ok, so. my pioneers vol. will get to 62, I'll usually play it about 30 because thats how i tuned the amp and it doesnt distort and its confortable listening.
if i want it to scream (1 out of 3 drive sessions) i turn 40-50. sometimes, on some songs, after about 3 or 4 seconds of playing you can tell the highs in the music completely cut out. i have my EQ on my HU set Lows: max Mids: 3/4 max Highs:max. but then i have my high pass filter turned on on my HU AND on my 4 channel.
after the highs cut out, i turn it down to about 15 or 20 and they go back to normal.
Why do you have the eq on your hu set like that? Lows should be about flat, a slight dip in the mids, and highs a notch or two above flat depending on your tweeters. Having them all maxed out like that, especially in the mids, is probably most of your issue.
"I'll usually play it about 30 because thats how i tuned the amp"
if you tuned the amp to 30, i wouldnt go much above that. going to 50 is just asking for your amp to clip and that will happen to your speakers. if you want to hear your speakers at vol.50 then tune it to that
my lows are on 6, my mids are on 3 or 4, and my highs are on 6.
with my HPF on, though, my 5-1/4s and 6x8s don't put out any lows, so i just did that for the subs.
so its not like they pop or anything, the highs will just cut out, and all i can hear is mids. like if you had a whole drum set playing and then you just stopped hitting the real high snares and the cymbols.(<-????)
Another possibility is you cranked the gain up on the amp and it's overdriving your speakers...... depending on which ones you have the crossovers can have protection circuits in them.
the blank is because there are 2 letters there i am too lazy to look up.
well my HPF is on both my amp AND my HU. so that might have something to do with the signal?
and i know i could easily fix this with my HUs EQ fix, thats what i usually have it like anyways, i just know its not supposed to do this and i would like to fix it.
i DO think its something wrong with my speakers being overpowered. ok this might help: when I crank it to 10, they sound normal. between 10 and 20 is a HUGE volume difference.30 is almost where it maxes out to distortion. it goes to 62.
my comps kept making a popping noise and it was for that reason. your x-overs shouldnt be in the doors anyway tho. they need to be inside the car to avoid this and moisture. i moved my x-overs to the back seat near the amps
