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<blockquote data-quote="deymious" data-source="post: 8153884" data-attributes="member: 656740"><p>Hey all,</p><p></p><p>So let me go over my set up first and then I'll explain whats happening. I have a pioneer avh-p4100dvd head unit, a capacitor, 2 kicker comps (800w RMS), and a kenwood KAC_9104D amp. Had this system thumping hard in my car for about 3 years with no problems (besides the occasional fuse blown on the amp which i would replace and then everything would be fine)</p><p></p><p>Over the past two weeks while I have been driving, I've noticed that my subs began cutting out on some of my bass heavier songs. Then all of a sudden, i was playing a sound pretty quiet, hearing the bass and all was fine, then the next second the bass turned off. i thought to myself, ahh sh*t the fuse blew again, so when i got home i checked the fuses on the amp and none of them seemed to be blown, but i replaced them anyways. this didn't fix the problem. i checked that the fuse under the hood was alright, and it was (power was coming fine to the amp and all the cables were fine). next i thought the subs were blown so i hooked them up to a 9volt battery and the cone moved on both so i know they are fine.</p><p></p><p>basically, I want to know whether its a 100% that my amp is done or if there is something else I should do to check things out further. music still plays in my car to all the speakers fine (have 6 kicker speakers) and the amp still turns on, just no bass comes out. i haven't replaced any of the cables going to the amp, so is that the next step to check if the amp is done, or should i assume by now that it is?</p><p></p><p>the reason i'm asking is because im a pretty broke grad student and want to be 100% sure that its the amp thats screwed and i can somewhat try to justify the price of getting a new one if i know that i did everything to check that it was 100% gone.</p><p></p><p>on a side note - if you feel the amp is done, can you please give me some advice as to what my next amp should be? should i get the same one again or should i go for an alpine unit (which i've heard are better).</p><p></p><p>also, does anyone have an idea what could have caused this? I wasn't pumping my bass loud at the time, so is it just normal for the amp to die after 3-4 years?</p><p></p><p>thanks for all the advice guys, i truly appreciate it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deymious, post: 8153884, member: 656740"] Hey all, So let me go over my set up first and then I'll explain whats happening. I have a pioneer avh-p4100dvd head unit, a capacitor, 2 kicker comps (800w RMS), and a kenwood KAC_9104D amp. Had this system thumping hard in my car for about 3 years with no problems (besides the occasional fuse blown on the amp which i would replace and then everything would be fine) Over the past two weeks while I have been driving, I've noticed that my subs began cutting out on some of my bass heavier songs. Then all of a sudden, i was playing a sound pretty quiet, hearing the bass and all was fine, then the next second the bass turned off. i thought to myself, ahh sh*t the fuse blew again, so when i got home i checked the fuses on the amp and none of them seemed to be blown, but i replaced them anyways. this didn't fix the problem. i checked that the fuse under the hood was alright, and it was (power was coming fine to the amp and all the cables were fine). next i thought the subs were blown so i hooked them up to a 9volt battery and the cone moved on both so i know they are fine. basically, I want to know whether its a 100% that my amp is done or if there is something else I should do to check things out further. music still plays in my car to all the speakers fine (have 6 kicker speakers) and the amp still turns on, just no bass comes out. i haven't replaced any of the cables going to the amp, so is that the next step to check if the amp is done, or should i assume by now that it is? the reason i'm asking is because im a pretty broke grad student and want to be 100% sure that its the amp thats screwed and i can somewhat try to justify the price of getting a new one if i know that i did everything to check that it was 100% gone. on a side note - if you feel the amp is done, can you please give me some advice as to what my next amp should be? should i get the same one again or should i go for an alpine unit (which i've heard are better). also, does anyone have an idea what could have caused this? I wasn't pumping my bass loud at the time, so is it just normal for the amp to die after 3-4 years? thanks for all the advice guys, i truly appreciate it. [/QUOTE]
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