Deck flickers when i have big bass drops

[J.terror32]

My Kenwood stereo flickers when i have good bass drops and after a while the sound get distorted.I'll have to turn it down for a second then it'll straighten but the flickering continues what could be the problem?

 

[Harvey]

Either your power line voltage is low, or some part of the power supply in your stereo is failing. How old is your stereo? If it's over five years old, it could be aging, dried out filter capacitors.

If you know how to solder and unsolder electronic components, you could probably replace them, yourself. If you're not technically inclined, a qualified local tech could probably help you.

Hope that helps.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Sounds like your amp doesn't have the power to send to the speakers when it needs it to move the drivers hard enough to produce the sound at the volume level you are trying to get. Low frequency sound uses the most energy to produce, and thus when playing something with real heavy bass, it will draw a lot more power.

On a more technical detail, amps will have capacitors within them to store extra power that is needed by the speakers. These are typically sized in order to have enough extra power available to handle dealing with the power draw from the speaker before the amp itself can react by producing more power (the amp really doesn't know when the speakers need more power, it is always reacting after the fact). These capacitors can start to go bad after time, but it is also a place that manufacturers will use to cut costs, and if they cut too much, the amplifier may not be able to react fast enough to the power demands of the speakers connected to it.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Either your power line voltage is low, or some part of the power supply in your stereo is failing. How old is your stereo? If it's over five years old, it could be aging, dried out filter capacitors.

If you know how to solder and unsolder electronic components, you could probably replace them, yourself. If you're not technically inclined, a qualified local tech could probably help you.

Hope that helps.

I can't believe we responded in the same way at the same time. Great minds think alike

 

[Anubis]

im curious of what you have setup to cause this, I simply ask because I run some huge amps and they never cause the lights to dim on anything besides initial startup (just like a window AC unit does)

 

[Soundmanred]

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[Harvey]

I can't believe we responded in the same way at the same time. Great minds think alike

And sometimes, we come to the same correct answers.

Remember, the reason for time is to keep everything from happening at once. It also helps to remind the drummer where "1" is.