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<blockquote data-quote="XanderMoser" data-source="post: 3141970" data-attributes="member: 574859">I always measure by ear. Because you can&#039;t trust amp or speaker manufacturer ratings.Turn your gain all the way down.Turn your HU volume to about 3/4 of max (find max by pausing cd and turning up volume. turn down before unpausing! haha)Slowly raise the gain until you hear distortion, back it down a tad.If you aren&#039;t good at listening for distortion yet, then listen to a WELL RECORDED song on a decent pair of home speakers or headphones over and over. Listen to how the bass, guitars, and vocals sound. Now when setting your gains, listen again. At lower volumes, it should all sound smooth. As you turn the gain up you&#039;ll eventually hear fluctuations and inconsistencies in sound. That should tip you off. Or if you bottom out your speakers you&#039;ll definitely hear that.Remember that if you have more power than your speakers can handle, your speakers will distort before your amp clips. If your speakers can handle more than your amp can push, you will clip your amp first. That&#039;s really bad for both the amp and your speakers, so be careful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="XanderMoser, post: 3141970, member: 574859"] I always measure by ear. Because you can't trust amp or speaker manufacturer ratings. Turn your gain all the way down. Turn your HU volume to about 3/4 of max (find max by pausing cd and turning up volume. turn down before unpausing! haha) Slowly raise the gain until you hear distortion, back it down a tad. If you aren't good at listening for distortion yet, then listen to a WELL RECORDED song on a decent pair of home speakers or headphones over and over. Listen to how the bass, guitars, and vocals sound. Now when setting your gains, listen again. At lower volumes, it should all sound smooth. As you turn the gain up you'll eventually hear fluctuations and inconsistencies in sound. That should tip you off. Or if you bottom out your speakers you'll definitely hear that. Remember that if you have more power than your speakers can handle, your speakers will distort before your amp clips. If your speakers can handle more than your amp can push, you will clip your amp first. That's really bad for both the amp and your speakers, so be careful. [/QUOTE]

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