Wet Sounds 420

(sigmodes) · (sigmodes) **Join Date: Jul 2007** 03-03-2008, 4:46 PM

Just got my hands on my first ws-420 and got it installed in an X-star super nice. It great to have this much control, as long as the consumer understands what distortion does to speakers.
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(jsxstar) · (jsxstar) **Join Date: Sep 2006** 03-04-2008, 7:23 AM

Hey thats my boat... Shane NICE WORK!

(themxercr85) · (themxercr85) **Join Date: Jul 2007** 03-04-2008, 7:43 AM

Hey sigmodes, Ive heard you guys do amazing work, I would really like to have you guys do some on our 07 x-star. I am gonna come check out your shop some day when i have time, you guys sound like the experts, Ive heard nothing but good things about you guys.

(hbguy) · (hbguy) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 03-04-2008, 10:08 AM

"It great to have this much control, as long as the consumer understands what distortion does to speakers."

Hey Sigmodes, can you elaborate on that? I am about to put a WS 420 into my boat. I am running 4x75 into 4 alpine 6.5s, 800 mono into a 12 inch kicker CVR, and a zapco 500 x 2 into a pair of NVS entity 1010s.

(olskooltige) · (olskooltige) **Join Date: Mar 2007** 03-04-2008, 10:23 AM

He probably means you need to know what clipping and distortion sounds like so you know when to turn it down.

Ben Kerran 03-04-2008, 11:53 AM

I am a little curious as to his meaning also. Steve-That would apply with or without the 420?
SM- Can you clarify

(olskooltige) · (olskooltige) **Join Date: Mar 2007** 03-04-2008, 11:59 AM

Knowing when you have drivers playing clipped or distorted signals is always applicable.

(wake1823) · (wake1823) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 03-04-2008, 12:17 PM

With any eq/line driver it's very easy to overdrive the input stage on an amp, thus causing clipping. I'm still amazed at the people who are using eq's and constantly changing the settings...it's very easy to blow speakers doing this. It's well know that after extended time listening to music at high volume , you'll need to turn it up just a little louder to "hear" at the same perceived level. The easy adjustment is in the eq, w/o you don’t; runt hat risk.

EQ’s are commonly known as “noisemakers” that can induce or pickup all kinds of noise in sterol systems…even when properly installed. I’ve seen instances where the sensitivity level of an eq does not match that of the HU and it starts picking up noise due to the difference.

(jsxstar) · (jsxstar) **Join Date: Sep 2006** 03-07-2008, 8:59 AM

Picked up my boat last night after getting my spring service done and 420 install. Let me tell ya the 420 is amazing! so much control and versatility but still simple to use.

Shane. The install looks great, even better in person.

Now we just need some weather to try it out on the the lake.

(sigmodes) · (sigmodes) **Join Date: Jul 2007** 03-07-2008, 12:59 PM

Sam said exactly what I would have said. Ill just add this, 90% of amps cant handle 12v of in-put. Its more like 5v so make sure when you are installin the 420 you get the line driver setting right. The other part in which Im talking about is the 4 setting on the right. You turn these two much one way and you can blow up your speakers in a hurry.