Amp Question...

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

Not sure why but i set my amp and for some reason i have to turn the bass knob half way up in order for it to make any difference from when the knobs all the way down. Anyone know why its this way?

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[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

no one?

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

Did you set the gain with the knob all the way up? You should have

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

yea knob was up. set the vol on HU, set sub output to 0, lows freq on HU on 0. my head unit was set with all settings(bass wise) to 0

 

[stanza 10+ year member]

wen u set ur gain u want to put ur bass knob on ur amp all the way up?? i always thought u should keep it all the way off? if im wrong can someone explain this to me real quick? lol sorry OP i didnt know this

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

its kew. set pretty much every thing on your hu(bass wise) to zero. turn vol were you want, and max out knob from amp then start turning gain on up to were you want it

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

Keep it all the way up. If it's at 0 soon as you move it your over driving the amp

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

if whats at 0?

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

I wa talking to the other guy. Sorry

 

[JoshC 10+ year member]

The sub level on your HU should be atleaste 3/4th of the way up, if u have a bass knob put it at max. Then all control will be in bass knob and it will be more sensitive. Also ive heard planet audio bass knobs dont work very well, read alot of reviews saying that.

If u have your HU sub level at 0 its puttin out like .02v's lol when it should be 2v's (or w/e ure HU is) Its not a bass boost, it s a voltage potentiometer. Your also robbing yourself out of a HUGE amount of power by having it that low. With my alpine sub level at 0, i could get the amp to put out 300watts(AP APSM-1300) and it was rated for 1000 @ 1ohm. Put my sub level at 12 out of 15 and it was pushing 750rms with my gain extremely low.

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

The sub level on your HU should be atleaste 3/4th of the way up, if u have a bass knob put it at max. Then all control will be in bass knob and it will be more sensitive. Also ive heard planet audio bass knobs dont work very well, read alot of reviews saying that.
If u have your HU sub level at 0 its puttin out like .02v's lol when it should be 2v's (or w/e ure HU is) Its not a bass boost, it s a voltage potentiometer. Your also robbing yourself out of a HUGE amount of power by having it that low. With my alpine sub level at 0, i could get the amp to put out 300watts(AP APSM-1300) and it was rated for 1000 @ 1ohm. Put my sub level at 12 out of 15 and it was pushing 750rms with my gain extremely low.

have what the low? i have the amp set to pre- amp sense on 2v

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

oh. i see. should turn the amp gain up alil bit?