audibahns not sounding right
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: May 14, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Topic: audibahns not sounding right
Posted By: donvito08
Subject: audibahns not sounding right
Date Posted: April 29, 2006 at 10:31 AM
ok i have 2audiobahn aw122n 12's in a slot port box with an audiobahn a8000t running it all the subs are sounding hollow and sound like they are distorting durign low bass. what would cause this? cheap equipment?
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Posted By: xtremej
Date Posted: April 29, 2006 at 11:36 AM
Although it is cheap equipment, highly overated. How do you have them wired? Do you have them in sealed enclosure, ported, banpass? Did you match what the speaker requires for airspace inside the box?
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Posted By: donvito08
Date Posted: April 29, 2006 at 11:46 AM
prefab slot port 1.2 or 1.5 cu feet which i believe is the right air space. the subs are single 4 ohm and the amp is a monoblock
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: April 29, 2006 at 11:57 AM
How is your gain set? Are you using a subsomic filter at the port tuning frequency? ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: donvito08
Date Posted: April 29, 2006 at 4:58 PM
gain is about 3/4 of the way up subsonic filter is turned on but i dont know where it should be set
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: April 29, 2006 at 5:27 PM
donvito08 wrote:
gain is about 3/4 of the way up subsonic filter is turned on but i dont know where it should be set
PLEASE do a search on this forum for "gain" and set it properly to match your head unit output. Your subsonic filter should be on and set to the same as the tuning frequency of your enclosure. What frequency is the port tuned to? ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: donvito08
Date Posted: April 29, 2006 at 6:43 PM
i have no idea this was a prefab enclosure. could part of my problem be that my amp is an 800 watt when the rms on the subs is 550 a piece?
Posted By: lspker
Date Posted: April 29, 2006 at 9:53 PM
Imagine Audiobahn sounding like crap. Hollow or distorted sound may be due to operating out of its frequency range, possible source problems or amp not capable of reproducing those freq., more likely the box and porting are wrong for the sub ( to small )
Posted By: donvito08
Date Posted: April 30, 2006 at 10:58 PM
guess im just s.o.l. then....
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