system sounds weird all of a sudden
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: system sounds weird all of a sudden
Posted By: crichols82
Subject: system sounds weird all of a sudden
Date Posted: July 28, 2003 at 4:42 PM
I have a Cobalt orion 12" sub in a bandpass box, powered by a cobalt 150.2 amp. my head unit is a Kenwood KDC416. I have had the system hooked up for nearly a year and a half and it has always sounded great but recently there has been some issues. For instance, sometimes it sounds as if the sub and all my speakers are loud and clear, then for a few seconds they become muffled and distorted. There is not a big differnece as most people who are in the car with me cant really tell, but I know what my stereo sounded like and something is messed up. For troube shooting I checked the connections to the back of the head unti and things seemed fine, and I also checked my speaker polarities and those seemed fine too. Any advice guys?
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Posted By: skam213
Date Posted: July 28, 2003 at 5:33 PM
that's what it sounds like when you are a bout to pop............................................................an eardrum.
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you can put a bullet in my head, but you can't kill a word i've said
Posted By: crichols82
Date Posted: July 28, 2003 at 6:43 PM
haha, i know, but unfortunately it doesnt have to be loud for me to notice it. And today someone else who was in my car noticed it too
Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: July 28, 2003 at 7:09 PM
Check your grounds make sure they are clean and tight.
Posted By: crichols82
Date Posted: July 28, 2003 at 9:29 PM
okay, ill check the ground for the amp and the ground for the head unit
Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: July 28, 2003 at 11:03 PM
Post your results. Also what kind of head unit do you have stock or aftermarket? If its stock do you have any high to low converters?
Posted By: crichols82
Date Posted: July 29, 2003 at 5:00 AM
Im gonna check the grounds later tosay, but my head unit is a Kenwod kdc 416s im pretty sure.
Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: July 29, 2003 at 10:23 AM
Also check for any loose connections. Check all your rca' power, grounds etc.
Posted By: emarald
Date Posted: July 30, 2003 at 11:18 AM
Had a simalar problem with a 4 channel amp, it started to sound real funny sometimes, thought that i might have phase problems but replacing the RCA did the trick, one end had a 180' fold in it. ------------- I need more power.....
Posted By: crichols82
Date Posted: July 30, 2003 at 7:07 PM
okay guys, I tighteed all the rca wires, everything seemed fine, I reconnected the ground and power and now the thing sounds good. It was prolly a loose wire somewhere....thanks for the help!
Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: July 30, 2003 at 7:16 PM
good to hear 
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