components are not loud

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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Topic: components are not loud

Posted By: larbear
Subject: components are not loud
Date Posted: October 06, 2009 at 1:40 PM

I am working on a complete system for my car. I just made a custom fiberglass door pod for my components and finally wired everything but when i ran a quick test to make sure everything went fine the music from the speakers was very low. My rear speakers hooked up without an amp sounded WAY louder then my new components.
I played with the gain on the amp a little bit and it made it louder, but just a little bit. Could it be that i left the crossovers at 0, instead of -3db or 3db?

My set up is CDT Audio CL-61A-25 PRO
With Arc Audio FD 2200 amp.
Any info on why it is low please let me know. Any help appreciated.

Replies:

Posted By: boogeyman
Date Posted: October 06, 2009 at 2:19 PM

One side may be out of phase. Have you checked that yet?

Posted By: larbear
Date Posted: October 06, 2009 at 8:26 PM

Yes sorry I forgot to mention I used the battery test and it was all fine. Could it be that I just need to crank up the gain a lot?

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: October 06, 2009 at 9:38 PM

Years ago, before all of the voodoo and black magic, that was what the gain adjustment was used for.

Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: October 06, 2009 at 9:57 PM

are the two mids in phase?? having one out of phase will significantly lower the output

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Posted By: larbear
Date Posted: October 07, 2009 at 6:31 AM

yes i checked it with the battery test. I am gonna tunes it today see how it goes