a1500hct amp missing notes at low volum

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Topic: a1500hct amp missing notes at low volum

Posted By: chargerondavins
Subject: a1500hct amp missing notes at low volum
Date Posted: June 27, 2009 at 12:38 AM

I have 2 Orion subs (new black series) and the 1500HCT Audiobahn amp.

Car: 2006 Dodge Charger SXT
Other Equipment: 800 Kinetic Battery, Isolator, and Pioneer Avic D2 navigation double din unit. Never had any issues in the 3 years I've owned this car like this.

Equipment was professionally installed.

I know most people here don't like audiobahn, but I've had my dual 1300 HCT's for years (6 years to be exact) without incident. I owned a 1500 HCT in another vehicle for 2 years with no incident (but it was stolen).

Now, with a new 1500HCT I have a problem.

At high volumes, it screws up 5% of the time.
At low volumes and songs with less bass, it screws up 50% of the time.

Basically, at lower volumes and higher bass it will cut out or "miss" notes. When cranked up and a louder bass song is played, the problem is very rare.

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2006 Dodge Charger show car
2003 Ford Exploder DD

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: June 27, 2009 at 8:32 AM

Assuming nothing else was changed from the system that was working well before, it sounds like the gain is set incorrectly or the amp is defective.

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Posted By: chargerondavins
Date Posted: June 27, 2009 at 11:43 AM

DYohn] wrote:

Assuming nothing else was changed from the system that was working well before, it sounds like the gain is set incorrectly or the amp is defective.

4 gauge was re-ran, what all should I double check?

Gains were always all the way up when I had those audiobahn amps back in the day..

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2006 Dodge Charger show car
2003 Ford Exploder DD

Posted By: chargerondavins
Date Posted: July 07, 2009 at 12:46 AM

bump, problem getting worse. Adjusted the gain higher, went away a little.. now getting worse.

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2006 Dodge Charger show car
2003 Ford Exploder DD

Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: July 07, 2009 at 10:31 AM

My answer is the same.

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