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rodolfo7171 
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hi i have 2 pioneer subs powered by a 1000 watt kendwood amp and my problem is im having a balance problem with my subs. when ever i fade my stereo to the right it subs and when i fade it to the left it subs. but when i balance it out perfectly it doesnt really work.
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Look at your headunits RCA outputs. If you have sub outputs, then use those. If you dont, then you are using either rear or front RCA outputs (depending on how many pairs you have). In using those, when you change the balance, fade, bass, and treble, it will affect the amps output. Those RCA outputs are actually designed for an amp that will be used for speakers, not a subwoofer BUT you can still use it for subs though if you change the headunits settings like I mentioned above, it will affect the way the sub sounds. In my fiance's car, she has a Aiwa headunit. It has a single pair of RCA's which are ran back to her amp (which powers her sub). On her settings, I have her bass at 0, her treble doesnt matter cuz it wont affect the sub, and the fade and balance at 0. This setting works for her. If I was to change the fade from back to front, I would lose the rear speakers PLUS the sub. Thats just how they have the RCA outputs wired in comparison to the speaker outputs. understand this?
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Another thing, what kind of enclosure is your subs in?
rodolfo7171 
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Posted: March 21, 2008 at 11:06 AM / IP Logged  
yea my stereo has rca front and rear.
i have the cable hooked up the the rear ones.
rodolfo7171 
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i have a 2 speaker box, sealled
audioman2007 
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Is each sub isolated from eachother? Meaning is there a divider that makes each sub have its own chamber?

rodolfo7171 
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yea there is a divider between both.
coppellstereo 
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Well the woofers could be out of phase.
What exactly do you mean that it doesnt really work when the balance is to the middle? You only have output when it is balanced to the left OR the right?
I like the use of 'sub' as a verb ...
rodolfo7171 
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ok well on my stereo where it has the option to choose the balance if i offset the sound to the right a little bit it sounds good. then if i choose to balance it to the right just a bit it sounds good. the problem is that when i leave it perfectly balanced it sounds distorted.
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As Coppellstereo stated earlier, you have one of your woofers wired out of phase.  On one of your woofers, only one of them, switch the positive and negative wires.  Remove both wires and put the negative wire where the positive wire was and put the positive wire where the negative was.
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