After setting the gain...

[kngo22086 10+ year member]

with no EQ/no bass boost/bass at 0, can i use the EQ for adjustments with the music? Will it hurt my amp/subs and start clipping?

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[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

Yes and no. If you boost anything, then you have the chance to cause clipping. If you cut anything, you will be fine.

I say chance to cause clipping because if you used a 0dB tone for setting the gain, there is a good chance the music you're listening to isn't recorded at 0dB but rather lower. This means you could boost some and not cause any clipping but if you're listening to a lot of rap, boosting the bass will probably push things over the edge.

 

[kngo22086 10+ year member]

any other opinions and yes i used the 0dB 50hz test tone

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

That's not an opinion, it's fact.

For safety reasons, I wouldn't boost anything. Any EQ adjustments I make are ALWAYS cuts in EQ and never boosts. It's safer that way and it insures that you will not be clipping anything.

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

if you used a 0db tone, i wouldn't worry about it

theres an article by Richard Clark and he talks about setting your gain using attenuated tones up to 10dbs to set your amp gains, says you'll get almost 2x the output but since there will be clipping every once in a while at music peaks, you should be fine

so if using 0db tones and boosting an eq some, it would probably be like using the -10db tones