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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ttocs" data-source="post: 699435" data-attributes="member: 11896">There are more then a few ways for distortion and noise to get into the signal. It can be added from an amplifier that is being over driven from the gain being up too high(which I am not recomending) but it also can come from a low powered deck that is being over driven because the amplifiers it is hooked up to are not doing enough work. This signal sent to the amp will start to distort or clip, and then that is amplified. Am I right that the gain on the amp is up about half way and that when you just get the sub to start to sound good the tweeters are already screaming bloody murder from the noise comming out of them? All I recomend doing is bypassing the tweeters amp and letting your high powered deck send 35-40 watts to a 2.5" speaker with no bass in it. Just for kicks, go and set the gain on the sub amp about 2/3-3/4 full and then see what you get out of it, You can then reduce the bass in the rest of the smaller speakers, which will allow them to play what they are designed to. Now turn your deck back up and just imagine that the highs could keep up with that sub? I am well out of my bass-phase too an into my 30s, I am not trying to get you to impress any teenagers just get the most out of your system.</blockquote>