help with sub

[Blackbird3800]

i installed an amp and sub in the car, i just tapped into the rear speakers and then into a line level converter and then the amp. when i turn it up loud the other speakers start to cut out. this is a non monsoon system also.

thanks for the help
jon

[FireFighter]

Thats what you get for using a line level input.

[Blackbird3800]

so besides shaking your finger like an old lady, advise is nice cause ive done this many times and never had a prob.

ttt

thanks again to anyone else
jon

[articacid]

firefighter always has some stupid comment to say. it seems like he rarely help out. maybe hes just mad cuz he dont have the maro anymore ;)

[T-Punk]

well to be honest i agree with firefighter. you are much better off if you just buy an hu (i recomend iawa for a cheap entry deck) and run the rca's. line level is the worst solution for adding a sub. do it the right way and you will be much happier. i'll ask around and see if i can find out what might be causing this. i have a guess (and this is being pulled out of my *** as i have never encountered this problem). It could be that becuase you are running off the hu that it is pulling all the power from it to power just the sub because it has more draw on it. this would result in the other speakers not getting any power and hence no sound. again this is a wild guess. i dont mess with line level very often because i wont let people i install for do it, it's the wrong/ghetto way to add a sub.

[articacid]

if your running it from both of the back speakers that could be causing it. combining the channels together. i was playing around one day and i hook up a cheap sub. i ran it of both back speakers and it cut like that. but when i ran it off one speaker, it was fine.

and i wasnt saying fire fighter was wrong. he just usual says his comments in a negative way. and doesnt really offer any help in this case.

[ January 10, 2005, 09:01 AM: Message edited by: articacid ]

[T-Punk]

Its fun to be blunt and vauge sometimes though :D . my advice is to go to a reputable shop like a sound advice and ask them what the problem could be (the tech's their are pretty good).

[Blackbird3800]

thanks for the help, ill try combining the channels to see if it helps, if not ill ask a tech at a shop and go from there.

thanks guys!
jon

[articacid]

no you dont want to combine them.

[Blackbird3800]

ok, so i wont do that, so if i try only 1 channel it may help?

now it only does this at a very high volume, so if it wont hurt anything then i dont care cause i will never really turn it up that loud, i just noticed it when testing it.

jon

[FireFighter]

Originally posted by articacid:
if your running it from both of the back speakers that could be causing it. combining the channels together. i was playing around one day and i hook up a cheap sub. i ran it of both back speakers and it cut like that. but when i ran it off one speaker, it was fine.

and i was saying fire fighter was wrong. he just usual says his comments in a negative way. and doesnt really offer any help in this case.

Look Rookie, You haven't been here long enough to say Sh*t about me. Keep giving people bad info, Bet your system sound like crap.

[T-Punk]

umm, i highly doubt his system sounds like crap and it will be really nice once he gets the new ed components. And you really werent that helpful so what he said was right so screw it and get drunk, its a lot more fun than flaming ;)

[CAMAROWIDBASS]

Who can talk down on MY system? :D [img]graemlins/banana.gif[/img]

[T-Punk]

i can, its too loud :D

[FireFighter]

I said before I read what he had. I still stand with what I said tho minus his stereo.