hey guys, i had my sound system for about 9 months and everything is awesome about it except for one thing, whenever i put the volume up, i hear this popping noise, its either coming from my subs or from the back speaker, the sound is so annoying, but it comes on on a few select songs, but still i hate it, what do i do to stop it? ive checked the speaker and subs wires out nothings wrong.

also my front right speaker makes a scratchy noise when i put it up loud, like my headunit can go up to 52, and whenever i touch about 35 u can hear that speaker, and sometimes that popping noise in the back.

my setup is

kenwood kac-8452 (for speakers)
alpine sps 171 a for the front speakers, and i forgot what the back speakers model is its an alpine tho.
2 jl audio 12w1v2d4 12 inch subs
alpine amp powering the subs,
pioneer DEH-P7750MP headunit

and thats it, plz help, and yes i searched, i am no noob and never will be cursed with the name

 

Try to isolate the prob by adjusting the Balance and fading on your head unit

 

i have a feeling it might be my amp? because i dont really know how to tune it and stuff

 

and i just read up on my pioneer headunit and it says theres an ipod adapter ready? how would i go about getting that?

 

Sounds like you need to turn the gain down on the amp/amps...

To properly set your gain:

Turn amp gain ALL the way down (counter clockwise)
Turn volume on your head unit about 80-90% up
SLOWLY start turning your gain up untill you hear the speakers sounding bad (distorting) then back the gain off a little bit.

Follow same for your sub but only turn the gain up to the point where it blends well with the mids/highs.....

 

^ thanks man, im gonna try it out tomorrow!

 

How'd it work out for ya???

 

lol my bad, i didnt have time to do it, most likely i will do it tonight