Amp turning its self down?

That's a hard question about repairing the tensel.  The tensel lead is probably hitting on the chasis of your sub causing it to go into partial protection causing it to play low.  Once the amp thinks everything is ok your amp returns to normal mode and plays loud again.  You will want to correct the tinsel lead problem because everytime it causes your amp to go into protection mode it weakens the amp.  You can try putting tape on you sub chasis to keep it from shorting if that is what cut the lead.  Other than that you might want to get a new sub or a new set of subs.  Sounds like the amp may be pushing the subs beyond there limit or you can be giving them to high levels of distortion causing them to lose control and bounce too much.

T.Hill I was doing a little research on MA Audio and I am not sure about the power ratings.  I tried to find out a little about the transistors used in the amps but couldn't find anything.  A good way sometimes to determine what your amp can actually do is by looking at the amount of fuses and there ampre ratings.  Your amp may say 1,000 watts but this may not be the case, you might be seeing 800 watts and the distortion level may be a little skewed.  I am thinking this because I remembered a company a while back that was comparable to pyramid.  This is the same company that makes your amplifier, I am not saying that it is not a good amp but I wanted just wanted you to be aware.  Just for anyone that does not know MA Audio is Mobile Authority under a different name.