HawaiianHaole
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A few months back I described a problem I was having. The left front speaker cut out every now and then. A little adjusting on the headunit (fade, balance, volume) usually did the trick in a matter of minutes.
I checked the connections and the amp. Amp was good and the connections seemed okay. For the most part, the problem has been solved, although it does happen far less often now, but the problem is now that it usually takes a little longer to get it to work again.
Fast Forward to this afternoon. My subs start cutting out. Mid song its playing, goes out for a little bit, comes back on. I start messing with the speaker wire to see if its come loose, and its playing fine. Then goes out for 20 minutes. i go inside and have some lunch, then head back to work. It was playing fine for about 80% of the ride.
What could be causing all this commotion. My two thoughts are the ground connection may no longer be secure. Does this make sense to anyone? The other possibly is that the Alpine deck I got was just a lemon and may be causing this problem as well as the issue with my left speaker.
Any thoughs to help me out?
I looked at the sub amp (Tsunami 1100). The green power light was on the whole time, and didn't appear to be in protection mode. It wasn't warm or anything. The amps are grounded in two seperate places. All the other speakers were playing fine.
I checked the connections and the amp. Amp was good and the connections seemed okay. For the most part, the problem has been solved, although it does happen far less often now, but the problem is now that it usually takes a little longer to get it to work again.
Fast Forward to this afternoon. My subs start cutting out. Mid song its playing, goes out for a little bit, comes back on. I start messing with the speaker wire to see if its come loose, and its playing fine. Then goes out for 20 minutes. i go inside and have some lunch, then head back to work. It was playing fine for about 80% of the ride.
What could be causing all this commotion. My two thoughts are the ground connection may no longer be secure. Does this make sense to anyone? The other possibly is that the Alpine deck I got was just a lemon and may be causing this problem as well as the issue with my left speaker.
Any thoughs to help me out?
I looked at the sub amp (Tsunami 1100). The green power light was on the whole time, and didn't appear to be in protection mode. It wasn't warm or anything. The amps are grounded in two seperate places. All the other speakers were playing fine.