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<blockquote data-quote="eharri3" data-source="post: 6473157" data-attributes="member: 591579">The Best Buy around me has a habit of dialing in bass boost and agressive gain settings on both monos and 4 channels because most customers don&#039;t know the difference as long as it&#039;s loud enough and they know if they don&#039;t dial in a little extra somthin somethin some people will be a bit dissapointed. I was just at one shop the other day where I just wanted them to re-arrange my setup so the 4 channel was bridged to the fronts and the rears were off the head unit because I wanted more clean power in my front stage. They said they could get me the extra volume I want by simply cranking the gain.Most shops around me tend to cut sub volume at the head unit then use bass boost AND crank the amplifier gains. Cutting the SW volume and raising the gains can actually be a valid tuning technique in some situations to get more low volume bass in instrumental music but I find things tend to fall apart quickly if I switch to something with a real deep, loud bass line and crank it. One shop set my crossovers for my front components at 40 HZ just because the one song that happened to be next up in my CD player seemed to lend itself to this.If I have a shop install something no matter how squared away they seem, I normally just go easy on my stuff until I get home and re-tune it so it sounds right with all the different types of music I normally play. A shop can have all the expertise and experience in the world but it&#039;s still not a great substitute for taking time and listening to a range of music you&#039;re familiar with and tweaking from there. There&#039;s been times when I go in just to have a thing or two added or switched around and forget to tell them not to touch my settings. Then when I&#039;m paying I hear &quot;Oh, by the way those settings were a little off so we boosted this a bit and cranked this...&quot; I quietly say &#039;thanks&#039; but inside Im irritated because there is more work for me when I get home.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eharri3, post: 6473157, member: 591579"] The Best Buy around me has a habit of dialing in bass boost and agressive gain settings on both monos and 4 channels because most customers don't know the difference as long as it's loud enough and they know if they don't dial in a little extra somthin somethin some people will be a bit dissapointed. I was just at one shop the other day where I just wanted them to re-arrange my setup so the 4 channel was bridged to the fronts and the rears were off the head unit because I wanted more clean power in my front stage. They said they could get me the extra volume I want by simply cranking the gain. Most shops around me tend to cut sub volume at the head unit then use bass boost AND crank the amplifier gains. Cutting the SW volume and raising the gains can actually be a valid tuning technique in some situations to get more low volume bass in instrumental music but I find things tend to fall apart quickly if I switch to something with a real deep, loud bass line and crank it. One shop set my crossovers for my front components at 40 HZ just because the one song that happened to be next up in my CD player seemed to lend itself to this. If I have a shop install something no matter how squared away they seem, I normally just go easy on my stuff until I get home and re-tune it so it sounds right with all the different types of music I normally play. A shop can have all the expertise and experience in the world but it's still not a great substitute for taking time and listening to a range of music you're familiar with and tweaking from there. There's been times when I go in just to have a thing or two added or switched around and forget to tell them not to touch my settings. Then when I'm paying I hear "Oh, by the way those settings were a little off so we boosted this a bit and cranked this..." I quietly say 'thanks' but inside Im irritated because there is more work for me when I get home. [/QUOTE]

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