okay, right now I have a problem with my lows... my sub will almosts acts like it's blown. but when I push on it, it still feels fine.

not all the lows are playing. so I dont' know if it's my amp or my sub. when at low power levels it sounds fine. when I move up to mid/high power levels it sounds like crap. it sounds kinda blown at the higher levels, but I can't see how that would have happened.

I have a 10w7 jl audio sub
and a 1000w kenwood amp.
4g wire and a nice cap.

anyone know anything I could try to test everything? I dont' have an extra amp that has a high enough power rating to even push that w7.

 

your kenwood amp is probably not pushing clean or clear data to ur subs....u might wanna see if ur using good RCA Cables...or its ur head unit...

 

Sounding kind of blown usually means you're sending signal that's clipped like crazy. Try re-adjusting your gains on the amp.

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...ighlight=Gains

"A good rule of thumb for setting up gains on amps is to turn the gain all the way down. Now set the radio at 75% playing something exceptionally bass heavy. (I like to use test tones... but apparently not everyone has 10 or 12 cd's of them just kicking around) Now slowly adjust the gain up till you hear the begninings of distortion, then back down some, a bit past where it goes away. After doing it this way, you shouldn't blow anymore subs. "

 

Oh yeah... while that thread may have been about blowing subs, the same thing applies here. I'd reset the gains before I did anything with re-wiring, or buying anything.

 

Correct me if I am wrong, but if your sub's wires are not on their proper negative or positive post, at low volume the sub will sound good, but at higher volume the bass will be crappy and out of phase or something. So make sure the + is connected to the + and - is connected to the -. Happened to me once.

 

Also make sure the sub isn't wired too low (ohms) for the amp to be stable. EX. 2ohm dvc wired in parallel gives 1ohm but if the amp is only stable to 2ohm it won't work right.

 

thanks I was really worried I had to replace something.

I will check my gain and wires this afternoon.