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[live wire]

when i talked with dd. about my light flashing , the guy told me that my flashing clipping light was only a warning indicator. that the amp was getting close to clipping . dont know what to beleave . its my amp on my highs thats flashing and i am pushing it alittle hard to keep with 5358 rms on my bass amp ..as long as it keep playing im good to go . and im not useing any fuses at all .. hittin a 147 db isnt bad at all . have you talked with the amp maker are your amps slaved. if so is it @ 2 ohms if your amps are kickin out more 1500 rms , i wouldin mount them on the back of your box .

[Mike D]

I talked to dj who is the owner of audioque.  We went over some things and he seems to think I'm ok where I have everything set.  He says the light comes on with the change of frequencies because it is a sensitive circuit within the amp.  As long as the light isn't on solid I'm ok.  Gonna run it the way it is for a while and see how the subs hold up.  If I continue to have issues I will unstrap them and run 1 amp per sub @ 1 ohm each.

[Thumper]

Where are you grounding the amps?

[Mike D]

To the chassis of the car.

[Mike D]

Pulled out my wmd2's to finally do the recone I've been waiting to do.  Put in a pair of 15 inch memphis m3's for the time, until recone is done.  Guess I'll be speeding up the process.  Unstrapped my amps and ran them 1 per sub @ 1 ohm.  Broke them in for about a week.  First time I gave them 1kw each the coil went on one of them.  Funny thing is that they didn't put out half the sound the wmd2's were.  Thought memphis was supposed to be good subs.

[Mike D]

Decided to check out my sounds with an O-Scope.  1st picture is output of the amp 1kw per sub, it shows the clipping.  2nd pic is the same part of the song, but at half volume.  The signal checks good all the way from the HU to the amp input, but the output of the amps are clipping.  What are the odds of getting 2 bad amps?

[J. Pierce]

The odds of getting 2 "bad" amps out of a production run that went through quality control from a large company like AQ is very low. I would guess that your amps are functioning as they were designed to. Why they are so prone to clipping when your trying to get their rated wattage I don't know.

Pulled out my wmd2's to finally do the recone I've been waiting to do.  Put in a pair of 15 inch Memphis m3's for the time, until recone is done.  Guess I'll be speeding up the process.  Unstrapped my amps and ran them 1 per sub @ 1 ohm.  Broke them in for about a week.  First time I gave them 1kw each the coil went on one of them.  Funny thing is that they didn't put out half the sound the wmd2's were.  Thought Memphis was supposed to be good subs.

Haha, poor Memphis subs.