait, if your running active why do you have a separate crossover listed as items that you used? step 1 purchase a better amp that does at least 80watts rms x2 @ 4 ohm, hook up crossovers as passive, set hpf of better amp to 80-100 hz Quote Orion 2500D, Jbl Gto 75.4 Team Wolfpack Audio FSQ 15" d2, mb quart xover, tweets peerless 6.5 mids Alpine cda-105 optima up front Knu klm 1/0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgaccord Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 the stock crossovers are high passed at 100 hz for those comps. so i guess you are running active. Like someone above said, try turning up the hpf a little and see what happens. sounds to me like something is crossed over wrong, check all the rca cables.also try a steeper slope for the lpf on the mids and see what happens. double edit: can your pioneer run active? pioneer cant runs active.i check evething like 10x and still get distortion on mids only,tweets sound good.i dont know if the mids need more power.but im planning on getting a powerbass 600.4 amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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