radio or equilizer problem?

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Topic: radio or equilizer problem?

Posted By: jordan61488
Subject: radio or equilizer problem?
Date Posted: April 25, 2009 at 6:00 PM

i believe i have a equilizer problem but im not sure i just bought it and about a few weeks later it started cutting out when my volume reacher a certain point and now its doing it randomly n i already changed the radio...

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Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: April 26, 2009 at 10:51 AM

clipping

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: April 26, 2009 at 10:58 AM

What is the make and model of your radio and especially your EQ?

Posted By: jordan61488
Date Posted: April 26, 2009 at 11:44 AM

Clipping?? i have a lanzar EQ and at first i had a jensen tv n now i have a kenwood radio..

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: April 26, 2009 at 12:15 PM

Your Lanzar EQ is probably the cause of your problem. Would you ever consider installing a Pyramid EQ?

Posted By: jordan61488
Date Posted: April 26, 2009 at 12:36 PM

yea i will i jus picked this one because it had rca output for my rears front n sub.. what model do u prefer?

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: April 26, 2009 at 12:40 PM

None. The Lanzar unit is a Pyramid. Bypass the EQ and see if your problem goes away.

Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: April 26, 2009 at 2:11 PM

how do you have the eq set? is it most of the way up on most of the dials? if you dont want to take the eq out then just turn it down and see if your problem goes away.

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Posted By: jordan61488
Date Posted: April 26, 2009 at 2:33 PM

there all halfway i think its just a defective EQ

Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: April 26, 2009 at 6:31 PM

if they are all halfway, meaning in the middle of their total range then you might as well not have it at all. if you are looking for something that will give you a front, rear, and sub set of rca's from one input them you should look at some active crossovers like the kicker KX3 i bought one about 4 years ago and i still have it even though i dont technically need it anymore i just keep it in my system because i like the fully selectable crossover points instead of the pre-set points built into my radio.

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Posted By: jordan61488
Date Posted: April 28, 2009 at 5:03 PM

thanks i look into it and i bypassed the EQ and it still cuts out for some reason?

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: April 28, 2009 at 6:04 PM

It is either your amp, radio or your interconnect cables, or a bad connection. It is not your EQ.

Posted By: kenwood_nut
Date Posted: May 04, 2009 at 9:58 PM

soundnsecurity wrote:

... because i like the fully selectable crossover points instead of the pre-set points built into my radio.

Exactly the point I try to tell my local friends. They can't understand why, if my deck has all those fancy HPF and LPF and crossovers, I would buy a crossover to mount in the trunk. Simple, and you answered what I've tried to tell them. Even though the deck has its own built-in crossovers, they are pretty much preset. Sure, your can also adjust the levels of each, but the crossover is so much easier to adjust. And you can adjust it in tighter areas rather than bypassing what Kenwood thinks you don't need. I've had several passive EQ's over the years but this is my first crossover that I'm mounting to my amp rack.

I'm sure if I have any questions about the adjustments I'll be able to get them answered in the forum. The owner's manual shows how to do a few things, but the fine tuning might be tricky until I get used to it. I started to buy one of those Audio Control EQ's (the L, S, or X models) but one look scared me out of my wits. I don't know any local brain surgeons or rocket scientists who could help me adjust all those knobs!

So I settled on this... (from past recommendations and the length of time they have been around):

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