IM running a alpine pdx 150 rms per channel amp to 6 1/2'' kenwood components rated at 60 to 240 watts and I am getting clipping.It sounded incredible for about 30 minutes and is now clipping.Any advise on whats going on.
I should add that IM also running a pdx 1.1000 amp with a 4 guage wire running both amps through a distribution block.But like I said it sounded great for a while.
First of all Speakers don't "clip". Speaker might be at full excursion. That means you have pushed it as far as it was designed to move. Amp's are what "clip". Clipping is a square wave as seen on an osilloscope. Also knowen as distortion. Your amps output has more distortion than its input. I know this because I have been in Audio since 1989. Try turning down the bass or running a bigger cap. on your mids to cross them up higher as to roll off any unwanted bass. If you can not fix this or don't know how, here is a simple fix... Turn the volume control to the left a little. This will keep the amp from clipping. Good Luck!
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I would mess with the crossover some what. Cross them mids at 100-200HZ up. The smaller the mids the higher up on the crossover I would go even to 400HZ if need be. Just know that bass+ adjustments in the stereo will distort your system as will having the gain up to high. Remember its better to have a clean sounding system than a loud system. I know 99% of people here will disagree i bet. If you want your system to thump try turning the gain on the amp to the mid/highs down and bass amp up and keep bass adjustments in the head unit flat. It should not matter on the head unit if it is loud at 10 or 50. Once it distortes it distorets. From their the only thing you can do is turn the volume down.
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O.K I figured it out .We put a dvd in earlier and changed the sound to theatre and it screwed everything up.I set it back to off and its back to normal and sounds great.Thanks rip and ace.I just back tracked to what happened before the clipping and realized I changed the dvd sound settings.Strange how much effect that has.
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