Let me first point out that I'm not entirely sure if this is even clipping, I sent in a support ticket to Pioneer and that's what they said it was.
So I got two new 12" Pioneer Champion Pro (TSW3003D4) (that are rated at 600w RMS, 2000w Peak) hooked up to an RE Audio DTS1000.1 with 2 gauge wire. I have the gain set to (what I assume is) 750w-800w at 1ohm in a box that's 1.23cuft each chamber.
When I play a song with real low bass (for example, this song
), I get a strange knocking/popping noise coming from the subs. This is my first time encountering this issue, and the Pioneer employee said that it's "clipping".
I originally had the subs in a bigger box (1.5cuft each), so I assumed that since the subs are optimal at 1.25cuft, I should get a box that matched the specs. I still get the issue.
The Pioneer employee said that it's most likely the amp not outputting enough power. But from my understanding, that should not be an issue since I don't have the gain maxed out. The amp's RMS at 1 ohm is 800w, and even at 600-700w I was getting clipping. So if the subs were drawing more than my gain was set to, there was still plenty of headroom for it. But I don't know enough about this to argue, so if this is true or not, please let me know.
I've found countless amounts of videos on these subs, people running them at 1000w, 1200w, and getting no issues from them at all. Is there a chance my subs are defective, is there something I'm missing?
So I got two new 12" Pioneer Champion Pro (TSW3003D4) (that are rated at 600w RMS, 2000w Peak) hooked up to an RE Audio DTS1000.1 with 2 gauge wire. I have the gain set to (what I assume is) 750w-800w at 1ohm in a box that's 1.23cuft each chamber.
When I play a song with real low bass (for example, this song
), I get a strange knocking/popping noise coming from the subs. This is my first time encountering this issue, and the Pioneer employee said that it's "clipping".
I originally had the subs in a bigger box (1.5cuft each), so I assumed that since the subs are optimal at 1.25cuft, I should get a box that matched the specs. I still get the issue.
The Pioneer employee said that it's most likely the amp not outputting enough power. But from my understanding, that should not be an issue since I don't have the gain maxed out. The amp's RMS at 1 ohm is 800w, and even at 600-700w I was getting clipping. So if the subs were drawing more than my gain was set to, there was still plenty of headroom for it. But I don't know enough about this to argue, so if this is true or not, please let me know.
I've found countless amounts of videos on these subs, people running them at 1000w, 1200w, and getting no issues from them at all. Is there a chance my subs are defective, is there something I'm missing?