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<blockquote data-quote="adulbrich" data-source="post: 8356266" data-attributes="member: 661255">I just listen to music, not a test tone. Set your head unit volume at about 3/4 or your normal listening volume. Have your gain all the way down, then turn it up until it stops getting louder, and/or sounds bad/different. Then back off a little. Not all songs will sound as loud as each others, because of recording levels. That&#039;s when you have to be smart and adjust the volume knob accordingly.I&#039;m not saying the DMM or O-scope methods are wrong, but they aren&#039;t fail-proof. I&#039;d rather not rely on that, because music is different. You could set gains with an O-scope using a 0db test tone, and be fine most of the time. However, you would still need to turn your head unit volume up more to get the most out of some songs. Then, your head unit may distort the signal.There&#039;s no perfect way to set your gains for all recording levels, and still get the most out of them.Just my 2 cents on the matter. Others may disagree and swear by a method. All I can say is I&#039;ve never blown a sub or amp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="adulbrich, post: 8356266, member: 661255"] I just listen to music, not a test tone. Set your head unit volume at about 3/4 or your normal listening volume. Have your gain all the way down, then turn it up until it stops getting louder, and/or sounds bad/different. Then back off a little. Not all songs will sound as loud as each others, because of recording levels. That's when you have to be smart and adjust the volume knob accordingly. I'm not saying the DMM or O-scope methods are wrong, but they aren't fail-proof. I'd rather not rely on that, because music is different. You could set gains with an O-scope using a 0db test tone, and be fine most of the time. However, you would still need to turn your head unit volume up more to get the most out of some songs. Then, your head unit may distort the signal. There's no perfect way to set your gains for all recording levels, [B]and still get the most out of them[/B]. Just my 2 cents on the matter. Others may disagree and swear by a method. All I can say is I've never blown a sub or amp. [/QUOTE]

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