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Old May 7, 2017 | 08:14 AM
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Well i have been finishing my winter project i have been listening to my bike ,i have no DMM so been going on advice,i have the DD4 and front DD aw t28 are set at gains 10 oclockish and freq at 9ish,my 6900 pro and mhx280/4 are set at gains at 10ish and freq at 80ish,its sitting in my dinning room but i can really hear rear and have to put my ear by front to see if on, i know it will be different going down road ,but just curious,thanks
 
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Well i have been finishing my winter project i have been listening to my bike ,i have no DMM so been going on advice,i have the DD4 and front DD aw t28 are set at gains 10 oclockish and freq at 9ish,my 6900 pro and mhx280/4 are set at gains at 10ish and freq at 80ish,its sitting in my dinning room but i can really hear rear and have to put my ear by front to see if on, i know it will be different going down road ,but just curious,thanks
Not normal. You should be hearing those AW's with the AT28 tweets loud and clear!! Do you have the D4 bridged to the AW's?
 
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Old May 7, 2017 | 08:27 AM
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yes i do gann, i can check setting again,check bridging wires
 
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Old May 7, 2017 | 08:39 AM
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make sure you have the polarity correct on your speaker wires
 
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Old May 7, 2017 | 08:59 AM
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the polarity is correct,the brake side speaker is connect to channel 1 + and channel 2 neg,the clutch side is + to channel 3 ,neg to chanel 4 neg
 
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the HPF is on the LPF is off,thanks
 
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Not to jump in the middle of this, but i have a ridiculous question. Does the DD4 have power going to it? Did the fuse maybe blow?
 
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no its coming out just the 6900 is powering over them,,i have them set the same ,any one with this set up ,what are your setting for dd4,thanks
 
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You could be sending too much juice to the Pioneers. 150w should be good for them.

The AWs can handle more power
 
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ok I switched the mhx280/4 to LP instead of HP and now I hear the front a lot more with more of a thump coming from rear,that make since,maybe I'm doing it all wrong ,hp off or on hell I don't know,thanks
 

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