Help me tune my Wetsounds Syn-6 with WS-420. I'm a moron.

Commodore · Ladies Man Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636

Alright I need some help with my stereo. I made a REALLY STUPID mistake by not letting JonyB set up my stereo as I thought I could do this myself to save a trip and some time. Someone kick me in the balls if I ever try that again.

So I've got the EXACT same setup as I had in Mariah in my Saltare. 4-XS650's in boat, an XS-12 sub, all powered by a Syn-6 amp, with a WS-420 EQ.

Now it did real good in my Mariah with a small sub box, no port.

Now in the Saltare I've got room to build the Wetsounds spec box, and I did. Now the sub sounds weak as hell, and distorts when cranked.

Start of ideas:

1) The Deck: Deck has 6 RCA outs. Front, rear, and sub. I'm running the one set of RCA's into the WS420 from the REAR rca outs. I'm thinking about running the sub RCA's straight from the deck and bypassing the WS420.

2) The amp's tuning. Which I'm guessing is my problem. JonyB and worked on it for a while to get it actually put out some sound finally. At first it barely made any noise. After turning down the gain on the components it helped, but the sound was awful. Doesn't hit well, and distorts very easily.

3) The box. I've built it to Wetsounds specs for a sealed box. My guess is ported would be better, but since Wetsounds put a 5-year old in charge of the schematic for boxes, you have to have a professional builder make one. I don't know how to make baffles and vents for boxes. I just play with my wood.

Please help. Here are the pics of the amp's controls.
The gains on channel 1-4 are down, and the Sub bass boost is actually at 1 o'clock now. And the Freq HZ for the sub is at 3 o'clock.
The lower Freq HZ dial on the bottom for Channel 5-6(sub) is where it's at now.

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

Have you looked at Westounds tuning guide for the WS-420? Link: http://www.wetsounds.com/media/products/ws420/WS420%20Settings%20&%20Installation.pdf

Commodore · Ladies Man Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636

Yep. i've got a long thread on WakeWorld where Tim from Wetsounds answered my post. I've got a lot of tuning work to do tonight.

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

Kewl...it isn't too hard. Just take your time and work through the steps in a logical and methodical manner and you'll have it done in no time.

mattys_ext · Newbie Joined: 01 Sep 2011 Posts: 8 City: Toronto

unrelated question: does your remote level control power outputs to all channels? Mine doesn't seem to be putting out full power and the remote level doesn't do anything to the volume of the speakers.

wetsounds1 · Criminal Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 60 City: austin

The remote level control on the syn-6 only controls channels 5-6.

Also, it is a remote level contol and not a boost knob. So it will only go up to the max level the gain on the amp is set at. So if the amp gain is at half. The remote will turn it down and at max position up to the half setting of the amp gain. So when tuning if the remote is plugged in. Turn it all the way to max and then tune the amp. Also, you must use the cable that comes with it for it to work as it has a different pin out over a regular phone cable.

There is a sheet on out site on the -420 page on tuning, it starts with the ws-420 but you can still follow the steps after if you dont have a 420.

Tim
Wet Sounds