Bass Boost is BAD

[wolfman1966 10+ year member]

http://www.icixsound.com/iv/view_video.php?viewkey=c13838ff95ccfa94cebd

don't know if anyones posted this on here yet, but its a good vid for those who think they need Bass Boost

btw....3 things I've learned about car audio in the past year

1>It doesn't hurt to use bigger wire, especially if you may upgrade later

2>Bass Boost is BAD

3>Gain is NOT a volume control.

I've learned more than that, but those are the main 3 that come to mind first.

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[reed dollaz 10+ year member]

what did he use to do that? be very usefull in tuning an amp i would belive

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Bass boost is for P*ssies that can't learn how to actually run there system right so they put up that and think they sound good but other's like me and others other here would know for sure it sound's like sh*t haha.

 

[Simek4life 10+ year member]

i agree with you on the first two, but not the third...

from bcae.com

Note (rant):

There have been many people who have said that the gain controls were not volume controls and they are right, to a point. Some amplifiers' gain controls are used precisely like a volume control (one end of the potentiometer connected to ground, the other end connected to the pre-amp signal and the wiper connected to the amplifier's front end). This configuration will allow you to reduce the output to nothing at the minimum gain position. These are not very common but they HAVE been used on some amplifiers. I know because I took the cover off of a few amps to see why they had absolutely no output (Doh!). Others are connected similarly but there is a small amount of resistance between ground and the formerly grounded terminal of the potentiometer. This small resistance prevents the gain control from reducing the output to zero output. These are very common on amplifiers made in Korea and China. There are other amps that use the potentiometer to pull the signal toward ground. The pot is the lower half of a voltage divider and may use only 2 legs of the potentiometer. This type of gain control was used on at least one brand of Japanese manufactured amplifier. You can also put the potentiometer in the feedback loop to control the overall gain of the amplifier. The point to all of this is... There are many ways to use a potentiometer to control the output of the amplifier. Some are used precisely as volume controls and others are not. You can not make a blanket statement such as 'gain controls are not volume controls'.

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

what did he use to do that? be very usefull in tuning an amp i would belive

Oscilloscope. Yes very accurate. If the gain was decreased you could run BB without clipping. What's the point? There are a number of ways to get a square wave.

 

[Max_Power 10+ year member]

what did he use to do that? be very usefull in tuning an amp i would belive

its called an ocilloscope..

cheapest one I've seen

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=320-290

 

[BASSMEKANIK 10+ year member]

ive never used any kind of bass boost or loudness in my life... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

what did he use to do that? be very usefull in tuning an amp i would belive

digital o-scope

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

be serious^

 

[CJL 10+ year member]

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[wolfman1966 10+ year member]

SIMEK4LIFE, HMM I hadn't seen that, thanks for the info...guess I have learned something once again.

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

its called an ocilloscope..
cheapest one I've seen

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=320-290

When in need of a pricey tool for minor use....venture to your local pawn shop. Find the dirtiest one make sure it works and offer 1/2 their asking price.

 

[Simek4life 10+ year member]

SIMEK4LIFE, HMM I hadn't seen that, thanks for the info...guess I have learned something once again.

yeah man just saw that the other day. I too didnt think it was but i guess we always learn sometihng new

 

[Elton 10+ year member]

would this be the same with a remote bass boost knob ?

 

[95_venger 10+ year member]

so on a hifonics amp that would be the bass eq????