I’ve been waiting a while for my sub to run in, but I can’t get most songs to work right with it. I’ve played around with the amp’s settings a bit, but nothing seems to really be helping. Sometimes it sounds great, and sometimes you can barely tell it’s there. It’s not the size of the box or anything like that because the sub doesn’t move much on those songs either. Thoughts? The Skar Svr 10 is inside a sealed box.
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Not every song is made the same.
Bass sounds very different in different types of music.
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Does your amp have a filter for low frequencies? It will lose all of its deep bass if this is set too high. Not needed if you are running in a sealed area.
Where is the sub amp’s HPF set? At least 80hz, but I’d rather have 100hz. If that is set too low, it will erase the mid-bass.
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My box is sealed and only has an LPF, not a hpf. I think it’s between 80 and 100 right now, but I won’t be sure until tomorrow. Playing with it didn’t seem to help much, though.
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Play a sweep file that goes from 10-100hz slowly, and see if there’s large portions of the bass that seem to be missing.
it could possibly be a problem with the RCA cable, if you have a different one try that.
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I would check the phase and voltage.
Take the box and move it to a different spot in the trunk or hatch. Then, play the same song and see if it sounds different. It’s possible that some people have canceled.
If you say you can’t tell it’s working, does that mean the speaker is moving around a lot but not making any noise?
Send a song that isn’t hitting, I can at least confirm for you if the song should have bass.
A sealed box won’t “boom” as much as a moved box. It makes a big difference between hatchback and trunk. My 12" sub (ported box) was in the trunk, and I felt this way. When I folded down the back seats, BAM it got BIGGER.
But I like a lot of different kinds of music. Rock music won’t work well with hip hop. And rock didn’t sound good when the EQ was changed. I turned up the bass boost for rock and bigity bam better bump. My amp needs that stupid bass boost knob, so I won’t have to open the trunk to make changes.
To DEBUG: First, make sure you can join. You can make sure the amp is putting out the right amount of voltage if you have a tester. An monitor that doesn’t cost much will also help you tune your system. Make that gain look hot on the sin waves, bro.
Check your low or high pass filters
If you’re running a stock headunit it can have a built in eq that can stop certain frequencies from making it to your amp. That’s mainly due to stock speakers not being all that great and being low power. You can fix it by getting an aftermarket radio with dedicated sub hook ups and crossover settings. I ran into the same issue with my cobalt, spent $150 on a cheapish HU and it sounds much better.