SteveXs2
01-26-2006, 09:27 PM
Here's the deal:
About a month ago now, I dropped $400 for a new amp, sub, and box. I got a Pioneer 2ch amp that puts out 380w RMS bridged at 4ohms, Phoenix Gold R10 sub (200w RMS), and a bassworx box.
It sounded alright at first, not nearly what I was expecting, but better than my kenwood to say the least.
Well, for a while I put the kenwood back in along with the PG and ran both off one channel, 190w @ 2 ohms. It sounded good but the kenwood is so bagged that, although the overall sound was louder, it was a bit "slappy" in a sense.
So, I took the Kenwood out, bridged the channels again, and am running just the PG. I noticed, wow, does this ever suck now. I checked everything: ground, speaker wires, power wire, cd deck settings, gains, bass boost (0), and everything was as it was before, but now the sub is like a floppy pancake. When I was running it off 190w I was NOT pushing it hard, I'd turn it up a bit for maybe a couple seconds but I'd never hear the sub distort and was far from amplifier clipping, but since I left just the PG in there the performance has sure dropped.
Anyway, I FINALLY finished putting in my Type-R components and, after adjusting all the settings on the deck, I noticed that I can no longer even hear my sub. It's playing all-right, but man is it ever weak.
I feel so jacked right now, I've owned a sub for a long time and know I was not pushing the sub beyond its limits, and I also know friends who push subs 2x past their limits and nothing ever goes wrong. The reason I feel jacked is because I originally bought a ZR10 (300w RMS) but had to trade it in for the R10 (and some cash-back) because a coil was dead.
I feel like **** right now because I'm really lacking on the low-end and it's just been a slow death for the sound quality of the sub.
So anyway, is there any way to check and see if it's actually something wrong with the sub? I don't think I can return it or anything because I didn't buy it from an authorized dealer (authorized dealer gave their stuff to a guy to sell) and I would never want to try and sell the sub without knowing that it's perfectly Ok. I'd rather know that there's something wrong with the amp because that I can return.
Please comment.
About a month ago now, I dropped $400 for a new amp, sub, and box. I got a Pioneer 2ch amp that puts out 380w RMS bridged at 4ohms, Phoenix Gold R10 sub (200w RMS), and a bassworx box.
It sounded alright at first, not nearly what I was expecting, but better than my kenwood to say the least.
Well, for a while I put the kenwood back in along with the PG and ran both off one channel, 190w @ 2 ohms. It sounded good but the kenwood is so bagged that, although the overall sound was louder, it was a bit "slappy" in a sense.
So, I took the Kenwood out, bridged the channels again, and am running just the PG. I noticed, wow, does this ever suck now. I checked everything: ground, speaker wires, power wire, cd deck settings, gains, bass boost (0), and everything was as it was before, but now the sub is like a floppy pancake. When I was running it off 190w I was NOT pushing it hard, I'd turn it up a bit for maybe a couple seconds but I'd never hear the sub distort and was far from amplifier clipping, but since I left just the PG in there the performance has sure dropped.
Anyway, I FINALLY finished putting in my Type-R components and, after adjusting all the settings on the deck, I noticed that I can no longer even hear my sub. It's playing all-right, but man is it ever weak.
I feel so jacked right now, I've owned a sub for a long time and know I was not pushing the sub beyond its limits, and I also know friends who push subs 2x past their limits and nothing ever goes wrong. The reason I feel jacked is because I originally bought a ZR10 (300w RMS) but had to trade it in for the R10 (and some cash-back) because a coil was dead.
I feel like **** right now because I'm really lacking on the low-end and it's just been a slow death for the sound quality of the sub.
So anyway, is there any way to check and see if it's actually something wrong with the sub? I don't think I can return it or anything because I didn't buy it from an authorized dealer (authorized dealer gave their stuff to a guy to sell) and I would never want to try and sell the sub without knowing that it's perfectly Ok. I'd rather know that there's something wrong with the amp because that I can return.
Please comment.