I have hooked this up to 2 400 watt and 2 300 watt speakers. I get about half volume and the Speakers sound terribly distorted! Why?
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you will need to add an amplifier to boost more power and be able to handle speakers,stereo itself can not handle all speakers.
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Kenwood is a good brand, but this head unit is there cheapest one they make. I would buy a nice pioneer head unit or the Kenwood excelon head unit for better sound quality.
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It sounds as though you have a problem with speaker settings. Not enough power is being sent to the front Left and front Right speakers through the surround sound mode. As the other person already stated may only be done by remote or with the set up mic.
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You should do some more research as answers vary. Are you running 2channel? Bridged? Read the instructions, I don't recall the output in each mode, but it depends on the resistance of the speakers. Seems to me 250w rms speakers will do fine with that amp...
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I agree, this is a big issue. I also ordered this item from Amazon only to receive the older version with the stands and 75 watt power handling. I returned the item and informed Amazon. I bought locally so I could ensure I received the newer 200W speakers.
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The sound quality is a nice clear crisp sound through both speakers. The sub produces an abnormal sound it's not like most subs to where the bass is somewhat dragged instead its more smooth and clear. Now, the Genius is apparently the better set statistically having 6 more watts, but unfortunately I have never owned a pair of those speakers myself. I guess it comes down to what you are using them for. My best guess would be to review the MOST recent 5,4,3,3,1 star comments of the Genius to determine if there are any problems.
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I'm not sure what's wrong as my speakers work just fine. The sound is lower than what is playing inside my house but I'm ok with that. I would double check the wiring and make sure that nothing is crossed. My neighbor had the same problem and found out that he crossed two of the wires and one wasn't fully in the socket. After he fixed it he had now problems.
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Have you adjusted the gain? It also depends on the cables and speakers used. More power drawn from the speakers could result in less power per speaker.
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If you are running the equalizer througn your tape monitor system, make sure you have the tape monitor turned on. It is a common error. If you aren't running it through a tape monitor on your receiver, try doing that. Without the equalizer your speakers will sound horrible.
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That is a hard question for me because when I got the speakers they handled the 2400 power but they sound bad.so put more power to them and blew them to bits. I ended up replacing them( with the same box of corse) with jbl sub woffers just wasn't what I was lookin for
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My receiver has had no problems. They produce about 140 watts. Sounds like your speakers can handle a lot more. Look for a bigger amp!
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The speakers are not self powered. I am playing though my receiver and with a separate sub-woofer.
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Not at all. Do you have another amp to test the output on your source? The amp gets uncomfortably loud at just half volume with my Klipsch RM-15's. I've used it with far less efficient speakers and still it got very loud!Check your source...
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You havent given me much to go on, such as what kind of speakers you are connecting, what connections and cables you are using, etc. I have this same amp and it has worked flawlessly for me for well over a year. Plenty of volume, and lots of headroom. I typically run the amp at about 60% gain and then simply control the volume via the input signal. Double check all of your connections and your input source. I highly doubt the issue is with the amp.
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Dear Kyle. It's a pleasure to help you. About your question I will say that the sub working properly and these speakers are designed to resist distortion sound. For this reason, when you hear a song, you should raise the speaker volume so you can account for the difference. The levels of the sub must be the maximum and just can listen the real sound when the volume is high. I hope this review helps you better understand how great these speakers are. Regards Tomas
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sounds like fully distorted 1 watt, sound, or about 60-75 dB A level with soundmeter about 1 meter away.. it is loud enough for small group...in a room. you can reduce level of built in distortion, by going lower in vol.
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Let me add one other thing. Kicker under rates there amps. You will get a bench test card with yours. It will tell you the real power of the amp. Mine is a 1500w, but benched at 1723w. To much power can cause distortion and blow your speakers even if you keep it turned down. Too little and you get bad sound and overdrive your amp. If your subs are rated at 750w @ 2 Ohms and you have two then 1500w is what you want. So keep that in mind. Also remember you want your amp to always do the work for you. So keep the base on your head unit at 0. Then mess around with the EQ on the head unit and the frequency on the amp. Gain can be your enemy if you have really good pre-amps. So you shouldn't have to turn it up a lot. My recommendation if your not experienced is once everything is installed take it to a place that does it all the time and have them fine tune it.
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You need at least 1200 rms to power the speakers and they are 600 rms apiece so 400 rms each speaker isn't that bad they should sound nice with your amp. I have 4 of these speakers and they sound amazing