I think I'm going crazy. I keep throwing money at this project and getting nowhere. Hoping someone can help.
I have 2-15" subs. Trying to power with the ep4000. I'm using the art clean pro box in line. The lights on the amp seem to be working good. I can go all the way to clipping and get almost no sound from the speakers, just a lot of heat. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any help on this would be extremely appreciated.
Yamaha TSR-7850
Art clean box pro
Behringer ultra gain pro mic 2200
MVX VSW154 V2 x2
I have 2-15" subs. Trying to power with the ep4000. I'm using the art clean pro box in line. The lights on the amp seem to be working good. I can go all the way to clipping and get almost no sound from the speakers, just a lot of heat. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any help on this would be extremely appreciated.
Yamaha TSR-7850
Art clean box pro
Behringer ultra gain pro mic 2200
MVX VSW154 V2 x2
All the way to clipping with almost no sound and a lot of heat sounds like a DVC sub with the two coils wired out of phase.
They are dvc 4ohm wired to 2 ohm. Running them separate. I checked them and they are both 2.4 ohms
Try running just a single coil, leaving the other open then (on both subs). If the sound level goes up and it doesn’t overheat anymore you had one of the coils backwards.
You have me thinking about something. These speakers are automotive speakers. I thought all speakers were relatively the same. Not sure if that makes a difference or not, but I'm going to look into it.
I'm wiring the dvc the same as I do in my automotive setups. Set for the lowest impedance the amp can handle. Never had a problem.
There is no reason why they shouldn’t work. Automotive subs generally don’t go as deep as something for a large room, but you should get useable output. It should be pretty loud before a PA amp overheats.
I know that's why I'm so confused. I'm not sure how you can wire the coils backwards. If you wire them in series it halves the ohms, and if you wire them ion parallel it doubles the ohms. I think I'm missing something somewhere. Thanks for your help with this.
Series doubles the ohms, parallel halves them. Maybe you‘ve got it wired for 1 ohm? The amp won’t like that at all.