manofthehour Posted September 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 (edited) Meant rms max, sorry for the confusion. nvm it says it on the pic LOL didn't see the words below LOL thanks again! Edited September 16, 2010 by manofthehour Quote My stuff '06 Scion xA: -Alpine iDa-x100 -Alpine KTP-445 Power Pack -Polk Audio db6501 (front components) -Polk Audio db651 (back coaxials) -2 RE Audio SEX12D4s -Cadence F1200-1D - Custom box tuned to 33Hz - Kinetik HC1400 - 50 ft2 of Audio Technix sound deadner - Big 3 My photography page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant the ninja Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 RMS, never use max. Quote 2002 Ford Explorer XLT Front Stage: Crescendo CCX 6.5's Rear Stage: ??? Two 15" Powerbass M154 Audiopipe AP15001d Pioneer DEH-P5100UB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofthehour Posted September 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 RMS, never use max. yep got it. Anyone know where to get a 50-60 hz tone unless i can use 45Hz @ -4.6dBs... Quote My stuff '06 Scion xA: -Alpine iDa-x100 -Alpine KTP-445 Power Pack -Polk Audio db6501 (front components) -Polk Audio db651 (back coaxials) -2 RE Audio SEX12D4s -Cadence F1200-1D - Custom box tuned to 33Hz - Kinetik HC1400 - 50 ft2 of Audio Technix sound deadner - Big 3 My photography page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofthehour Posted September 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Okay so today I hooked up the dmm and followed the instructions... when I plugged the subs back in and play sum music the bass is about 100% quieter. So I check it again... yet again quiet as hell. So I just put it back to what it was and left it like that. I don't understand what's going on but my system sounds fine on 170mV and the amp isn't powerful enough to overpower the subs, but the amp does get hot, but I'm blaming it on the fact it's 100 degrees outside and I ride with the windows down. O well. Quote My stuff '06 Scion xA: -Alpine iDa-x100 -Alpine KTP-445 Power Pack -Polk Audio db6501 (front components) -Polk Audio db651 (back coaxials) -2 RE Audio SEX12D4s -Cadence F1200-1D - Custom box tuned to 33Hz - Kinetik HC1400 - 50 ft2 of Audio Technix sound deadner - Big 3 My photography page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 (edited) Okay so today I hooked up the dmm and followed the instructions... when I plugged the subs back in and play sum music the bass is about 100% quieter. So I check it again... yet again quiet as hell. So I just put it back to what it was and left it like that. I don't understand what's going on but my system sounds fine on 170mV and the amp isn't powerful enough to overpower the subs, but the amp does get hot, but I'm blaming it on the fact it's 100 degrees outside and I ride with the windows down. O well. how high is your volume? what out of what? and some headunits have a subwoofer level control. if you do (usually goes up to 10 or 15), turn that up all the way (NOT BASSBOOST). retune gains. having to turn the gains up that high tells me that the headunit isnt turned up very much or the subwoofer level isnt up at all. edit: oh and when you tuned it to the rated power of the amp (with the dmm) and it wasnt "loud", thats probably cause the amp is too small and you are doing a "noob" mistake by turning up the gain more. 2 different things that can be going on, either the 1st part or 2nd part Edited September 17, 2010 by Kranny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finkster Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 what did you set the voltage at? 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...
manofthehour Posted September 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 (edited) how high is your volume? what out of what? and some headunits have a subwoofer level control. if you do (usually goes up to 10 or 15), turn that up all the way (NOT BASSBOOST). retune gains. having to turn the gains up that high tells me that the headunit isnt turned up very much or the subwoofer level isnt up at all. edit: oh and when you tuned it to the rated power of the amp (with the dmm) and it wasnt "loud", thats probably cause the amp is too small and you are doing a "noob" mistake by turning up the gain more. 2 different things that can be going on, either the 1st part or 2nd part lol Cadence doesn't play around there is no way that amp is too small lol. And yea my HU has a sub control its at 15 (the max) and the HU volume is at -25dB (75% all the way up). Everything I did was what the instructions told me... I just didn't like the results. its 1000 watts RMS and I've been playing it with no subwoofer problems... So idk edit: the only thing I could do instead of turning up the gains is turning up the bass EQ on the HU, but I'm gonna guess that's not a good idea lol I also have a loudness setting... Edited September 17, 2010 by manofthehour Quote My stuff '06 Scion xA: -Alpine iDa-x100 -Alpine KTP-445 Power Pack -Polk Audio db6501 (front components) -Polk Audio db651 (back coaxials) -2 RE Audio SEX12D4s -Cadence F1200-1D - Custom box tuned to 33Hz - Kinetik HC1400 - 50 ft2 of Audio Technix sound deadner - Big 3 My photography page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofthehour Posted September 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 what did you set the voltage at? ? You mean the gain voltage (170mV now) and tuned it was ~3V? maybe but it sounded quiet... Quote My stuff '06 Scion xA: -Alpine iDa-x100 -Alpine KTP-445 Power Pack -Polk Audio db6501 (front components) -Polk Audio db651 (back coaxials) -2 RE Audio SEX12D4s -Cadence F1200-1D - Custom box tuned to 33Hz - Kinetik HC1400 - 50 ft2 of Audio Technix sound deadner - Big 3 My photography page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinity Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 lol Cadence doesn't play around there is no way that amp is too small lol. And yea my HU has a sub control its at 15 (the max) and the HU volume is at -25dB (75% all the way up). Everything I did was what the instructions told me... I just didn't like the results. its 1000 watts RMS and I've been playing it with no subwoofer problems... So idk I dont know if im right ( dont yell at me, im new to car audio to) But you said on your HU its -25DB, turn that to 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofthehour Posted September 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 (edited) I dont know if im right ( dont yell at me, im new to car audio to) But you said on your HU its -25DB, turn that to 0. LOL i won't yell at you since you don't have this HU my HU goes from infinity being 0 (no sound) then it's like -120dBs or something then goes to 0 dB (the max) and at 0 dB the highs are way too distorted and I'm not going to turn my HU to the max since the good listening level is from -30dB to -20dB. Edited September 17, 2010 by manofthehour Quote My stuff '06 Scion xA: -Alpine iDa-x100 -Alpine KTP-445 Power Pack -Polk Audio db6501 (front components) -Polk Audio db651 (back coaxials) -2 RE Audio SEX12D4s -Cadence F1200-1D - Custom box tuned to 33Hz - Kinetik HC1400 - 50 ft2 of Audio Technix sound deadner - Big 3 My photography page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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