What's wrong with an amp if it is pumping out 80 volts.
I have an American bass 800 w
amp it fried my 15 again so it is back in the shop. I had the guy check the amp and he said it is messed up what do I need to do.
I will probably seed it off but does anyone know why or how it occeres?
Thanks
Joey

 

I'd like to know how he came up with this number. The output is constantly changing, and even with a constant AC output, the voltage would depend on how much power the amp was making. I don't see where an arbitrary number like 80 volts is of any value when testing the output of an amp.

I would guess that your American Bass amp is cooking your 15" sub because the 800 watt amp is clipping at volumes a whole lot lower than you think. As soon as you begin to send a clipped signal to a subwoofer, it's life will be short and painful. If your installer buddy has the equipment, hook up an oscilloscope in series with a very large resistor and parallel it with the speaker. I'm betting that at the high output levels that you're feeding to the sub, the waveform is severely distorted.

Solution? Buy a better amp or don't turn it up as far.

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see if your amp is passing dc. dc is bad on the outputs for subs.allot of single subs cant take 800w either especially if the amp goes into clipping

 

You are right about the clipping the guy said it clipped like a ****.
It should be heading to the shop now. Thanks any ways.
Joey